West Liberty-Salem Local School District

Our United Way of Logan County youth representatives have been hard at work tackling some of the most pressing issues that affect the families in Logan County. WL-S representatives are Juniors, Michah Stoner and Avery Davis, and Seniors, Kaylee LeVan and Lance Baldwin. The full article featured on Peak of Ohio is attached. “After two months spent learning about and discussing the biggest issues that affect local youth, Logan County high schoolers serving on the Student United Way committee are seeking funding proposals to address them. The group has $20,000 from the annual United Way campaign to spend and is inviting all local organizations and schools to submit a Youth Allocations Grant application to help fund one or more projects.” https://www.peakofohio.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=5&id=322467

Congratulations to the Tiger Cheer Team for a job well done this morning! They took the mat at the OHC Cheer Competition with a solid performance! Way to represent WL-S, ladies!!

Our High School Key Club took full advantage of yesterday’s weather and held their spring meeting outside. Several important topics were up for discussion including planning their last few Fun Friday events! If you have missed it, Key Club has been hosting fun activities during 1st and 2nd homeroom periods in the gym. They usually involve some type of relay event or competition against teacher/administrator teams. It’s become a really popular event and a way for the students to let loose and have fun during this unusual year. Key Club officers and Delegates also used the meeting to highlight the benefits of serving in key club, encouraging new members to consider signing up for a position next year. They wrapped things up by brainstorming for their final service project of the year (TBA) and other ways to support our student body. Since the pandemic began, they lost the tradition of having a student section during fall/winter sports. But, they hope to bring that back to our outside events this spring! Provided that they can find a safe way to do so, they would call this ‘Students Supporting Students’ and round out the school year supporting their friends and athletes! Overall, it was a productive meeting on a beautiful day!

Attention ALL seniors: A great opportunity for all graduation seniors is available in the counseling office. Whether you are headed to the workforce, trade school, community college or 4 year college, this scholarship may be for you. Please read below... Arthur Birt Family Scholarship (10) $1,000 scholarships This scholarship is open to ANY WL-S seniors for a variety of reasons: -Assistance with college or technical school -Costs associated with an apprenticeship or other non-traditional schooling or certifications -Students going into the workforce needing help with expenses for independent living (rent, utility expenses, auto repairs and other start-up costs) Applications can be picked up in the counseling office and are due on 4/23/21.

Rittal is hiring full time, part time, and summer positions for pre-college/post graduates. Please see the attached flyer for more information!

On Saturday, April 17th from 11am-4pm, Mechanicsburg Christian Fellowship is hosting a Prom Boutique with over 200 dresses and suits! The event will take place at Mechanicsburg Christian Fellowship; 4401 Allison Rd., Mechanicsburg, OH. If you have any questions please contact Trina Jones @ 937-284-1845.

Seniors: The Band Boosters and Farmers Equipment scholarship applications are now available. Check out www.wlstigers.org > Menu > Departments > HS Counseling Office > Scholarships for a full list and application details.

In some of Mrs. Peterson’s fifth grade math classes, students were challenged with a BreakOut Education activity the week before break. In small groups, students had to solve 5 different puzzles involving decimal operations and follow their clues to open locks that would allow them to “Break Out” of the box. Students are given 60 minutes to come up with a game plan, solve all the puzzles and use the clues to unlock the boxes. This time, only two groups were able to finish the task in the time given, while several other groups were very close to breaking out. Great teamwork and game plans are often required to win at this challenge. Great job, fifth grade!

Attention Students and Families, Are you interested in learning more about the Service Academies, including the Air Force Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, Military Academy at West Point or the Naval Academy at Annapolis? Each year a representative from the Offices of Senator Rob Portman and Senator Sherrod Brown visit local schools to share details about the application and nomination process for these prestigious academies. This year, they are hosting 4 virtual information sessions. This is a perfect opportunity for students and families to join together and learn about this process. These sessions are: April 20th : 6p-8p April 27th : 6p-8p April 29th : 6p-8p May 6th: 6p-8p Registration is required and can be done so by emailing: Suzanne_cox@portman.senate.gov with the below details. Upon receipt of the email, they will confirm your registration and provide you with the link to join the session. Please be sure to include: Name Grade School Preferred date of the Virtual Session you wish to join Email address I hope many of you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn more about these Academies. In my 6 years at WL-S, we have had 2 students successfully complete the application and nomination process and attend an Academy: Emily Schultz (2016) and Trenton Douthwaite (2020). Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Molly Smith LPCC-S

