VOL.3, Number 6 October 6, 2017

As the Voice of the Wildkats,we V.O.W. to provide the Wildkatcommunity all the knowledge,advice and entertainment needed,one memory at a time.

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teNNis: CoNgrats to the teNNis team for their 10-5 viCtorY over waller seCuriNg a spot iN the plaYoffs!

BaND took 1st in their division last Saturday! What a great way to start contest season. volleYBall –The LadyKats swept Brenham Tuesday night. Freshmen B: 25-20, 25-20. Freshmen A: 15-25, 25-22, 25-19. JV: 25-16, 25-9. Varsity: 25-23, 13-25, 25-15, 25-21. Please sign up to walk or run & help the Willis LadyKats raise money to right breast cancer. The 5K is Saturday, October 21 at the Moran Ranch in Willis. Do something for yourself and others.Cross CouNtrY - The Willis Cross Country Team performed well at the Liberty Invitational on Saturday. The boys and girls varsity teams finished 2nd out of 14 teams while the boys and girls jv team finished 4th. Klein won the meet. Mariela Guerrero was 6th, Emika Sorenson was 8th and Chloe York was 11th to lead the LadyKats Varsity. Olivia Bean was 20th, Daisy Koenig was 30th, Julianna Garcia was 38th, and Celina Lira was 50th. For the WildKats Efrain Lira was 5th, Jaime Vega 8th, and Carlos Barcenas was 10th, Kebin Guerrero was 15th, Dillon Douglas was 32nd, Tim Coger was 34th, Brian Topping was 39th. Many ran season best times! In JV competi-tion Shane Abernathy led the boys with a 5th place finish while Lily Atkinson was 6th for the girls. The Purple Shoe Award went to Chloe York and Lily Atkinson for the girls and Jaime Vega and Braden Kurtz!! Congrats Runnin’ Kats!!wilDKat roBotiKs – attended their first training last Saturday. footBall – The varsity team will face the Huntsville Hornets tonight for homecoming. Come supports the Kats and show Huntsville what school spirit really looks like!hosa – Dues dues are 50.00 dollars and due Oct.13th. Please see Ms. Millner or Mrs. King to pay dues. Please review the HOSA website to look for what competition you are interested in. leo CluB LEO Club meetings are Thursday’s in B318! You should join this club and make the Wildkat community better. psat- All 11th and 10th graders are automatically registered for the PSAT on Wednesday, October 11th. If a 9th grader wants to participate, they need to visit their counselor or the Col-lege and Career Center to sign up. Cost: $16.00. Deadline: October 2nd. **Reminder- WHS will not provide calculator, students will have to supply their own.

liBrarY - follow the library on twitter @wildKatlibrary (One random new follower will win)other oCtoBer liBrarY CoNtest: oct. 2-6 library scavenger hunt. Pick up Scavenger Hunt

Items List in Library Tweet Pictures when you find items. Student with the most items tweeted will be the winner. oct. 9-13 trivia. Stop in each day for new trivia question. Tweet your answer to win. oct. 16-20. Guess how many candy corns are in the jar. Tweet your answer, and closest guess wins. oct. 23-27. Pumpkin Decorating (NO CARVING). Decorate a pumpkin as a favorite literary character to win. pump-kins need to be brought in on oct. 23. Votes will be collected to determine winner. Prizes will be given to all winners! asvaB- Any 12th, 11th, or 10th grader who wants to participate in an Aptitude test on Wednesday, October 25th will need to sign up with their counselor or College and Career Center. Cost: Free. Deadline: October 20th.Class of 2020 – your class due are $20 for this year. IF you did not pay dues last year, you need to catch up to lock in the price for your prom ticket your senior year. Please see Mrs. Beam, Mrs. Col-ligan or Ms. Nabors for more info. Join the remind for the class of 2020. Text 810-10 with the words “join kats2020”JustiCe league Justice League Registration and Dues of $25 (includes t-shirt) are due by 10/3 to Strick-land in A308. Next meeting will be 10/10 in A308. 2018 YearBooKs Buy a yearbook at www.yearbookforver.com. Senior ad contracts and payment are due on Halloween.iNteraCt JOIN INTERACT. It is a club that cares about our school and community and has fun by per-forming service projects that help others. Next Meeting: Monday September 25 after school at 2:40 in Mrs. King’s room A313. Bring a Friend!whs YouNg repuBliCaNs welcomes new members who are interested in politics and leadership in our community. For more info email christina.henderson@willisisd.org or sarah.dorris@willisisd.orgvoiCe of the wilDKats will publish this newsletter weekly. If you have club news, sports results, poetry, art work, etc. you want to share, send them to emachen@willisisd.org or drop them by A320. germaN CluB - German club will be meeting within the next two weeks. Anyone interested should contact Frau Parrott. Room A321spaNish CluB is open to all current Spanish students. Ask your Spanish teacher for info. Meeting coming soon. Quill & sCroll is open to all Wildkats in advanced journalism classes with a B+ average. See Ms. Meachen for details. The club will accept new members the month of October. Dues are $35 which includes lifetime membership to the Quill & Scroll International Honor Society and a T-shirt. Returning members just owe $10 for the new T-shirt.