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Due to missing a lot of school days this year, our school year has been extended one day.  The last day for students will be Friday, May 23, 2025.

Wayne Trace 7th Annual District Art Show

Art
Grades: K-12
Teachers- Mrs. Angie Stokes and Mr. Ken Ogle
 
Wayne Trace art departments will present its seventh-annual juried art show on Saturday April 26th, 2025.  Student creations will be displayed in the middle school gymnasium from 10:00 – 2:00 P.M. This exhibition features a variety of artworks created by talented art students from grades K-12.  There will be over 500 pieces of art on display that will include painting, sculpting, printmaking, drawing and more.  The exhibit is free and open to the public.  We would love to have everyone come and support these talented students and our district art program. While you are there, enjoy some complimentary cookies and punch!  
For more information contact:
Mrs. Angie Stokes JR/High School Art Teacher [email protected]
Ken Ogle Elementary Art Teacher

WT NHS 5K Form
Click above for a downloadable form

Announcements

announcements
Good Morning, Raiders!  Today is Friday, April 25
 
Reminder to seniors, please get a copy of your graduation announcement to Tori if you would like it to be included in the Class of 2025 Photo Collage display.
 
Students just a friendly reminder your phones should be in your locker!  Please make sure you are following this rule.  
 
Join us this Saturday for the District Art Show which will be held from 10am - 2pm in the Junior High Gym.  See who receives Merit Awards and this year’s Best in Show while enjoying some cookies and really great art created by students in grades K-12!
 
Payne Elementary is having Family Carnival Night on May 15th.  This will count as a community service event for high school students.  It will be from 5:30-8pm.  If you are interested in helping, please see Mrs. Franz by April 25th.
 
Any boys or girls interested in playing golf next year please sign up outside the Athletic office. 
 
Those students who took the Northwest State Accuplacer, please see Mrs. Franz for your results by Friday.
 
Thursday, May 1st we will be having a fundraiser for Relay for Life called Tat-A-Teacher.  You can purchase a temporary tattoo and choose where the participating teacher places it, but it has to be visible place.  The tattoos are $1 for a small one and $5 for a large one.  The participating teachers are: Mrs. C Sinn, Mrs. Gawronski, Mrs. Holden, Mr. Holden, Ms. Chapman, Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Seigman, Mrs. Nichols, and Mrs. Kistler.  
 
Prom tickets are on sale today and tomorrow.  See Mrs. Seigman before or after school in room 300 or during 7th period lunch.  The last day to buy your tickets is tomorrow! You are not going to want to miss a trip into Wonderland during our May 10th prom!
 
7th grade girls are in choir today.
 
Good luck tonight to our High School choir as they will be competing at the OMEA State contest in Van Buren. 
 
Students - Great job with testing this week.  Next week will be 8th grade Science, Biology, American History and Government.   
Happy Birthday to Isabella Knowles
                                                                                                   
Have a great day, Raiders!
 
 
 

Congratulations Jordan!!

Banks
Jordan Banks will be participating in the Northeast Indiana FAME program.  This is a highly competitive program where students work at a participating company and go to college.  Jordan will be working at Steel Dynamics and going to school at Ivy Tech in Advanced Manufacturing.

Mead
Caitlyn Mead received 1st place in the 2025 West Bend News Writing Contest.  She was presented with a certificate and a check. 

Esports Competition

Esports
On Saturday April 5 th , the Wayne Trace High School Esports Team of Serenity Helms, Axel Bidlack, Tyler
Sanderson, Ryan Bostelman, Brandon Shoup, coaches Mr. Eli Stuart, Mr. Matt Holden and Mrs. Jessica
Holden made school history when they participated in the Esports Overwatch Northwest Regionals, at
Cedar Point Sports Center. The Wayne Trace Team played against the number one seed (Whitmer),
from Group B, in the Overwatch Quarterfinals. The Team did not move forward in the tournament, but
they were given an opportunity to compete at a Regional Level and gain valuable experience for future
competitions. The Team represented Wayne Trace High School with respectfulness.

ESports
Tyler Sanderson, a senior at Wayne Trace Local Schools, was recently notified that he was voted to the Overwatch 2nd Team All-Ohio Esports Team. This is a great accomplishment as this means that he placed in the top 10 out of over 480 players across the state of Ohio. Attached is a photo of Tyler (right in maroon shirt) accepting his certificate from Coach Eli Stuart (left in black jacket) in front of the National Guard Esports Banner.  

Engineering Design

Engineering Design
On Wednesday April 9th , the Wayne Trace High School the students, from Ed Stuart’s Engineering Design Class traveled to Dana Incorporated for a class field trip. The field trip is a requirement for the CTE Engineering Pathway and the purpose of the visit was to expose the students to real world engineering design procedures and processes. The various disciplines presented to the class included Application Engineering, Product Engineering, Gear Engineering, materials Engineering, CAE (Computer Aided Engineering), NVH (Noise, Vibration & Harshness), CAD Design, Gear Design, Pre-FEA (Finite Element
Analysis), Standards/Stack-Ups, Analysis/Motion Simulations and a Test Lab Tour.  It was stressed to the students that engineering is not a one person show.  It takes working collaboratively with various groups within the company to achieve success. The student who participated in the field trip included Jaxon Cook, Cole Manz, Noah Schlatter, Keagen Sharp, Luke Stouffer, Selene Fernandez and Emma Stouffer. Also participating in the field trip was Mr. Tim Manz. Please see the pictures below. The last picture is dark, but that was the lighting in the display area.