West Liberty-Salem football program is in need of assistant football coaches at both the middle school and high school level. if interested, contact head coach Dan McGill at (937)465-1060 or dmcgill@wlstigers.org

West Liberty-Salem’s Science Olympiad program is having a very competitive season! After solid performances in three virtual tournaments, the Middle School team finished 7th overall at Ohio’s Western Regional tournament out of 34 of the top teams in our state. By finishing this high in our region, WL-S qualified for the State Science Olympiad tournament for the fifteenth year in a row. Winning medals at the Regional tournament were: Aiden Taylor and Max Rudolph in the event Fossils; Sari Kitchen and Illya Keller in the event Heredity; Craig Stanford and Max Rudolph in the event Machines; Sari Kitchen and Carter Titus in the event Reach for the Stars; Greyson Horsley and Emery Longaberger in the event Write It Cad It. Keep up the great work!! Pictured are as follows: Craig Stanford and Max Rudolph in the event Gliders Sari Kitchen and Veronica Wall in the event Reach for the Stars Brady Kauffman and Taryn Bradley in the event Mousetrap Vehicle

Attention seniors: NK parts is hiring in both Sidney and East Liberty locations. At NK Parts, we provide a one-vendor supply chain management system that can provide domestic and international logistics, freight forwarding, exporting, warehousing, packaging, manufacturing and more. We work to find the most efficient solution to deliver the results our customers need. We originated as a family business in Japan in 1953 and have grown to include eight global companies, more than 1 million square feet of warehousing space, in-house production and machining centers, innovative technologies, and the latest equipment. Employment Opportunities: • General Associates • Truck Drivers NKP Offers: • Flexible hours • 401K • FREE Fitness Center • Steel-toe shoe voucher • Prescription safety glasses assistance Contact Information: Name: Donita Gillenwater Phone: 937-498-4651 Ext. 2222 Email: Donita.gillenwater@nkparts.com

Welcome back students and families! We hope you had a great spring break! Remember that elementary picture day is scheduled for tomorrow, April 7th. The flyer is attached, and another order form will come home with students today. You can pay online, or your student can bring the form with them tomorrow.

Good morning!! There is a fake Livestream link for tonight’s baseball game, tagging several WLS affiliates, floating around Facebook. There have a few scams associated with these fake livestream companies. Anytime we have access to a live stream event, it will be posted on our page or the WLSAA page only. At this time, there is no livestream option for tonight’s game. Thank you, and Go Tigers!

We hope you are enjoying your spring break and enjoying lots of sunshine! If you haven’t had a chance to check out the latest edition of Gold Card Friday, it’s definitely worth the watch! I’m sure your students told you that their great principals sent them out with an ice cream treat! It was a pretty fun day!

Congratulations to Selena Weaver. Weaver was recently named in the OHSAA DIII All-State Girls Basketball Team! For the full list and story click the link below! https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/division-iii-and-iv-girls-basketball-all-ohio-teams-announced-4?fbclid=IwAR1mNvB3MQnhhrfArT7xrtI1RVWdiZZTcYOrW805l0YRdcGllBq1lhE7_JU

The freshmen class hosted a staff car wash for their annual class fundraiser on Friday afternoon. Deputy J. helped out by driving the cars to their wash area, while class officers washed, dried and cleaned tires! Deputy J. safely returned the cars to staff spots. With a cold start to the morning, we were a little nervous we may have to reschedule, but the afternoon sun saved the day! The freshmen would like to thank everyone who trusted them to get their cars sparkling clean!

Tanner LeVan and Cam Strapp were sworn in at the Air National Guard at Rickenbacker Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio on September 30, 2020. The boys will join Special Forces with the Air National Guard and leave for basic training on June 15, 2021 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Following graduation both LeVan and Strapp will be attending tech school at Lackland Air Force Base. Congratulations to both of you and thank you for your service!

Elementary classes, who raised the most money during FFA Jar Wars week, celebrated with pizza parties this week! Jar wars donations helped create ‘thank you’ baskets for area first responders.

