Wishing all of our WPS Junior Thespians the very best at STATE contest today.

Jonathan West, West Puppetry, entertained 1st and 2nd-grade students to a showing of “Dinky and the Dragon.” The show highlighted the power of reading and knowledge.

The stage rigging beam full of student, teacher, administration, and parent signatures will be housed above the stage floor. The center continues to grow and is on schedule to open in August.

Stiletto Brass Quintet, formed in 2010, has gained exposure as a leading ensemble with performances that the audience greeted with rousing ovations with Doc Severinsen and the Heartland Festival Orchestra, at the International Women’s Brass Conference, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, The National Trumpet Competition, the Great American Brass Band Festival and concerts in New York, New Hampshire, Illinois, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Oregon. Stiletto features five highly accomplished women from the U.S. with careers spanning the fields of orchestral, wind band, and brass chamber music: Amy Gilreath and Cathy Leach, trumpets; Misty Tolle, horn; Nicole Abissi, trombone; and Velvet Brown, tuba.

We are excited to announce that Senior, Jimena Sierra, has been accepted into the AMDA Dance Theatre BFA program in Los Angeles, CA. She also received a $5000 Merit Based Scholarship. Jimena has been a part of the WPS dance program for the past four years, is a member of the Repertoire Dance Company, and is the President of the National Honor Society for Dance. We are so proud and excited for her as she continues to pursue a career in dance and follow her passion.