Whiteland Community High School

College Road Trip! College counselors, at WCHS took 50 students to the College Fair at UIndy, Monday evening. Over 90 colleges were represented.

Best Buddies Talent Show! Friday, March 15th, is our 2nd Annual Best Buddies Talent Show at WCHS. The show begins at 7pm and will be in the WCHS auditorium. This a donation based show so all are welcome!

Off to State! At the end of school today, we celebrated both our JV & Varsity Winter Guards that have qualified for State Finals happening both this weekend and next. Both guards have had great years and we would really appreciate your support of these hard working students.

Hoops Honors! Earlier this week, Sophia Dyer was named All-Mid-State for Whiteland Girls Basketball! Gwen Higdon took home honorable mention for the Warriors as well!

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NHS Induction Ceremony! WCHS National Honor Society Advisor, Katie DeClercq, says the NHS inducted 35 new members of the Whiteland National Honor Society Thursday evening. Congratulations students on this major accomplishment.

Envirothon! 4 WCHS students competed in a competition called Envirothon on Wednesday. They got to hear from professionals from 5 different fields of Ecology: Aquatic Ecology, Wildlife, Forestry, Soil and Land Use, and Current Issues (Solar Panels). They got to do some cool hands-on learning and hear stories from these professionals on what they do and why these fields are important for the environment. Whiteland placed 4th place overall during testing!

The Time to Prepare is NOW! Governor Eric Holcomb has proclaimed March 10–16, 2024, as Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp. urges everyone in our community to be as prepared for severe weather as possible. Here are some important reminders.

Surf's Up! March 4-8, is National School Breakfast Week celebrating the importance of a nutritious school breakfast in fueling students for success. WCHS students got a free breakfast this morning as they prepare for testing. The cafeteria decorations celebrate this year's theme which is "Surf's Up"! This special observance celebrates the national School Breakfast Program and the many ways it gives kids a great start every day.

Big BAND News!!! WCHS just received official word that both the Whiteland Jazz Band One and Shades of Blue vocal jazz are 2024 ISSMA Jazz State Finalists!!! This means that both the jazz band and vocal jazz were in the top nine scores in the state! They now have the opportunity to perform at State Finals on Friday March 15th at Pike High School (Jazz Band) and Franklin Central (Choir). We will be receiving schedules shortly and will share for anyone that would like to come out and support our talented students in this state-wide showcase! The Whiteland Community High School Band Department had the pleasure of hosting over 80 different performing groups from all of the state at the ISSMA Jazz event held this past weekend. The Whiteland Band Boosters and students did an AMAZING group of hosting these student musicians as they performed for adjudication. Friday night was a special night of jazz for the Whiteland Jazz Bands!!! FIT Big Band - GOLD with Distinction Jazz 3 - GOLD rating Jazz 2 - Group I - GOLD with Distinction Jazz 1 - Group I - GOLD with Distinction These groups also earned THIRTY ONE solo ribbons for excellence in improvised solos!! Whiteland is one of only a few schools across the state that enters their top TWO jazz bands in Group One (the highest difficulty of music and adjudication). For the second band to get a "With Distinction", is something quite special. And finally a special congratulations to Jazz One for knocking it out of the park and receiving the highest score in school history!!

Whiteland FFA had a great day at the District VIII FFA Leadership Development Events Saturday at Eastern Hancock High School! Below are the results. All 1st Places will be advancing to the State Contest at Purdue University in June! 1st Place Agriculture & Farm Business Management Demonstration - Josie Kelsay & Addyson Cox 1st Place Creed Speaking - Jack Kelsay 1st Place Multimedia Presentation 2nd Place Exhibit - Cian Cribbs & Brody Polesel 2nd Place Scrapbook 2nd Place Leadership Ambassador - Josie Kelsay 3rd Place Persuasive Essay - Leorah Morris Thanks for your support of our FFA Program!

Sectional Semi Final Tonight!!! Your Whiteland Warriors will play Franklin for the third time this season in the sectional semi final tonight at East Central. GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Clark-Pleasant Band Department was recognized at the Statehouse by the Indiana Arts Education Network. The Department was recognized for being an ISSMA All-Music Award recipient last school year but also for our district being named a "Best Community for Music Education".

Voter Registration! WCHS Councillors held a Voter Registration class in the auditorium this morning for all seniors. The Johnson County League of Women Voters participated giving students passionate encouragement on the importance of our democracy and the importance of registering to vote. Students were able to register on their own device during the event. Those who have only a student ID met in the gym in order to get instruction on getting permanent identification.

Grassy Creek Elementary is honored to host a fundraising campaign to benefit the Riley Heart Center at Riley Children's Health. Your gift helps support a multidisciplinary team of experienced pediatric specialists who manage complex heart care. https://bit.ly/3SYT86q

Up Next; Sectional Semi-Final! Whiteland defeated Shelbyville to open up sectional play! Next up is Franklin on Friday.

Senior Night! The Whiteland Warriors had strong offensive effort, Friday night, on Senior night, stinging the Beech Grove Hornets in the final game of the regular season by a score of 81-64. It now becomes a lose one and done season as sectional play begins.

Johnson County Champs! The future is looking bright for Whiteland Wrestling! The CPMS Warriors took home the Johnson County Championship!

Committed / Signed! Gwen Higdon will continue her basketball career at Indiana University Columbus! Congrats Gwen!

Committed! Another commit for the Warriors! Leila Thomas will continue her wrestling career at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point next year! Congrats Leila!