Watervliet High School

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Girls Junior Varsity Softball beats Buchanan 10 - 7 Monday, April 15, 2024 7:00 PM Watervliet High School vs Buchanan High School HOME AWAY 10 7 Game Recap Watervliet JV Panthers Softball got out to a 7-run lead in the second inning and held on for 10-7 victory over the Buchanan JV Bucks. Madison Eberhard hit a triple in the second inning that drove in 3 runs. WP: Birmele Top Hitters: Birmele- 2B Eberhard- 3B Gaston- 1B, RBI Kostrzewa- 1B Shafer- 2B Smith- 1B

GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL Girls Junior Varsity Softball falls to Buchanan 10 - 8 Monday, April 15, 2024 5:00 PM Watervliet High School vs Buchanan High School Game Recap Watervliet JV Panthers made a run against Buchanan JV Bucks but fell short in the bottom of 5. The Panthers went into the bottom of 5 with a 10-run deficit and almost came back, eventually falling 10-8. LP: Robards & Birmele Top Hitters: Smith -2, 1B, RBI Baldwin- 1B Kostrzewa- 2B, RBI Shafer- 1B Birmele RBI

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Tuesday April 16th.. My name is Abby Lomoro and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is walking tacos. Tomorrow’s breakfast is AN ENGLISH MUFFIN BREAKFAST SANDWICH Happy birthday today to Kaylee Williamson! TOMORROW is an early release day and a PJ day. We will dismiss at 1:10. Students are not permitted to remain in the building after school waiting for any practices to begin. Please plan ahead for your ride home. SENIORS–You have received an email from Mrs. Powers. It is a Google Form that must be completed by this Friday in order to go on the Senior Trip. If you have someone going as a Chaperone then their money for the trip is also due on Friday. Please submit Chaperone payment to Mrs. Tyler in the Guidance office. You have also received a senior slide to be completed before the end of this month. Seniors, this is the last call for graduation cap & gown orders. If you have not placed your order as of today, please see Teri in the main office asap. The After Prom venue has changed and will now be at Airway Fun Center in Kalamazoo. The buses for After Prom will leave promptly at 12am from the gym doors and return to the school at 5am. You can get your form where prom tickets are sold or from Mrs. Tyler. Please fill out your form (including your parents signature) and money ($10) and turn it in where prom tickets are sold. If you are in a hardship situation for the cost, please talk to Mrs. Tyler. We will work it out. Attention 9th, 10th and 11th graders–you must have a fully charged and working school device on Thursday for state testing. Please make sure that you come to school with a fully charged and working school device. If you do not use a school device, one will be supplied to you on the day of testing. If you have a device that is not working, bring it to the office now. Testing will start at 8:10 AM on Thursday. All 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are expected to be in school and ready to give their best efforts with testing on Thursday. Seniors do not report to school on Thursday. Juniors will be dismissed after testing. 9th and 10th graders will remain in school for the remainder of the day. All juniors will take the MSTEP test this Friday morning. With a normal rest of the school day. Junior Day at SMC is May 17th for most of the entire school day and we are sending a bus for interested juniors. Come pick up a permission slip in the counseling office if you would like to attend. This is counted as a school related absence. On April 23, the PTO is hosting a Donkey Basketball Game in the high school gym. Tickets are $7 in advance and are available in the guidance office. Come watch Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Riedinger, and Mr. Coburn battle it out! Seniors– if you wish to earn a Community Service honor cord to be worn at graduation, you must complete 40 hours of community service. The deadline to submit those hours to the HS office is April 30th. Any senior interested in being considered for the outstanding boy/girl, please come pick up an application in the main office. They are due back by April 29th. TONIGHT we will hold our annual dual enrollment information session for parents. All parents are invited. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

WATERVLIET HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SOCCER Varsity Soccer beats Coloma 3 - 0 to make it 3 away wins in row Monday, April 15, 2024 6:00 PM Watervliet High School @ Coloma High School AWAY HOME 3 0 Game Recap Lady Panthers went away to Coloma on a beautiful Monday afternoon and once again came out victorious to make it three away wins in a row. The first-half was tightly contested and we missed to convert on several opportunities in front of goal. Heading into halftime 0-0. Despite the goalless first-half, the team picked up the momentum and started creating more chances in front of goal. In the 56th min, Courtney Van Lente broke the deadlock when she swiftly got passed three Coloma defenders who in spite of fouling her on the way to goal were no match for her strength as she put her shot right past the goalie to make 1-0. Minutes later, Riley Preston gave a wonderful assist to Courtney, who once again found the back of the net with a left-footed shot. In the 67th minute, Alyssa Brown sealed the victory with impeccable right-footed shot via a Courtney pass that made it 3-0. The defense composed of Anslie Saylor, Alexis Hoadley and Morgan Lowell played a big part in keeping the shots on goal to a minimum and helping Chelsea Lange obtain her second clean-sheet of the season. Come out and support as we take on Schoolcraft this Friday at 5pm.