Food Distribution

Food
Wayne Trace will be hosting a monthly food distribution for our families who have children in grades 7-12.  You will be able to come to the high school and receive some supplemental groceries for the month.  We are working with the West Ohio Food Bank, so we will be limited to what they have available for the month.  We received a grant this year from Honda, so we should be able to have a nice supply of food available.
 
Distribution will be held from 3pm to 5:30pm or until we are out of food.   Students who drive are able to pick up food.  Students who ride the bus will not have time to pick up food.  Students do not need to be present when families pick up food.   The only information we will ask for is the name of one 7-12 student in the household and a tally of the number of people in the house. Food is available for all members of the household. No names are given to West Ohio Food Bank.
 
Our distribution will be in the Ag shop, which is located on the south side of the building near the softball field.  Pick up is from 3pm-5:30pm.  There is NO financial requirement.  This is open to any family with a student in grades 7-12 who would like some supplemental groceries.
 
Typically, we will have this on the third Wednesday of the month, but we did have to change it for March and May.  Distribution dates:
 March 12th

May 14th
No distributions in June, July or August.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Franz at [email protected]
 
Thank you!

Sign Up Now for 2025 BGSU Summer Camps

Discover a wide variety of summer learning opportunities for youth in third grade through high school with Summer Academic and Youth Programs at Bowling Green State University.

 

Whether at home or on campus, we promise the camps are engaging, fun, and affordable.

 

Summer Academic Camps provide opportunities for students to connect to Bowling Green State University while expanding their knowledge, building life skills and exploring their interests.

 

Be sure to visit the Falcon Youth website as new programs are continually added!

 

VIRTUAL CAMPS & PROGRAMS

 

IN-PERSON CAMPS & PROGRAMS

 

To our guests with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance, or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event by contacting Accessibility Services, [email protected], 419-372-8495. Please notify us prior to the event.

Principal Letter

Dear parent/guardian of Wayne Trace Students,

The first nine weeks concluded on October 11th for the 2024-2025 school year. Overall, the students have worked hard to keep up with the expectations of our teaching staff. Grade reports were mailed on October 18th to parents/guardians of our students at Wayne Trace Junior/Senior High School.

Parent-teacher conferences are set up for Wednesday, October 23, from 5:30–8:30 p.m. and Thursday, October 24, from 1:00-4:30 pm and 5:30-8:00 p.m. We encourage parents to set up appointments with teachers if there are concerns after receiving the grade reports. Contact our office staff and we will try to schedule appointments where teachers may still have openings. Also, parents may call or email teachers directly if questions arise throughout the year. An important factor for student success is having parents who are involved and care about their child’s education.

On Wednesday, November 6, the eighth grade students will tour Vantage Career Center. While students do not make the decision to attend Vantage until their sophomore year, this tour motivates students to begin thinking about future career options. 

The annual Veteran’s Day program will be held on Monday, November 11 at 8:05 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. The public is invited to attend this inspiring assembly.

Another special program that will take place in November is the National Honor Society induction ceremony on Friday, November 1 at 1:55 p.m. Junior and senior students who meet the criteria in scholarship, character, service, and leadership will be honored.

As always, I want to thank the community for its outstanding support of all the activities involving our students at Wayne Trace Jr./Sr. High School. Go Raiders!

Warm regards,
Mike Myers

Veteran Banners

Banners created by our Art Technology classes honoring veterans from our Wayne Trace community are now being hung for display in Grover Hill, Payne, Latty, Haviland, and Scott.  If you missed out on the opportunity to honor your veteran with a banner this year, orders for next year will be accepted starting on Veterans Day in November and continuing through February 15.  Thank you!

Have you ever thought about or ever wondered what exciting things take place in the STEAM Center Engineering Classroom?  If you don’t know, below are just a few examples of some of the amazing work the students have accomplished.  If you would like more examples or want to know more stop in and talk with Mr. Stuart about the CTE Engineering Design Class.
Note:  All of the parts were designed in Fusion 360 and manufactured on a Creality 3D printer.

Luke Stouffer and Officer Lyons with a “STOP STICK ASSEMBLY” that Luke reverse engineered and designed from a damaged assembly.  Officer Lyons is holding the new STOP STICK ASSEMBLY.
Picture showing the design iterations Luke went through to design and refine the STOP STICK ASSEMBLY.  The far left is the damaged assembly and far right is the final design. 
Luke Stouffer and Ms. Angie Miesle Stokes with a “SWEEPER PART” that Luke reverse engineered and designed from a broken part.  Luke is holding the existing sweeper component with the new part installed.   Ms. Miesle Stokes is holding one of the design iterations Luke created, during the design process.
Cole Manz reverse engineered and designed a “GAME PIECE” for Mrs. Sorensen, for use in her classroom.  Cole is holding the newly designed game pieces and the existing game pieces.
Jaxon Cook reverse engineered and designed new handles for two refrigerators in the school.  Both handles on the refrigerators were broken.  Jaxon is holding the final design for the handles.
Jaxon with the new refrigerator handle installed.

Selene Fernandez designed a new rolling pin wheel for Mrs. Smithmyer.  The rolling pin wheel design criteria specified was to create a uniform baking dough at a ½” thickness.
 
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