🎉 Congratulations to our Summit Elementary Destination Imagination Teams! 🎭🔬
Our incredible students showcased creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving at the South Metro Regional DI Tournament, earning their way to State! 🌟
👏 Advancing to State:
🎨 The Rockin' Red Apples (3rd & 4th Grade)
🔬 The DI-AIs (Actual Intelligence) (5th & 6th Grade)
Two other 5th-grade teams competed beautifully! While they won’t be advancing to State, they made us proud:
🔬 Project Cerberus – 5th Place
⚙️ The DI Pizza Pups – 5th Place
And a huge shoutout to the Divide community for receiving the prestigious Spirit of DI Award—an unprecedented and well-deserved honor! 🏆
A special thank you to teacher Donna Frick for her dedication and leadership! 💚
🌿🥇🥈🥉 Huge Congratulations to our Envirothon Team! 🌿
Our incredible students took 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd place at the State competition and are headed to Nationals in Alberta, Canada, this summer! 🌎🎉
A special shoutout to their teacher, Jennifer Brocious! 👏👏
Way to represent WPHS with dedication and excellence! Go Panthers! 💚
🌿🥇🥈🥉 Huge Congratulations to our Envirothon Team! 🌿
Our incredible students took 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd place at the State competition and are headed to Nationals in Alberta, Canada, this summer! 🌎🎉
A special shoutout to their teacher, Jennifer Brocious! 👏👏
Way to represent WPHS with dedication and excellence! Go Panthers! 💚
🎉 Congratulations to Our February Honorees! 🎉
The Pikes Peak Rotary is proud to celebrate the incredible achievements of these outstanding students! 👏
🏆 Most Outstanding Career & Technical Education Student – Matthew Newsom
🌟 Most Improved Career & Technical Education Student – Piper Calderwood
Awards were presented by Mrs. Lambert and Mr. Widtfeldt in recognition of their hard work and dedication.
👏Congratulations to our WPHS Forensics Speech & Debate Team for their strong performances at the NatQuals Tournament this past weekend in Pueblo!
🏅 Eden Fuqua & Cavan West – 3rd Place in Duo
🏅 Emma Hannah & Felicia Langenfeld – 5th Place in Duo
💚Way to go, Panthers! 🐾
Welding Students Put Skills to Work! 🔥🔩
Shoutout to Jackson Booth, Joe Newsom, and Matt Newsom for stepping up to help Mrs. Owens!
When she needed a sturdy table for her safes and storage items, these talented welding students got right to work.
They spent about a week designing and building a custom metal and wood table and delivered an awesome final product! 🛠
Great job, Panthers! 💚
🎉 Summit K-Kids! 🎉
Our incredible Summit K-Kids have been hard at work this semester with a variety of meaningful activities:
🍪 Hosting a bake sale at Family Fun Night
🎁 Creating gift bags for the DHS Angel Tree Project
📦 Wrapping boxes for the Mac-N-Cheese food drive for Community Cupboard
🧼 Clearing trash and wiping tables at Breakfast with Santa
This amazing group of students is discovering inspiring ways to serve their school and community. Way to go, K-Kids—you’re making a positive impact! 💚🐾
🎉 Congratulations to our NSDA Forensics Speech and Debate Finalists! 🎉
We are so proud of our talented students who competed on Saturday and had all three Duo Interpretation teams make it to the Final Stage:
✨ Eden Fuqua & Cavan West
✨ Emma Hannah & Felicia Langenfeld
✨ Patrick Titus & Naomi Hopkins
Your hard work, dedication, and incredible performances continue to shine. Well done, Panthers! 🐾👏
🤩Before the break, our kindergarteners got creative in art class, making the cutest turkey hats! 🦃🎨 We hope you had a fantastic week off and are excited to have everyone back in school today!
🏃♀️ Congratulations, WPHS Cross Country Runners! 🏃♂️
🌟Eight runners from our cross country team competed in the Southwest Nike Cross Regionals (NXR) in Mesa, AZ, on Saturday, November 23!
🏆 The girls' team placed 3rd in the Small School Open Division, becoming the first team in WPHS history to bring home an NXR Trophy!
