WCHS Art on Display
Eight WCHS students had artwork selected for display in the Franklin College High School Art Competition. There were more than 400 entries!
Their work is on display at the Johnson Center for Fine Arts on the Franklin College campus through November 11th.
That’s a wrap on cross country season! Tori Jackson finishes 34th to finish off her career (don’t worry, she still has track season)! Lena Shipp, the youngest ever Warrior to appear at the state meet, takes 76th with a 20 second PR!
Roll With It!
Thank you to all of our students, families and staff who made it to our PTO Skate Night this past Thursday. Everyone had a great time and some of us adults even managed to skate and not fall down! :-)
Marching On To State!!!
Tori Jackson and Lena Shipp were given a parade send-off to the State Cross Country meet today. For the first time ever Whiteland Community High Schools qualified two girls for the state finals.. Good Luck Ladies!!! and GOWARRIORS!
Pumped about Pumpkins!
So we're having a little pumpkin contest here at the administration building. Which one do you like?
Sectional Action Begins Tonight at Terre Haute North!
#GOWARRIORS
#BreakTheRock
Life-Saving Lesson!
A big thank you to the Needham Fire Department as they visited CES today to help educate our students on what they do and how they help those in our community. Thank you also for the fire helmets and stickers you had for all of our students!
WCHS Career Day!
Nearly 500 WCHS students signed up to listen to presenters at this years Career Day. About 20 professionals from banking to pharmacy to real estate shared information about their professions.
The top five areas of interest included;
Real Estate
Athletic Training
Finding Your Purpose
Navy Engineering, and
Banking
Clark-Pleasant Special Education Director, Julie Wolfe, was just one of 18 presenters who shared their career paths with students.
CPCSC Administration Appointments!
The Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp. made two new principal appointments at Tuesday's board meeting. The board voted to approve, Duke Lines, as Principal of Whiteland Community High School where he's been serving as interim principal. Principal Lines is pictured with his wife, Kerri, daughter Brooklyn, and sons Brock and Bryce who were in attendance at the board meeting.
Bethany "Zike" Guilfoy will transition from Pleasant Crossing Elementary to become the new Interim Principal at Whiteland Elementary. Principal Brent Schmidt has accepted a position with another school corporation. Both of these appointments take place immediately. Congratulations to these two administrators and their families on their new appointments.
Project Aware!
Please register and join us for this family event.
Emma Gill announces her commitment to Hanover College to continue her soccer career! Congrats Emma!
Congratulations on a Great Season!
Congratulations to the Marching Warriors, on another great season. They had an outstanding performance, Saturday at the Semi-State competition at Ben Davis. Thanks to all the volunteers who make WCHS Band Amazing!
For the first time ever, WCHS qualified 2 girls as individuals to the Indiana State Cross Country Meet, this Saturday.
Victoria Jackson and Lena Shipp qualified as individuals and will represent Whiteland Warriors at State!
IHSAA State Championships are held in Terre Haute at LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course 599 S. Tabortown Rd Terre Haute IN
Tickets are $15 https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=56252
You can tune into IHSAA TV coverage for 15$ https://www.ihsaatv.org/
Boys race at 12 pm
Girls race at 2:30pm
Spencer Gillespie was named to the Indiana All-State team for singles for tennis. This makes him one of the top 30 singles players in the state. This is an incredible accomplishment!
Here is the list of Indiana All-State selections from Whiteland in recent years;
Spencer Gillespie (‘23)
2023 - 2nd Team
2022 - 2nd Team
Quinten Gillespie (‘21)
2020 - 1st Team
2019 - 2nd Team
2018 - 2nd Team
Leta Hunt (‘06)
2006 - 1st Team
2005 - 2nd Team
It is also my pleasure to announce that Chase Koester was named to the Indiana Senior Tennis All-Star Team. He will play in this event on November 5th in Pendleton. It is also worth mentioning that Carson Baumann was selected to the All-Star Team as well, but he had a prior commitment so he could not participate in the all-star event.
Here is the list of Indiana All-Star selections from Whiteland:
Chase Koester (‘24)
Ty McCullars (‘23)
Sarah Scott (‘21)
Dylan Gross (‘22)
Quinten Gillespie (‘21)
Travis Robinson (‘21)
Garrison Pelfree (‘20)
Reese Johnson (’19)
Caleb Scott (‘18)
Sam Venter (‘’16)
It's beautiful, but will soon be cold! Please consider a donation to Operation Bundle Up. It's a United Way of Johnson County program that provides new and gently used coats to children and families.
Please drop off items, in the bin, just inside the Admin Building.
JCPL!
November activities.
Be sure to join us this November 3, 4, and 5 for our fall play, "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani!
You can buy tickets now at: https://our.show/whiteland-community-high-school/6964
Getting Ready!
Upon returning from break you'll notice changes as construction crews get ready to begin phase 1 of our construction project. The obvious thing you'll notice is a large fence surrounding the front of the H.S. Here are some pictures and a map to help explain.
Thank you to some of the WCHS cheerleaders for creating a new option for our PCES little ones during recess time!
Whiteland Girls XC IS HEADING TO REGIONAL! The Warriors placed third at the Shelbyville Sectional and qualify for the regional as a team! Tori Jackson, Lena Shipp, Bella Fuentes, Ramya Flaherty, Claire Proctor, Eden Muhlhauser, and Alaina Roll all will represent Whiteland!
