During the January school board meeting, the West Central school board approved the 2025-2026 academic calendar. Please check out next year's schedule here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4798/WCS_497/5188259/Calendar_25-26_Board.pdf
The middle school celebrated its monthly Trojan Tribute winners. Each month, a student's name is drawn from those who have earned at least one Trojan Tribute. Sixth-grade students, Blayre Hoefert and Kooper Johnson enjoyed lunch sponsored by Stomping Grounds and Subway as a celebration of students earning Trojans Tributes.
The middle school celebrated its monthly Trojan Tribute winners. Each month, a student's name is drawn from those who have earned at least one Trojan Tribute. Seventh-grade students, Hadley Ingalls and Madilyn McKinney, enjoyed lunch sponsored by Stomping Grounds as a celebration of students earning Trojans Tributes.
The middle school celebrated its monthly Trojan Tribute winners. Each month, a student's name is drawn from those who have earned at least one Trojan Tribute. Eighth-grade students, Oscar Anderson and Vance Edberg, enjoyed lunch sponsored by Stomping Grounds as a celebration of students earning Trojans Tributes.
Reminder: Teacher of the Year and Classified Staff of the Year nominations are due by Sunday, January 19th. If someone at the West Central School District has made a difference to you or your family, be sure to nominate them! Nominations can be submitted via the attached QR Code.
Hartford Elementary students are having a blast sampling different types of books at The Library Cafe with Mrs. Johnson!
Merry Christmas to our families and community! The District's administrative office will be closed on December 24, 25, & 26. The office will be back open on Friday, December 27th.
What a day at Hartford Elementary! A big thank you to Central States Manufacturing for being guest readers, putting together goodie bags for each student, and providing cookies and pizza! Also, thank you to Adam and his crew at Pizza Ranch for making delicious pizzas and delivering them to us! We are grateful for both of them!
Hartford Elementary's Terrific Trojans of December did a little last minute holiday wrapping this morning!
Basketball schedule change for Friday, 12/20/2025 in Groton.
C-Team Boys @ 3 pm
JV Girls @ 4 pm (approx)
JV Boys @ 5:15 pm (approx)
Varsity Girls @ 6:30 pm (approx)
Varsity Boys @ 8 pm (approx)
Congratulations to Humboldt Elementary's December Students of Character. These students received the most Trojan Tributes during the month of December. Pictured (L to R): Aurora Franken (2nd), Weston Strunk (4th), Kylee Richardson (5th).
Mrs. Barbaruolo's Third Grade class did a fantastic job performing the Polar Express for First Grade classes!
Congratulations to this month's Students of the Month for the high school. And thank you to Dairy Queen for providing free mini Blizzards for our winners!
Twenty FCCLA students went to Hartford Elementary to teach the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade students about character traits and how they can show that with themselves and in their communities.
Tomorrow, December 13, staff and students will celebrate respect!
November 8th Grade Students of GRIT:
Walker Haines - Physical Education
Ellie Knight - American History
Keenan Hackett - Language Arts
Ayla Roberts - Math
Bentley Klinkhammer - Science,
Emeree Zens - Math,
Marcus Peterson - Math,
Emma Gerdes - Algebra,
James Cain - Reading,
Ari Jacobs - Physical Education
MS Girls Basketball - The games in Vermillion tonight will be A team ONLY. They have some kids out today so they are low on numbers. B team members have been asked if they would prefer to stay back in school. Please check with your daughters to see if they stayed in school or attended the game. Thanks!
Second graders at Hartford Elementary are practicing their coding skills for by coding robots in Mr. Bahrenfuss' Technology class!
FCCLA had two groups of students take the knowledge bowl lifesmart test. BOTH teams made it, and we will advance to round 2 in March! Congratulations!!!
Team 1: Avaya Carlson, Cambree Schumacher, Charlee Schrader, Madisyn Roth, and Ana Underwood
Team 2: Kinslee Hruby, Maddison Scheetz, Kiera Emerson, Elliot Lutter, and Rio Hall
It was a fun and festive morning at Humboldt Elementary as the WC High School Choir caroled through the hallways!
