We have three students who placed at the Illinois Design Educator Association (IDEA) State drafting and design competition held at ISU on April 12! Students compete in various categories, and the competition assesses their skills in 2D and 3D machine CAD, assembly modeling, architecture board drafting, and more. Congratulations to everyone!
Aidan Cardillo, Introductory Board, 1st Place
Parker Phillips, Introductory Board, 2nd Place
John Stromberger, 3D CAD Modeling, 3rd Place
Congratulations to the Journalism students for winning sectional as a team! Those placing in the top 6 at sectional are listed, and students in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place advance to the IHSA State Competition on April 25. Congratulations to everyone!
Congratulations to the students who competed at the Design and Drafting competition held at Illinois Central College last week. They had a great day winning in every category!
Congratulations to our Lady Panthers bringing home 3rd in state! Outstanding season!
Congratulations to the boys swim relay for their placement at state! The 200 Medley Relay team of Landon Boerke, Mathew Dallinger-Eaker, Drake Shepherdson & Keagan Boerke finished 24th (out of 38) with a new SCHOOL RECORD 1:36.33!
Congratulations to the boys wrestling team finishing their season as the state runner up in class 2A and adding to their impressive history over the years!
State champions! Congratulations!
Josh Hoffer, 215lbs; Peyton Cox, 144lbs; Wyatt Medlin a repeat State Champion, 157lbs; Noah Woods,120lbs.
Pantherettes update from IDTA State - Varsity Dance won 1st in AAA Lyrical, 1st in AAA Jazz, High Point, and Grand Champs. (First time in school history winning 2 categories.). JV also won 1st in JV Jazz and 2nd in JV Lyrical. Congratulations!
Congrats to our Panther Chess team! At state this past weekend, the Panthers finished 61st overall in the State & 10th in Division 3A. Also congrats to Gavin Snopko & Brandon Adams for earning individual bronze medals for scoring 5.5 out of 7 possible points in the tournament.
Student Council was proud to host the Mid-Illini Student Council meeting with 8 schools in attendance. The group learned about leadership and the services and benefits of Illinois Cancer Care. They made 24 blankets to donate to the organization. The surrounding schools also met in groups to discuss planning and ideas for areas such as homecoming, student environment, and fundraising, etc.
Students entered the National Merit Scholarship program, a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMQT) last October. In April, NMSC identified the 50,000 highest scorers and notified their high schools. 34,000 of the 50,000 high performers are now being named Commended Students based on a national Selection Index score of 208.
The Letter of Commendation is awarded to these students for outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2023.
WCHS Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program are as follows: Aaron Birky, Reed Bloch, Annabelle Hiel, Maria Ikladios, and Andrew Strickler. Congratulations to all of you for achieving this outstanding academic accomplishment!
On October 1, four members of the WCHS junior class had the opportunity to attend Girls Investing in Girls. This event, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Central Illinois Women's Fund, is an interactive day devoted to learning about philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, grant writing and reviewing, and much more. Our WCHS students, along with juniors from other Central Illinois schools, took part in a real-life grant selection process to conclude this event. Students heard from two very deserving organizations and ultimately helped choose the organization who will receive a $5,000 grant from the Women's Fund. If interested in finding out which organization was awarded this year's grant, please follow the Community Foundation of Central Illinois on social media.
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We’re celebrating eight of our students who are among more than 90,000 students from across the country who earned academic honors from College Board’s National Recognition Program! The National Recognition Programs honor the strong academic achievements of students and showcases their hard work in high school. Congratulations!
The Washington Community High School District #308 Board of Education welcomes the community at board meetings. If you would like to learn more about what is happening at the school, this is a great meeting to attend. Those attending the meeting in-person will be required to wear a face covering while inside the building. Viewing Live Online: District YouTube channel "WCHS District 308" http://bit.ly/3sMlCSk Attending in-person: Enter through Door 25 on Bondurant Street. Meeting agendas, summaries, and videos can be found at www.wacohi.net > Board of Education Tab.