Whiteland Community High School

FACS Fall Showcase-Halloween Theme! Family and Consumer Science (FACS) students have created a variety of delicacies for their Fall Showcase at WCHS. In an exciting collaboration, classes came together to present a showcase that features displays for both Diwali and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The FACS graduation pathways include culinary arts, nutrition, child development, and human services as key components of the curriculum.

Know a Veteran? Whiteland Community High School will be hosting a Veterans Day luncheon on November 11 from 11:30-12:30pm. Please contact Amanda Coop at the high school at 317-535-3125 if interested.

News from the 97th annual FFA Convention in Indianapolis! Thursday afternoon Whiteland FFA was named a National 3-Star FFA Chapter! This is the highest honor an FFA chapter can earn from the National FFA! Congratulations to our FFA students and sponsors.

Congratulations Spencer Spencer Gillespie is named to the Indiana All-Star Tennis Team. This means that he is one of the best senior tennis players in the state of Indiana. He will play against other senior all-stars on November 10th in Pendleton, IN. This makes it eight straight years for the program with an Indiana All-Star! Here is the list of current and former Indiana All-Star selections from Whiteland: Spencer Gillespie (‘25) Kinsey Shipp (‘24) Cathy Nguyen (‘24) Chase Koester (‘24) Carson Baumann (‘24) Ty McCullars (‘23) Dylan Gross (‘22) Sarah Scott (‘21) Quinten Gillespie (‘21) Travis Robinson (‘21) Garrison Pelfree (‘20) Reese Johnson (’19) Caleb Scott (‘18) Sam Venter (‘’16)

We're just 2 weeks away from the play! Students are excited for everyone to see this production! Shows are Nov. 8, 9 & 10. Staff gets free tickets! Just show your ID at the door and our ticket folks will take care of it! So excited for everyone to see this! Spread the word!

FFA News Congratulations to our Milk Quality & Products Team of Brody Polesel, Leorah Morris, Lillian Nick and Garrett Rice for earning a Silver Ranking in the National FFA Contest! and to Josie Kelsay for being awarded a Silver Ranking in the National FFA Dairy Handler Contest!

Breaking FFA News! Congratulation Whiteland FFA Member, Cian Cribbs. He was just announced as a Top 4 National FFA Finalist in the Agricultural Education Proficiency Program! .

Got Milk? Good luck to our Milk Quality & Products Team today as they compete in the National competition! 🥛 at the FFA Convention in downtown Indianapolis. #FFA

WCHS Band News! Congratulations!!!

WCHS student, Jack Kelsay, will compete in the National FFA Creed Speaking Contest, this week. He presented his speech to the school board Monday night. The original FFA Creed was written in 1928 and outlines the FFA organization's values and beliefs regarding the industry of agriculture, FFA membership, citizenship, and patriotism. Jack will be judged on his oral presentation of the creed and his response to questions about the meaning of the creed.

National FFA News!

Big Fall Break for the Marching Warriors. On Oct 5th we hosted the ISSMA Scholastic Prelims/Open Invitational here at WCHS and hosted over 2500 student musicians and thousands of their supporters in the stands. The Marching Warriors competed in this contest and received a GOLD rating and special "With Distinction" awards in both Music and Visual. On Oct 12th we competed in the ISSMA Regional competition at Center Grove. The band performed their best show of the year and in result was named an ISSMA Semi-State Finalist for the 9th year in a row! Saturday, back at WCHS, where we hosted groups again for the Whiteland Marching Band Invitational. The band performed in exhibition at the end of the night, but again stepped up their performance to receive their highest score of the season! I can not express how thankful we are for our students...but to host these VERY large events takes an amazing amount of dedicated and AMAZING parents. We absolutely could not do this without them and the countless hours of preparation and work it takes to make contests successful opportunities for not only our students to perform, but the thousands of other students from schools across the state to have a quality educational experience on our campus. I also would like to thank our administration at both the corporation and building level as well as our Athletic Department, Transportation Department, and custodial staff for all of their work as well. Continuing to hold these events in the construction chaos that is our campus was a challenge. It most definitely took a village. Peter Sampson Director of Bands

Feed the Farmer! It was a beautiful October day for Feed the Farmer 2024! Thank you Johnson County Farmers for everything you do! 🚜🌽🐖🐄🌾 Thanks to our Whiteland FFA students and their sponsors for feeding our farmers!

Progressing! Thanks to favorable weather, construction is proceeding on schedule at WCHS. Crews are preparing to begin excavating the new swimming pool. Currently, over 100 brick masons are on site erecting classroom walls.

COMMITTED! Ethan Edwards announced yesterday he will be continuing his academic and basketball career next year with the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds!

On Thursday, 5th-grade reading students, from Grassy Creek, attended the Mock Trial of the Big, Bad Wolf, presented by the seniors in Mrs. Holton's Government class at Whiteland High School. The students observed the trial and even participated in helping the jury decide who was guilty. Ultimately, Curly Pig was found guilty! After the trial, the seniors had a Q&A session with the fifth-grade students and also demonstrated a cool hand trick to help them remember the Bill of Rights.

Have a Great Fall Break!

Future Marcher Friday! Our 8th grade band students went to WCHS to see the HS marching band perform their 2024 show “Black Orchid.” They had a blast learning about the marching band and meeting our HS band students! Good luck to the Marching Warriors at their ISSMA competition this weekend!

Future Marcher Friday! Our 8th grade band students went to WCHS to see the HS marching band perform their 2024 show “Black Orchid.” They had a blast learning about the marching band and meeting our HS band students! Good luck to the Marching Warriors at their ISSMA competition this weekend!

Sectional Title on the Line! Whiteland Boys Tennis goes for a Sectional title at Center Grove tonight!