Watertown High School Theatre Department completed their double weekend show of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, starring Caleb McGaffey-Schipul, Jeilianny Quispe, Sophia Kostiuk, Harrison Gowell, and Mark Albino. The Director and Choreographer was Foster Evan Reese along with Mindi Davidson, Producer, and Karri Morris, Pit Orchestra Director. We’d like to congratulate all 17 seniors from the cast, crew, and pit for their hard work and dedication to the WHS theater program. Join the stage for next year’s fall play, directed by Kiley Pienczykowski!
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March 21, 2025
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Ava Stango, Editor-In-Chief
Ava Stango, Senior, is is ending her 4-year career at the Warrior’s Wire as the Editor-In-Chief. She was featured in Watertown’s Town Times News as a reporter and as a designer for event advertising at Watertown High School. She succeeds well in academics, for she is in the World Language Honor Society, the Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Honor Society, and President of the National Technical Honor Society. Ava also has perfect attendance since kindergarten, meaning she has never missed a day of school in her Watertown District education.
Ava is one of the captains on the Varsity Girls’ Volleyball team and pushes her skill to play in a winter club tournament team. She plays the tuba in the school’s Wind Ensemble and manager of the WHS Band Instagram account. Ava has also taken part in the school’s Pit Orchestra for the production of “Chicago” and “Phantom of the Opera”. She was the Co-Director for the Pit Orchestra for the student directed play of “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” She arranged and composed music for fellow student band members to perform for the show. She and her pit have won a Halo Award for “Best Incidental/Original Music in a Play.” Ava also is the Director for the student Pit Orchestra for the play of this 2025 fall, The Truman Show.
Out of school, Ava enjoys going on drives, hanging out with her friends and boyfriend, and shopping. After graduation, Ava is still undecided about where to attend college but she hopes to major in Graphic and Digital Design and interactive design, and to join the marching band or pep band at the college she attends.