History will be made tonight as we will be live streaming a home soccer game for the first time in school history when the Mechanics play host to Central Penn College in a 6:30 P.M. start. The game will decide the 2017 ESSL champion. Prior to the start of the game, Williamson will honor its [...]
A successful Homecoming, which began with Friday afternoon’s student games, and on Saturday included Homecoming events and reunions, attracted a large crowd, offering many activities and events for all tastes. View a picture gallery from Homecoming on Facebook The weekend kicked off Friday afternoon with students playing bubble soccer, blitzball, a shooting game with harmless darts [...]
In a very inspirational talk, Kevin Reilly, a former special teams captain for the Philadelphia Eagles, officially opened the 2017-18 school year during the 127th Convocation. Reilly’s NFL career was cut short when he was diagnosed with a rare desmoid tumor, resulting in the amputation of his left arm and shoulder and four ribs. Though [...]
The students received an important history lesson when a survivor of the Holocaust and an American soldier who liberated him spoke to the entire student body during an Assembly. Ernie Gross, who is 92, told the audience of the horrors of World War II he and his family endured at the hands of the Nazis. [...]
Daniel J. Wawrzyniak, vice president of plans and operations, comes to Williamson with demonstrated skill in managing, supervising, and leading, gained while serving 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. During his service, he greatly enjoyed “making Marines” at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif., as a series, company, and battalion commander. [...]
David Day, brings experience as a teacher, supervisor, and manager of large and small-scale landscaping projects to his position as director of horticulture, landscaping and turf management. Day said, “Several years ago, I wrote down the things I was looking for in an ideal job. I wrote that I wanted to work at a place [...]
Scott Chilman brings over 30 years of power generation experience as a mechanical and marine engineer, in the U.S. Navy and industry, to his position as director of power plant technology. During his 13 years of active duty in the Navy he worked as a division officer on a destroyer, an engineering instructor at the [...]
“Introduction to Large Thermal Power Generation Plants,” Williamson’s second, unique 3-day, introductory course that explained how energy is created through a combination of classroom instruction and the rare opportunity to tour five power plants, was held at Williamson July 11-13 in the Strine Learning Center. The continuing education course was designed for the general public [...]
Thomas Connelly, one of our nation’s leading experts on the American Flag, shared his vast knowledge of the flag with the Williamson community during a General Assembly spring semester and that talk is now available for your enjoyment. He opened his presentation saying, “I don’t collect flags, I collect American artwork at its best” because [...]
Congratulations go to Ronald Vann 1W7, construction technology-masonry, for taking a silver medal in the masonry competition at the SkillsUSA national competition. Vann and six other students represented Williamson well at nationals in Louisville, KY, said John Curran 0W5, SkillsUSA advisor. “The guys did very well even though Ronald was the only one [...]