Our third quarter Middle School and High School Honor Roll recipients have been announced! Keep up the great work, Tigers! 6th Grade West Liberty-Salem 3rd Quarter Honor Roll 4.0 Lyla Breon, James Brooks, Zachary Carter, Zoe Carter, Miles Christison, Natalie Fish, Jill Fullenkamp, Troy Gibson, Tristin Halterman, Braden Hershberger, Thaddeus Kitchen, Sophia Landon, Claire Ling, Isabelle Sarver, Noah Sarver, Levi Yelton 7th Grade Geneva Estep, Dylan King, Emery Longaberger, Atticus Loudenback, Joran Mouton, Ava Poppe, Wyatt Saxton, Elli Ullery 8th Grade Aaron Campbell, Isabella Hardwick, Treyton Helms, Caleb Hershberger, Ava Johnson, Taran Logwood, Luke McGill, Daniel Neer, Maximilian Rudolph, Craig Stanford, Akira Whitman, Bexley Wilcoxon 9th Grade Mallory Bostick, Kerrigan Burgel, Ivy Cline, Sophia Hardwick, Megan Hollar, Miles Hostetler, Sari Kitchen, Kendall LeVan, Addison McAuley, Lily Smith, Chaley Wade, Veronica Wall, Lillian Weaver 10th Grade Christian Davis, Carlee Hausler, Logan Phillips, James Powell, Makenna Smith, Delaney Wade, Isabelle Wilson 11th Grade Megan Adams, Alexandrea Caldwell, Avery Davis, Jamo Legge, Audrey McGill, Naomi McGill, Isaac Reames, Hallie Smith, Micah Stoner, Mandilyn Weaver, Aubrey Williams 12th Grade Lance Baldwin, Emily Bolton, Hannah Bowman, Regan Boyd, Sophia Cole, Morgan Damron, Grace Estes, Maria Henderson, Rachel Hostetler, Luke Hudson, Dawson Jenkins, Hannah Jones, Kaylee LeVan, Jaden Marchal, Ryan Motzko, Olivia Muirhead, Andrew Stoner, Maguire Stratton, Selena Weaver, Kienna Whitman, Isaac Wilson 6th Grade 3.75 Troy Christison, Garrett Hull, Xzavior Nicholl, Carson Spencer, Kiersten Stoll, Audrianna Evilsizor, Eliza Halterman, Benjamin Wall, Colton Randall, Kash LeVan, Grace Jones, Conner Leichty, Emma Liggett 7th Grade Addison Hutton, Taryn Bradley, Naomi Cole, Olivia Reichardt, Mason Helms, Chilton Smith, Brielle Milliron, Breece Gullett, Wyatt Longaberger, Brevin Louden, Lance Campbell, Dustin Bolton, Ava Astorino, Emma Smith, Brock Burgel, Eli Christison, Brady Kauffman, Caleb Ling, Lyndee Harrison 8th Grade Audrey Collins, Owen Barger, Laila Butler, Kennedy Wallace, Greyson Horsley, Samuel Peraza, Rebekah Hudson, Teagan Boyd, Lincoln Henderson, Isaiah Reames, Quentin Rudolph, Jessa Beard 9th Grade Dylan Wing, Whitney Strapp, Xan Schmidt, Emma Bails, Kenzie Phillips, Aubree Timmons, Zander Fahnestock, Abby Guest, Makenzy Sandefur, Eli Bell, Sidney Larison, Joseph LaRoche, Abigail Miller, Carter Titus, Madeline Cole, Faith Jones 10th Grade Matthew Jones, Maddox Havens, Anna Wintersteller, Mackenzie Bahan, Lena Kauffman, Rylie Schultz, Lexy Lee, Shae Stoner, Adam Stapleton, D.J. Yoder, Ellie Cheetham, Maggie Davis, Trinity Floyd, Amelia Hudson, Alisa Bolton, Kayla Cole, Brittany Neer, Arianna Chapman, Tina Douthwaite 11th Grade Kylie Burgel, Ali Gault, Logan Godwin, Amanda Domachowski, Brady Forsythe, Kathryn Hissong, Josie Kennaw, William Motzko, Gabrielle Williams 12th Grade Logan Campbell, Tyler Douthwaite, Hayden Phillips, Olivia Neer, Josh Spinner, Emma Hostetler, Brynn Cropper 3.0 6th Grade Nathan Sowers, Eli Sertell, Braydon Thompson, Reilly Recker, Alexis Wisner, Silas Krabill, Avi Lehman, Alivia Campbell, Caleigha Fasse, Joseph Griffin, Madison Jones, Savannah Gluckle, Sullivan Foster, Julius Butler, Skyler Ropp, Reagan Winters, Brady Lightner, Emma Vigar, Madden Kilgore, Avery Northup, Ashlee VonDeylen, Lilli Heminger, Aubralyn