As the school year winds down, here are the final academic dates for students in Western Dubuque:
May 15 – Last day for seniors
May 16 – Graduation practice for seniors
May 21 – Last day for 3-day preschool (1-hour early dismissal)
May 22 – Last day for 4-day preschool
May 23 – Last day for TK–11th grade students (2-hour early dismissal)
Please contact your child’s school with any questions. Let’s finish the year strong! #wdbqschools
Below is the link to grab Softball apparel!
https://stores.inksoft.com/chssoftball2025/shop/home
Booster Club 's Spring/Summer store is open!
https://stores.inksoft.com/chsathleticboosterclub/shop/home
Boys' golf swings into action and scores a solid win over Camanche in their first meet of the season. Go Cougars! #chscougs #wdbqschools
Girls' golf loses a close match to Camanche in the season opener. Maggie Noonan finishes 4th with a 55 and Eden Casey takes 2nd with a 53. Go Cougars! #chscougs #wdbqschools
Wishing Travis GOOD LUCK at the All-State Speech Festival today at UNI!
He will perform in the category of Spontaneous Speaking. #chscougs #wdbqschools
Please consider supporting the Cascade Players with an ad in the "Newsies" playbook. This is a great opportunity to show your support for the cast & crew!
As a reminder , performance dates are: April 10th, April 11th & April 12th.
The WDCCSD school board has approved the 2025-2026 school calendar. Visit www.tinyurl.com/wdccsd2526calendars to view the K-12 and Preschool calendars. #wdbqschools
We are pleased to present Ryan Altiere as our next head football coach. Altiere has coached for 14 years from the JH level up to varsity offensive coordinator. We look forward to his leadership in our program, our school, and our community. #chscougs #wdbqschools
Congratulations to Travis Simon on his selection to the IHSAA IE All-State Speech Festival! Travis is only 1 of 21 students across the state invited to perform in the category Spontaneous Speaking. The festival is held at UNI on March 31. #chscougs #wdbqschools
Show your support for the Girls Golf team! Apparel available at this link:
https://stores.inksoft.com/chsgolf2025/shop/home
Hustle to the online store and grab your track and field apparel before the site closes tomorrow! https://stores.inksoft.com/chstrackandfield2025
Show your support for the Soccer team! Below is the link for the boys soccer apparel order.
https://stores.inksoft.com/chssoccer2025
Important Practice Start Dates!!
- Boys JH Track - March 24th
- Girls JH Track - March 27th
- JH Baseball - May 19th
- JH Softball - May 12th for 6th grade & non-track athletes, &
May 15th for 7th grade track athletes
- Boys HS Soccer - March 17th
- Boys & Girls Golf - March 17th
- HS Baseball & HS Softball - May 5th
Peyton Harvey, Odette Ortiz-Moncada, Kennedy Simon, and Ella Nauman competed in Unified Cheerleading today for Special Olympics! They did an awesome job and received silver medals! Congrats Girls! #chscougs #wdbqschools
Best of luck to Cascade High School students who will be participating in Individual State Speech today at Starmont High School! #chscougs #wdbqschools
Students in Mr. Meiers Physical Science - Physics class participated in a lab to measure acceleration. Hands on activities are frequent in his science classes. #chscougs #wdbqschools
Our final baseline concussion testing for athletes in 7th, 9th & 11th grade will be March 19th. If your student athlete has not completed the test, you will be contacted by the activities office with more information.
Cascade High School Band, Choir & FFA are hosting their 1st Annual Mattress Fundraiser on Saturday, March 15th, from 10am - 5pm. This may sound weird, but it is the best way to buy a new mattress because the prices can’t be beat, the brands are the same as retail stores and every purchase benefits the Band, Choir & FFA. Please help to spread the word! More information can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/3535592956746144/
Out of an abundance of caution, Western Dubuque Schools will be closed today, Wednesday, March 5, due to anticipated dangerously high winds and blowing snow, creating hazardous travel conditions. Please stay safe.