🔥 Many runners earned PRs while competing against some of the best from five states, including Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada!
🏃♂️The boys' team did not have enough for a full squad but had three individuals who gave incredible performances against tough competition!
👏 Congratulations to Joseph Begley, Tristan Tisdall, Jaden Kirschner, Nora Scicluna, Olivia Starr, Landri Prahl, Danielle Taylor, and Lucy Hitchcock!
Good luck to those heading to Nationals in Alabama on December 7—we'll be cheering you on! 💚
🔥🔬 Chemistry in Action - Thermite Reaction! 🔬🔥
Chemistry class was lit—literally! Mr. Hoffman demonstrated the incredible Thermite Reaction, mixing iron oxide with aluminum to unleash a powerful display of chemistry. 🌡️⚙️ When these two react, they create molten iron and release a massive amount of heat.
The result? A burst of intense light, heat, and molten metal! 🔥💥 This classic exothermic reaction showcases the power of chemistry to create (and melt) metals!
👏 A special shoutout to Noah Magestrelli for being named 3A Tri-Peaks Soccer Player of the Year and earning a spot on the 1st Team All-Conference!
🎉 Congratulations to Myles Wiley, Jamie Urban, Tevin James, Silas Koelewijn, and Nick Thime for their 1st Team All-Conference honors and to Joe Johnson and Jaret Walker for earning All-Conference Honorable Mentions!
🌟Kudos to Head Coach Kip Shubert, 3A Tri-Peaks Coach of the Year!
🤩 Huge congratulations to the entire boys' soccer team on their historic season and for earning the title of League Champions!
Thank you for an incredible season! 🐾⚽
🏈 Huge congratulations to our Head Football Coach, Chad Drummond, for being named the Denver Broncos Head Coach of the Week! 🏆 Well deserved, Coach Drummond!
🌟We are fortunate to have such an incredible coach and mentor leading our team. Thank you, Coach Drummond, for your dedication and impact on and off the field! 🏈💚
📸by Paul Magnuson
🌟 Exciting news from the Pikes Peak Rotary! This morning, we kicked off our monthly recognition of outstanding high school students for their academic achievements. 🎓
A big congratulations to our honorees for October:
🏅 Most Outstanding Social Studies Student: Alli Orellana
🏅 Most Improved Social Studies Student: Charley Francis
We were thrilled to have their families join us at our breakfast meeting to celebrate their hard work and dedication. Here’s to inspiring our future leaders! 🎉👏
🎉 Highlights from last night's Homecoming Parade! A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered, participated, and came out to support! Go Panthers! 💚🐾
Woodland Park High School alumni, we’d love to see you! 🍵 Join us for Alumni Tea in the Commons on October 11 from 6:30 to 7:30 before and during the Homecoming football game. 🏈 Come reconnect and enjoy some refreshments—we can’t wait to welcome you back! 🎉
🍂👀👂 Kindergarten spent Social Studies outdoors, using all 5 senses to explore the world around them! 🌿👃👋 Their weekly focus connected the 5 senses with learning about the weather. Such a fun, hands-on way to learn! ❤️
🌟 Dear Columbine Community, 🌟
A heartfelt THANK YOU for your amazing support at the walkathon! 🙌 The kids ran their hardest, and your cheers kept them going! 🏃♀️💨
📣 Exciting News from our Culinary Arts Class! 🍴✨
Our Pro Start 2 students are hard at work behind the scenes, prepping for the "Claws and Coffee" cart! ☕🍪 You'll be able to grab some delicious treats and drinks at our upcoming home football games. 🏈🎉
Stay tuned for updates on new arrivals to the menu – we can't wait to share what's cooking! 😋👨🍳
📣WPSD is proud to officially become a Purple Heart Community and join the Purple Heart Trail!
💚Today, Board of Education President Mick Bates, Vice President Cassie Kimbrell, and Superintendent Ken Witt stood in front of the recently mounted sign, honoring the brave men and women who have sacrificed for our country.
🌟This is an important recognition for our district and community as we pay tribute to those who have earned the Purple Heart. 💜
