Whiteland Community High School

FAFSA Time!

WCHS Career Day! More than 20 companies and organizations were represented at WCHS Career Day on Thursday. Career presenters included professionals from banking, insurance, firefighting, The FBI, The National Guard and more.

Emma Gill is the 2023 Johnson County Soccer Player of the Year! Congratulations to Emma for taking home the Hardware!

FAFSA!

Lady Warriors hang on to take down New Palestine!

Joyful Sounds! Dec, 1st 7pm (with CPMS Jazz Choir) Dec. 2nd 2pm (with Break O Day, Pleasant Crossing, and Grassy Creek Elementaries) Dec. 2nd 7pm (With Clark, Whiteland, and Ray Crowe Elementaries) Tickets: https://wchschoirs.ludus.com More information at whitelandchoirs.com

We are very excited to once again offer our Youth Dance Guard Clinic to all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade CPCSC students on Saturday December 9th starting at 1:30 PM. That same evening the students will then perform with the WCHS Dance Team at the WCHS Varsity Basketball game. The day will conclude after the performance around 7:00 PM. Many more details about the day will be given out upon arrival. Absolutely no dance experience is required!! We will be meeting at the WCHS North Building with the clinic starting at 1:30 PM. Please enter through Door 4 and follow the signs. The cost of the clinic is just $30 and includes a t-shirt, snack, pizza dinner, and free student entry for the basketball game that night. While we will take registrations at the door, we ask that you please register online at http://clinic.whitelandband.com to make sure we have a shirt in your student's exact size. Payment can be made at the door with cash, credit card, or a check to the "Whiteland Band Boosters".

They're so FLY! Wow! What a great day at Area VI FFA Entomology! We had 13 members participate today and came home with some hardware! 🥇1st Place Senior Team - Josie Kelsay, Brody Polesel, Cian Cribbs, & Leorah Morris 🥇1st Overall Senior Individual - Brody Polesel 🐞5th Overall Senior Individual - Leorah Morris 🐞2nd Overall Junior Individual - Lane Corn All 5 of these members will be advancing to the FFA State Entomology Contest in a few weeks!

A Family Feast! A group of WCHS students shared a feast today, which they helped to create. The students invited their parents to the high school to partake of potatoes, stuffing, ham, turkey, and all the trimmings. One thing they all have in common is sharing love and Thanksgiving with their families and teachers. What makes the meal even more special is that the students helped to prepare it in their foods and nutrition class, “Every classroom was in charge of something”, says Intensive Resource Teacher Nikki Purdue. “While this meal is delicious it gives the students a sense of purpose in being able to provide it for their families. She says many of these are families that just want to be included. CPCSC has 5 teachers in this high school level of service which has 51 students this year.

CONSTRUCTION DOESN'T STOP THIS SPIRIT TEAM! Thank you SPIRIT TEAM for an AWESOME turnout this morning! Small acts of kindness mean so much😁.

Marlin Jackson Speaks! Former Colt's corner and Super Bowl champ, Marlin Jackson, spoke to students at the CP Academy today. He talked about coming out of the projects in a single parent home but stated he let negatives motivate him not make him a victim. He played for 6 years.

Tori Jackson Commits to Ball State!

WCHS Punjabi Club hosted a Diwali event Thursday. The event featured activities, dance performances, and delicious food. The celebration provided a great opportunity for students to connect and engage with each other in a relaxed setting. Thank for your support and Happy Diwali.

Elite Leaders! Thursday a few of our FFA officers got to participate in Indiana Farm Bureau’s Elite Leadership Luncheon where Whiteland FFA was named the District VIII Winners of the INFB Ag Literacy Challenge! This competition assesses chapters on activities they implement to promote agricultural literacy in their local community. Besides accepting the award, members also got to hear from State Representatives, the IN Director of Agriculture, participate in leadership development activities, and network with other FFA members from across the state!

Here is information regarding tomorrow night's IHSAA Regional Championship Football Game @ Decatur Central: Kick-off is 7pm, gates open at 6pm Tickets MUST be purchased digitally, they will not accept cash! Link ($10/person): https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=58108 WBSN will be offering an Audio Only broadcast: https://www.ihsaatv.org/MidState/WhitelandCommunity/ Decatur Central will be offering a free video broadcast: https://www.ihsaatv.org/MidState/

36 students in the Principles of Teaching and Teaching & Learning classes went on a college visit today to UIndy. Students heard from college students in the School of Education, went on a tour, heard from admissions, and had lunch. They came away with bags, shirts & keychains.

WCHS Vocal Group to Perform at Hockey Game Shades of Blue is performing at the Indy Fuel game at Pepsi Coliseum at 7:00pm Friday, November 10th. It will be Veteran’s Night at the game as well. The ticket link is here: https://fuel.isportstix.com/order/group/ShadesOfBlue/

Understanding Supply & Demand! Econ students at WCHS are learning what it's like to be an entrepreneur this week during the annual Econ Mall project. Students must come up with their own business idea, decide on a partner, figure out a product to sell and then hope for the best. Some students sold donuts, cookies, pulled pork, tamales, cake pops and some just pop. Each business team is giving a cost production sheet to figure out their cost verses what they can sell the product for to create a profit margin. If they're products sold out they have to figure out how much more they could have made if they had more inventory and if the product didn't sell they had to figure out why. Some students learned they had to lower their prices when items weren't selling while others raised their prices due to brisk sales. The best part of this project is that the students get to keep the cash from their profits.

BUY A BED, BOOST THE BAND! We hope we can count on your support of the WCHS Band Mattress Fundraiser this Saturday, 10am-5pm in the WCHS Band room! Please help spread the word by emailing and texting the attached flier to everyone you know! Peter Sampson Director of Bands

Groundbreaking Held for Whiteland Community High School Construction Project. $235 Million Update to Whiteland Community High School Gets Underway November 6, 2023 Whiteland, IN The Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation Board of Trustees broke ground Monday November 6, 2023, for what will be a five phase $235 million-dollar construction project. There will be a new three-story Academic Area with dozens of new classrooms, Student Activity Center and a Performing Arts Center with supporting instructional spaces for band, choir and drama students. There will also be updated cafeteria and kitchen areas. Additionally, the project includes a new Aquatic Center as well as the renovation and repurposing of several athletic areas. “One of the best things about this project is the safety and security it adds for our students and staff at the high school" says CPCSC Superintendent, Dr. Timothy Edsell. “All students will be in one building with more safe and secure entrances and with better supervision capabilities.” Edsell, who oversaw a multi-million-dollar construction project at his previous school district, says overseeing this expansion is one of the things that excited him about coming here. School Board President, Dave Thompson, a former teacher and coach at Whiteland, says the main purpose of the project is to prepare for expected growth over the next ten to fifteen years. “There are homes and businesses going up all round the school district and we need to have the space ready for the students that will come here over the next decade”, says Thompson. He adds that the modernization of the high school will allow for the programs and STEM technology needed that will prepare our students for future success. Skillman Corporation is leading the construction project. “Phase 1 got underway in October and will take about three years to complete”, says Skillman President, Dan King. We’re fortunate to have a great team on this build that includes Lancer Associates Architecture, Ice Miller and Baker Tilly, Municipal Advisors”. Despite a larger high school there will be increased parking and a more efficient traffic flow for students, parents, buses and pedestrian traffic. Based on current debt projections the school district is able to carry out this project without increasing property taxes. “There will be some slight inconveniences over the next few years but once this project is finished we will have a world-class high school campus everyone can be proud of”, concluded Dr. Edsell. The entire project is expected to be completed in late 2027.