Whiteland Community High School

FFA Wins Statewide Award! Last week, the Whiteland Community High School Agriculture Program was awarded the Indiana Career & Technical Education Award for Excellence in Secondary Education Programming. This award is based on program design, resource utilization, and student achievement. Our Agricultural Science program serves over 150 students at WCHS and offers dual credit and certification opportunities for students in the agricultural industry.

Mental Health Month 2023 A strong sense of community within neighborhoods protects mental health through shared support, resources, and joy.

Get emotional support at any time of day by calling, texting, or chatting the trained counselors at the #988Lifeline. #MentalHealthMonth #SuicidePrevention

It's Opening Night! The curtain goes up tonight on "Once Upon A Mattress". Great tickets are still available.

Whiteland Girls Basketball Camp!

Blue Jeans Ball! One week from today is our Annual Blue Jeans Ball! I can't wait to see all of you. Let's take a minute to send out a big "Thank You " to this year's dinner table sponsors!

Mental Health Month 2023 Having safe, stable, and healthy home conditions set the foundation for achieving and maintaining good mental health. For many people, not having a true “home base” to consistently return to can leave them feeling distressed, disconnected, or isolated. Wherever you call “home,” it should give you feelings of comfort, support, and calmness. If not, there are things you can do to your space to help you be more productive, reach your goals, and improve your mental health. #Lookaround #Lookwithin #MentalHealthMonth

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Thank You School Lunch Heroes! Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation would like to thank all of our food service workers for their dedication to feeding our students each school day. "We have about 70 employees who are hard-working and who really care about the students", says Food Services Director, Kim Combs. "We want meals to be healthy and delicious and eaten in an enjoyable atmosphere each and every day". School Lunch Hero Day is held annually on the first Friday in May in honor of each person responsible for providing lunches (and food) to millions of school children across America. Today, May 5th is School Lunch Hero Day!

Athletic Physical Night 2023-2024

WCHS AG Wins Statewide Award for Excellence Today the Whiteland Community High School Agricultural Science Program was recognized for winning the 2023 Indiana CTE Award for Excellence in Secondary Programming. This award was based on Program Design, Resource Utilization, and Student Achievement. Our Agricultural Science program serves over 150 students at WCHS and offers dual credit and certification opportunities for students in the agricultural industry.

Once Upon A Mattress! WCHS Theatre would like to invite you to attend our Spring Musical, Once Upon A Mattress! Based on the famous fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea, we have an evening of medieval merriment (and a little tomfoolery!) in store, and we'd love to see you there! Show Dates and Times: Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 pm Friday, May 12 at 7:30 pm Sunday, May 14 at 2:30 pm Ticket Information: $10 for adults $5 for children Tickets can be purchased on our Show Website, or you can scan the QR code on the show poster (attached). A $2 discount is offered to all CPCSC employees - use the code FRED at checkout! Venue WCHS Auditorium Entrance: Door 1 (Main Entrance) Thank you for your support, and we hope to see you there! Whiteland Community High School Theatre Tara Sorg Jeremy Gale Director Assistant Director

Young Entrepreneurs! WCHS economics students are testing out the business world this week during their annual Econ Mall event. As part of their class students come up with a business idea, marketing strategy and a price for their product or service. The big test is trying to sell those goods and services to other students. Many stuck with selling familiar products like pop and pizza while others decided to really test the market by selling things like bamboo plants and homemade t-shirts. Students learn a lot through the exercise such as learning what it takes to make a profit or break even. Others unfortunately learn what a business "loss" can look like.

New FFA Officers Elected!

Savoring Success! Thursday, we celebrated, with a luncheon, 55 seniors who are on track to earn the Indiana College Core (ICC). We are very proud of their accomplishments! ICC is a "block" of 30 general education credits of college-level coursework. They earn these credits through WCHS dual credit classes and qualifying AP scores. The ICC is guaranteed to transfer between Indiana public colleges and universities. To earn the ICC, students must take at least three credit hours in six competency areas, as well as an additional 12 “elective” credit hours from the same competencies. Once students earn these credits, they will have fulfilled the core requirements equivalent to their first year of college starting college as Sophomores, saving time and money! Foundational Intellectual Skills Quantitative Reasoning Speaking and Listening Written Communication Ways of Knowing Humanistic and Artistic Scientific Social and Behavioral

Student Consultants! In the wake of the recent Tornado that tore a destructive path through the Town of Whiteland, a class of WCHS students have signed on to become consultants, so to speak, as the Town looks for ways to improve its public safety plan. Government teacher, Justin Schwenk, is leading his students through this real-life assignment to look for solutions and policies that could actually help improve how the town responds to disasters in the future. “Students will research, gather data, identify policy solutions, create an action plan and ultimately present their recommendations to Whiteland and Johnson County safety officials”, says Mr. Schwenk. Students are working in teams of four with each concentrating on specific areas. Local government officials including Carmen Young, from the Town of Whiteland, spoke to the students this week about areas where they can provide input. While it might be relatively easy to define problems, coming up with solutions and how to implement them as well as gaining public input will be more challenging for these government students during their last month of school. The project is to be completed by May 25th. They must do an oral presentation supplemented by a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. All materials that will be provided to Town and County officials.

Scavenger Hunt!!! Upstream is conducting (our first!) scavenger hunt from May 6 - 13th. This will be app-based using the Goosechase app, and the theme for May will be centered around the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. We are calling this The CHASE! This is a free, self-paced scavenger hunt that is open to anyone interested in playing. Scan the QR code for more information. Prizes are available.

A Letter from Mr. Edens

National Scholar-Athlete!

Unified Track! When everybody gets a chance to compete, we all win. Whiteland Unified Track completes their first ever home meet with Martinsville Monday night.