Lady Panthers went away to Coloma on a beautiful Monday afternoon and once again came out victorious to make it three away wins in a row. The first-half was tightly contested and we missed to convert on several opportunities in front of goal. Heading into halftime 0-0. Despite the goalless first-half, the team picked up the momentum and started creating more chances in front of goal. In the 56th min, Courtney Van Lente broke the deadlock when she swiftly got passed three Coloma defenders who in spite of fouling her on the way to goal were no match for her strength as she put her shot right past the goalie to make 1-0. Minutes later, Riley Preston gave a wonderful assist to Courtney, who once again found the back of the net with a left-footed shot. In the 67th minute, Alyssa Brown sealed the victory with impeccable right-footed shot via a Courtney pass that made it 3-0. The defense composed of Anslie Saylor, Alexis Hoadley and Morgan Lowell played a big part in keeping the shots on goal to a minimum and helping Chelsea Lange obtain her second clean-sheet of the season. Come out and support as we take on Schoolcraft this Friday at 5pm.

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Monday April 15th. My name is Tia Caldwell and I am your Monday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is pepperoni pizza. Tomorrow’s breakfast is maple pancake minis & turkey sausage link. Happy Birthday to Abigail Whorton. SENIORS–You will receive an email from Mrs. Powers today. It is a Google Form that must be completed by this Friday in order to go on the Senior Trip. If you have someone going as a Chaperone then their money for the trip is also due on Friday. Please submit Chaperone payment to Mrs. Tyler in the Guidance office. SENIORS–You will receive your free Senior T-shirt today for the class picture. The Senior Class photo will be taken at 10:00 am this morning. If you do not pick up your shirt then stop by and see Mrs. Tyler. Also, if your family ordered shirts then you will be able to pick those up today as well. Please make sure to send your payment for the shirts if you have not already done so. Attention 9th, 10th and 11th graders–you must have a fully charged and working school device on Thursday for state testing. Please make sure that you come to school with a fully charged and working school device. If you do not use a school device, one will be supplied to you on the day of testing. If you have a device that is not working, bring it to the office now. Testing will start at 8:10 AM on Thursday. All 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are expected to be in school and ready to give their best efforts with testing on Thursday. Seniors do not report to school on Thursday. Juniors will be dismissed after testing. 9th and 10th graders will remain in school for the remainder of the day. Junior Day at SMC is May 17th for most of the entire school day and we are sending a bus for interested juniors. Come pick up a permission slip in the counseling office if you would like to attend. This is counted as a school related absence. On April 23, the PTO is hosting a Donkey Basketball Game in the high school gym. Tickets are $7 in advance and are available in the guidance office. Come watch Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Riedinger, and Mr. Coburn battle it out! Seniors– if you wish to earn a Community Service honor cord to be worn at graduation, you must complete 40 hours of community service. The deadline to submit those hours to the HS office is April 30th. All seniors will take a class picture on TODAY at 10 am. Pick up your tee shirt from Mrs. Tyler at 9:30 and meet in the cafe at 10 for the picture. TOMORROW night we will hold our annual dual enrollment information session for parents. All parents are invited. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

The Watervliet Panthers golf team travelled to Lake Michigan Hills for their first Jamboree and finished 5th overall. The Panthers had 2 returning starters in Reise Bulat and Tyler Asakevich each finishing with scores of 50. Moeko Crago, Jacob Schaffer, and Skylar Blaylock all scored personal bests in the 50's. The Panthers travel to the Ravines in Saugatuck on Tuesday and Hawkshead in South Haven on Wednesday.

The Panther Softball team traveled to Dowagiac to play in the Chieftain Invitational. In game one, Abby Whorton hit two home runs and drove in three RBI's. Grace Chisek had a double and a home run, while driving two RBI's. Leila Liberto-Taylor had tw singles and two RBI's. Sienna Bulat, Megan Cox, Akira Hill, and Taylor Woollett all had singles. Megan Cox got the win in the circle. Watervliet collected 11 hits in the game.