Wiant, Isabella Hughes, Hattie Jacobs, Morgan Gibson, Aiden Hull, Bayleigh Deam, Maverick Reames, Carson Stokes, Casey Boyer, Bayes Lapp, Colton Neeld, Tucker Searles, Sutton Wilcoxon, Ashlyn Pope 7th Grade Devon Jones, Marshall Sutherin, Ella Vondenhuevel, Sunny Lhamon-Waller, Malia Miller, Caleb Heater, Samuel Strapp, Abigail Timmons,, Alexzander Gluckle, Eli Bremer, Lexi Hausler, Baileigh Engle, Ian Cox, Bryant Eaton, Gwenyth McCullough, Van LaFollette, Isaac Sertell, Mylee Dooley, Reese Oder, Addyson Mattox, Lydia Schmidt, Zaylor Eggleston, Dallas Koons, Levi Miller, Amani Grantham, Sadie Paul, Marisa Smith, Cooper Titus, Caleb Larson, Victoria Douthwaite, Kaylee Powell, Haylee Earles, Wyatt Bell, Alexa Cheetham, Kamden Hissong, Promise Alkire, Kaylee Blair, Jacob Lauck, Elise Longshore 8th Grade Silas King, Alyssa Mueller, Leigh Cox, Nevaeh LaFollette, Teagon Miller, Isaiah Reminder, Collin Thompson, Cam Bair, Aidon Koons, Jackson Steider, Luke Thomas, Kaydence Connolly, Shyanne McClintick, Illya Keller, Aiden Taylor, Joshua Wilcoxon, Jacob Evans, Lillian Gearheart, Anna Cole, Troy Bradley, Alaina Irving, Nick Shifflet, John Bahan, Clayton McAuley, Grant Saylor, Silas Kauffman, Lila Wilson, Grace Hacker, Sami King, Marley Myers, Sophia Holland, Nathan Neuerman, Ava Chamberlain, Madeline McGill 9th Grade Abigail Scott, Jane Fullenkamp, Eli Allen, Austin Olejniczak, Anna Byrd, Lauren Kimball, Emily Asbury, Mason Barger, Zachary Damron, Riley Knox, Cara Deam, Adam Jennings, John Richards, Peyton Hull, Karter Spriggs, Zoey Kaufman, Connor Shover, Cale Hall, Drake Brown, Evan Fullenkamp, Samuel Lauck, Xander Waldren, Matthew Christison, Payton Lightner, Zoie Vermillion, Jaycee Yelton, Isabelle Wygal, Taylor Kennedy, Bailey Poppe, Leah Ropp, Claire Longshore, Riggs Lapp, Julia Wilson, Gabriel McGill, Alyse Bremer, Izabella Meister, Olivia Wilcox, Malachi Christison, Ashley Yoder, Alexis Helms 10th Grade Whitney Ridenbaugh, Eli Shafer, Jonathon Stoner, Brandon Petry, Michael Jones, Anika Christison, Timothy Hobart, Lauren Hunter, Gaven Wilcoxon, Samuel Wilkins, Devin Grime, Montana Zinn, Travis Cropper, Trevor Berry, Ava Buck, Ezekiel Greene, Payton Eckurd, Blair Boyd, Bailee Wick, Andrew Kimball, Shiloh Spencer, Shyayne Eaton, Evan Cook, Faith Instine, Aubrey Laing, Raven Johnson, Zyler Evilsizor, Eli Ullery, Emma Kauffman, Owen Harrison, Phillip Marr, Caitlyn King, Chandler McCafferty, Aubree Snyder, Renee Neer, Abbigayle Long 11th Grade Mekylie Christison, Braxton Givens, Rebecca Vincent, Clayton Fissel, Carson King, Cody Cushman, Jordan Stocksdale, Kalieb Laing, Allyson Gaver, Dylan Lauck, Jamie Gluckle, Tate Yoder, Hayden King, Samuel Erne, Austin Smith, Macy Roth, Hayden Miller, Savannah Perdue, Luke Heater, Lauren Kindle, Natalie Hacker, Aleah Reed, Michele Smith, Brandon LaRoche, Logan Saylor, Grace Winters, Harley Knox, Vicky Dong, Macie Campbell, Ayden Estep, Emily Hollar, Matthew Roach, Marissa Bailey, Bella Smith, Marenna Cox, Adam LaRoche, Bella Kauffman, Owen Johnson 12th Grade Camden Strapp, Anna McGill, Madeline Hutton-Ashcroft, Isaiah McGill, Cooper Havens, Emily Scott, Katelyn Stapleton, Victoria Strickland, Nick Minix, Ashlie Spencer, Jacob Webb, Rose Neer, Noah Cline, Blayne Oder, Nicholas Burden, Andrew Hardwick, Kathleen Rollins, Gavin Woodruff, Lilian Davis, Garrett Richardson, Madison Bahan, Mearic Campbell, Jon Payer, William Levan, Trinity Perkins, Mason Powell