Watertown High School is a public high school in Watertown, South Dakota. The school was the first in the state and the second in the United States in which every student and teacher was issued a laptop computer. However this does not necessarily have a positive impact on the quality or improve the educational experience for students. I-pads are simply a tool and many parents are either unaware or oblivious to the nearly unlimited and unhealthy access being allowed to all students.AcademicsWatertown High School has a dual-enrollment program with the neighboring Lake Area Technical Institute campus, allowing students to take college level course during all four years of enrollment. WHS also allows students to take courses directly through South Dakota State University. WHS has nearly a quarter of its students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses. WHS has 102 teachers, of which 70.2% have obtained a master's degree or higher.AttendenceNo More than FourIn November of 2016, the Watertown School administration launched the "No More Than Four" campaign. The effort was an attempt to improve attendance across the school district. Students who missed no more than four days of the school year were rewarded with a "free food fun field trip" where students were allowed to go to the Dreamworks film The Boss Baby.Laptop programWatertown High School first started its laptop program in the 2003–2004 school year, making WHS the first high school in South Dakota and the second high school in the nation to give every student a personal laptop. In 2006, WHS became part of the state-sponsored Classroom Connections project, where it was among 20 selected schools in the state to receive funding for laptops for students and tablet computers for teachers.