The Girl's Varsity Soccer traveled to Covert to obtain their second win of the season. Despite the muddy and wet conditions of the field, the team was able to display a great performance. Natalya Desjardin continued her scoring streak after a cross from Courtney Van Lente that she put in the back of the net in the 4th minute mark. The second goal came via a corner kick from Natalie Van Lente who connected with Alyssa Brown who scored her first goal of the night. Ending the first half 2-0. In the second half, the team came out strong. After just a minute, Courtney came up with her second assist of the night connecting with Alyssa Brown who scored her second goal of the night. Couple minutes later, Natalaya scored her second goal of the night, shooting an unstoppable shot in the top left corner of the net. In the 54th min, Miriam Feneley placed a right footed shot in the back of net. Converting her first goal of the season, after a excellent cross from Courtney, who completed her hat-trick of assists. Minutes later, Alyssa scored her third goal of the night, finishing off her hat-trick of goals and concluding the final goal of the night. Chelsea Lange dispayed a great performance in goal to get her first clean sheet of the season. The team travels to neighboring town Coloma for a 6pm clash. Come out and cheer these girls!

Once a month, Ms. Powers, hosts a high school parent meeting so that parents can be updated on all thing high school related and share feedback with her. Please join us Wednesday evening for April's meeting!

ALL 8th -11th grade are parents are invited to join us for our annual dual enrollment informational night this Tuesday!

CONGRATULATIONS to our March 2024 Students of the Month, who were celebrated at a special breakfast this morning. From left to right--Gabriel Shotts, Addison Smith, Ruby Parra, Miriam Feneley, Grace MacMillan, Taylor Green, and Kayden Harrington. We were missing Chase Tremblay.

Spring is a busy time at WHS! Check out this week's Panther Parent Newsletter! https://www.smore.com/n/5t96z

WATERVLIET HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SOCCER Girls Varsity Soccer beats Parchment 5 - 2 Wednesday, April 10, 2024 6:00 PM Watervliet High School @ Parchment Game Recap Girl's Varsity Soccer opened up the 2024 Season on the road with a stellar win over Parchment 5-2. Game started off slow but quicky picked up momentum. First goal came off a corner-kick taken by Courtney Van Lente that was put away in the back of the net by Natalaya Desjardin. Courtney came up with her second assist of the night via another corner-kick, this time being scored by Natalie Van Lente. Minutes later, Anslie Saylor took control of a loose ball on the right side of field which she took past her defender and hit a shot from about 30 yards away that went straight between Parchment's goalie into the net. Taking Watervliet 3-0 at halftime. In the second half, the team started off slow and Parchment was able to score a quick goal. However, the team quickly got back into rhythm and Natalie Van Lente scored her second goal of the night after a stolen pass that she dribbled past two defenders and finished it off past the goalkeeper. The team kept applying pressure which allowed Allyssa Brown to gain control of another loose ball in front of Parchment's net which she placed right in front of Vicky Mandujano who rushed to tap it in for the fifth and final goal for Watervliet on the night. Emma Ferguson and Riley Preston played vital roles in controlling the midfield which allowed the team to have possession of the ball throughout the game. Julie Rudell had three important saves in the second half that kept Parchment from getting back into the game. The team will look to continue to improve on tonight's stellar performance as they travel away this Friday, against Covert at 5pm.

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Friday April 12th. My name is Jacob Schaefer and I am your Friday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is ham and cheese pocket and green beans Monday’s breakfast is a cereal breakfast kit. Happy Birthday to McKenna Kirksey & Mrs. Girton Congratulations to the following students who are PBIS raffle ticket winners for demonstrating respect, responsibility, and safety in the building. Alanna Pecharich Gage Sirk Isaias Wendt Izzy Tarantino Joelle Petznick Elliot Worley Aaron Alvarado Phoenix Anderson Daijahnae Hatcher Attention 9th, 10th and 11th graders–you must have a fully charged and working school device on Thursday for state testing. Please make sure that you come to school with a fully charged and working school device. If you do not use a school device, one will be supplied to you on the day of testing. If you have a device that is not working, bring it to the office now. Testing will start at 8:10 AM on Thursday. All 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are expected to be in school and ready to give their best efforts with testing on Thursday. Seniors do not report to school on Thursday. Juniors will be dismissed after testing. 9th and 10th graders will remain in school for the remainder of the day. Junior Day at SMC is May 17th for most of the entire school day and we are sending a bus for interested juniors. Come pick up a permission slip in the counseling office if you would like to attend. This is counted as a school related absence. On April 23, the PTO is hosting a Donkey Basketball Game in the high school gym. Tickets are $7 in advance and are available in the guidance office. Come watch Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Riedinger, and Mr. Coburn battle it out! Seniors, this is a reminder that all Watervliet High School community scholarship applications are due TODAY. There are 11 scholarships that are only available to Watervliet High School seniors. Please see Mrs. Dawson or Mrs. Tyler in the guidance office for more information. Seniors– if you wish to earn a Community Service honor cord to be worn at graduation, you must complete 40 hours of community service. The deadline to submit those hours to the HS office is April 30th. All seniors will take a class picture on Monday at 10 am. Pick up your tee shirt from Mrs. Tyler at 9:30 and meet in the cafe at 10 for the picture. Tuesday night we will hold our annual dual enrollment information session for parents. All parents are invited. If you are dual enrolled, please see Mrs. Tyler this week for a grade check in. There is after school homework help TODAY in the media center from 3:15-4:15. ALL JUNIORS are taking the WorkKeys test today. After testing students will have a normal rest of the school day. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

