New Mascot Information

Process to Determine a New Watertown High School Mascot

  1. Suggestions for a new mascot will be gathered from students in Grades 6-12, staff members, and community members, including alumni.

Community members can email their suggestions to mascot@watertownps.org

  1. Student council members will work with Dr. Parlato to ensure that suggested mascots align with the selection criteria for a new mascot. The selection criteria for a new mascot are:

Be unifying and timeless for Watertown High School and the larger community;

Represent positive qualities, ideals or associations around which people can rally;

Be broadly relevant across the Watertown community, the student body, and generations of alumni;

Be representative of Watertown’s geography, history, and/or Vision of a Graduate, either generally or specifically;

Work equally well with all athletics programs and school activities;

Be appropriate for sporting and non-sporting events;

Have the potential to translate in a visually pleasing manner, be appealing, and marketable to the community;

Adhere to all Watertown Board of Education policies and regulations.

(Selection criteria based upon the work of the Amherst College mascot revision committee: https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/amherst-pride/mascot/faqs)

  1. There will be at least three rounds of voting to narrow down the field of mascot suggestions. The first round of voting will include Grades 6-12 students, and the remaining rounds will include Grades 8-12 students.

  2. The new mascot will be revealed in the Fall of 2021.

Implemented Action Steps:

March 2021 - Mascot suggestions provided from students, community members, and staff with over 100 suggestions provided

April 2021 - Student Council members work with school administration to select mascots for voting that meet the criteria listed above - list is 72 selections

May 2021 - First round of voting with students in Grades 6-12

May 2021 - Second round of voting with students in Grades 8-12 with 30 selections

October 2021 - Third round of voting with students in Grades 8-12 and staff with 15 selections

October 2021 - Fourth round of voting with students in Grades 8-12 and staff with five selections