Wheeler High School

Congratulations to Ashlynne Trinidad. She signed her letter of intent to play softball at Governors State University today. Go Bearcats!

Congratulations to our cheer senior, Reese Reittinger, our pep band senior, Paxton Mabes, and our basketball seniors, Christian Cutka, Caleb McLaughlin, Nick Scott, and Tyne Vettickal!

Congratulations to our January Staff and Students of the Month!

Our students of the month are Maddie Charleston, Cole Bower, Yazen Salameh, Logan Susko, Payton Cathey, Quynn Brann, Matea Ramirez, Kylee Pero, and Bella Smith. There are quite a few, but their nominations were so great, we couldn't choose!

Our staff of the month is athletic secretary, Lori Miller. Mrs. Miller has remodeled our athletic concession stands and puts so much thought into the details of all of our events and everything she does. We appreciate you!

Girl's Swimming Sectional Pre-Lim Update. All 3 relays will advance to tomorrow's Sectional Championship at Valpo High School. Congratulations to Mia Pagone, Sadie Bolan, Hailey Morrison, Julia Newsome, Lane Goodrich, Evelyn Kohne, and Emily Laba. Good Luck Ladies!

Mark your calendars! School will be in session Friday, Feb. 13 for a snow make-up day.

Current 10th & 11th grade students: This is a final reminder that tomorrow, Friday, February 6 is the priority deadline to get your Career & Tech Ed Applications in for vocational programs managed by the Porter County Career & Tech Ed Center. You can still turn applications after tomorrow but you are not guaranteed to be considered for your first choice course if you turn your application in late.

We have an exciting night at Wheeler tonight! We will celebrate our basketball, cheer, and band seniors before the varsity game. Tonight is also Meet the team night for both our boys and girls basketball teams! Come out and support and cheer them all on!

Wheeler Girl's Basketball Sectional 33 Update
Andrean 46 Boone Grove 21
Wheeler 60 Gary 21st 5

Sectional Semi-Finals: Friday, February 6th
Hebron vs Whting @ 5:30pm
Wheeler vs Andrean @ 7pm

Thursday, February 5th will be meet the team Night at Wheeler High School as well as Boy's Basketball Senior Night. 5th and 6th grade youth teams will also be playing following the $1000 half court shot chance. Come support. Both teams will be available after the game for autographs and a meet and greet. GO BEARCATS!

Our GSSC student athlete leadership team spent the morning at River Forest High School with other student athletes from the conference networking, learning, and team building. Way to be #bearcatbuilt! 💚🧡

A huge shout-out to our school guidance counselors. Thank you for supporting our students and showing them the path to future success.

Our annual One School, One Book elementary students have arrived at WHS and are thrilled to get a sneak-peek preview of the Bearcat Theatre Company’s performance of The Night at Dawn! The show will be performed this weekend—come out and support our students. It’s a fantastic performance you won’t want to miss! 🎭💚🧡

Mark your calendars!

This week at WHS!

Click here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tall-cop-high-in-plain-sight-tickets-1975333168682?aff=oddtdtcreator to attend this important community event.

This past Saturday, ISSMA District Vocal/Piano Solo and Ensemble was held at Portage High School. WHS Choir has many entries heading to the ISSMA State competition on Saturday, February 21st! Below are their results. Great job to everyone who participated!

Group I Entries:
- WHS Whole Choir Ensemble: Gold STATE
- "Java Jive" Barbershop (Luke Richardson, Jude Richardson, Liam King, Jaxon Widner): Gold STATE
- Jude Richardson (piano): Gold STATE
- Liam King: Gold STATE
- Arielle Adkins: Silver
- Jaxon Widner: Silver

Group II Entries:
- Julia Mangnall: Gold
- Alora Applegate: Gold
- Evelyn Burke: Gold
- MaKayla Bunchek: Gold

This week UTSC celebrates our incredible Guidance Counselors 💙 Thank you for supporting our students academically, socially, and emotionally every day. Your guidance truly makes a difference!

This month, UTSC celebrates Black History Month by learning about the people, stories, and contributions that have shaped our world—and continue to inspire our students every day.