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Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Thursday April 11th! My name is Julia Papple and I am your Thursday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is chicken strips. Tomorrow’s breakfast is a yogurt cup with granola. There are no birthdays today. Congratulations to the following students who are PBIS raffle ticket winners for demonstrating respect, responsibility, and safety in the building. DaJahnae Hatcher Miriam Feneley Jocelyn Solis Vickey Mandujano Aaron Alvarado Alanna Pecharich Wyatt MacMillan Hanna Lomoro Kyle Domingo Nolan Sells Kenzie Webster Gage Sirk Joelle Petznick Junior Day at SMC is May 17th for most of the entire school day and we are sending a bus for interested juniors. Come pick up a permission slip in the counseling office if you would like to attend. This is counted as a school related absence. On April 23, the PTO is hosting a Donkey Basketball Game in the high school gym. Tickets are $7 in advance and are available in the guidance office. Come watch Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Riedinger, and Mr. Coburn battle it out! Seniors, this is a reminder that all Watervliet High School community scholarship applications are due TOMORROW. There are 11 scholarships that are only available to Watervliet High School seniors. Please see Mrs. Dawson or Mrs. Tyler in the guidance office for more information. Seniors– if you wish to earn a Community Service honor cord to be worn at graduation, you must complete 40 hours of community service. The deadline to submit those hours to the HS office is April 30th. If you are dual enrolled, please see Mrs. Tyler this week for a grade check in. There is after school homework help TODAY in the media center from 3:15-4:15. ALL JUNIORS are taking the WorkKeys test today. After testing students will have a normal rest of the school day. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

All 11th graders will be taking a WorkKeys test tomorrow (THURSDAY, APRIL 11th) starting at 8:10 AM. All juniors are asked to be in school, well rested and ready to test!

4/9 SEASON OPENERS SPORTS RECAP: Watervliet Varsity Baseball opened up the 2024 Season on the road - traveling to Paw Paw and getting the Game 1 Win 12-0. Aidan Bethea got the Win on the mound scattering 2 Hits and Striking out 9. Ben Parritt closed out the game for the Panthers. Hitters for Watervliet: Alex Hicks (Double / 3 Singles Owen Epple (3 Singles) Wyatt Epple (Triple / Single) Logan Eberhard (Double / Single) 1 Single each for Chase Tremblay, Bethea, Caleb Jewell and Caden Burdick Game 2 was shortened due to darkness. The Panthers fell behind early and ran out of daylight in a comeback effort. Despite out hitting the Red Wolves 7 to 2 - Watervliet couldn't make up for a few costly errors down the stretch. Emmett Williams, Alex Hicks, Chase Tremblay and Colton Swisher combined on the mound. Hitters for the Panthers: 1 Single each for Tremblay, Alex Hicks, Aidan Bethea, Caleb Jewell, Kaiden Bierhalter, Sam Crago and Caden Burdick. Varsity Softball: The Panther's Megan Cox out duals Michigan Luthern's Ace in a 3-2 contest on Tuesday. Megan Cox pitched all 7 innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 earned run, while striking out 8 in her first victory of the season. Grace Chisek and Abby Whorton provided the only hits, with a Home Run and triple respectively for the Panthers. Kendle Kiefer had a great defensive game at third base. WP: Cox Top Hitters: Grace Chisek-HR, RBI Abby Whorton-3B, RBI In game 2: Grace Chisek collected three hits in three at bats, as Watervliet defeated Michigan Lutheran 11-3 in the night cap of a double header. Sienna Bulat singled and drove in two runs. Kendle Kiefer collected two hits for Watervleit. Sophmore Leila Liberto-Taylor earned her first varsity win in the circle. Abby Whorton and Mckenzie Birmele both singled in the contest. WP: Liberto-Taylor Top Hitters: Chisek- 3 2B, RBI Kiefer- 2 1B, RBI Brimele-1B, 2 RBI Bulat- 1B, 3 RBI's Liberto-Taylor- 1B Whorton- 1B Golden-1B, SB