Last week, we posted about the cookie bake-off in our 8th grade Health and Consumer Sciences class. The final verdict is in and Kim Leichty and her team of Mariska, Savannah and Claire were the ultimate champions! Mrs. Molly Smith and her team of Hattie, Aubra and Audri were runners up! Thank you to all of our staff volunteers who include Mr. Westfall, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Leichty, Mrs. Schuster and Mrs. Carter, and to our judges who were dedicated taste testers!
Mrs. Phelps eighth graders are studying the life, death, and career of Edgar Allan Poe while reading "The Tell-Tale Heart".
To get students engaged, they examined a staging of the crime scene from the story. They examined evidence, formed hypotheses on the crime, and connected that information with what they learned in the story.
Students loved playing CSI!
Seventh graders are reading S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders'. The story is a coming-of-age novel exploring the themes of class conflict, friendship and loyalty. The novel serves as an example of several literary devices like personification, alliteration, allusion, and onomatopoeia to name a few. Students were asked to dress like the groups depicted in the story, Socs or Greasers, for a class discussion on point of view and perspective. The Greasers tend to be the most popular group for costume day!
Champaign County Economic Partnership is kicking off a month-long celebration of manufacturing and education with their fourth annual Manufacturing Design Challenge for our county schools. We had two teams enter the challenge this year. Team 1 consisted of Taryn Bradly, Craig Stanford, Teagon Miller, Quentin Rudolph and Conner Ferguson. Team 2 included Max Rudolph, Joy Hudson, Caleb Hershberger, Isiah Reminder, and Aaron Campbell.
Each team was required to make a boat out of cardboard and duct tape. The cardboard must be 1'x1'x1', and the boat was required to move 1 pound of sand and sustain up to 5 pounds of sand without sinking in 4 feet of water. Both boats successfully sailed with 1 pound of sand, and both were still floating with 9 pounds of sand! It was a very tight race, but team 1 was ultimately victorious. They will compete on Friday morning at the county competition against our neighboring schools.
Please help us congratulate both teams and wish our winners the best of luck on Friday!
Senior class advisors Kristen Hall and June Seymour took the seniors to lunch at the Mad River Market today! They were joined by Mr. Johnson, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Lynxwiler, Joan Salley, and Trista Havens. Thanks for the great service, Mad River Farm Market!
Both State bound cross country teams will be on Peak of Ohio's chalk talk tonight at 7:20 and 7:40! Be sure to listen as they talk about preparing to make another Big Orange appearance at State!
Congratulations to the following Tigers who received OHC All Team honors!
1st Team:
Bailey Poppe
Olivia Wilcox
2nd Team:
Chaley Wade
Leah Robb
Honorable Mention:
Naomi Cole
Bailey Poppe also earned her 1000th career kill during the teams final match against Miami East.
The elementary kindness cart and high school hug cart committee members delivered sweet treats to their fellow educators and staff as well deserved reward after a very busy October! The month was full of a lot of great things at WL-S!
#helpingstudentsreachtheirfullpotential
First graders carved pumpkins with their fourth grade book buddies! They worked together on grouping and counting pumpkin seeds, too!
West Liberty-Salem Drama Club presents Above Average Man on Wednesday, 11/2, & Thursday, 11/3, at 7 PM in the Cafetorium. Come out and enjoy this old fashioned radio show with a modern twist!
Get your XC state meet gear! The deadline to order is tomorrow at noon.
https://ernstapparel.chipply.com/wlsstateboundxc22/
*Last week, we posted a link for football playoff gear that caused our district page to be flagged for spam (against Facebook community standards). Many of our supporters who shared the link were also flagged. We will remove this link promptly at noon tomorrow, so that it can’t be shared after it is no longer live. We assume this is what caused the issue.*
Please help us congratulate Mr. Todd Lewis, Educator of the Week!
West Liberty-Salem, #3 in this weeks OATCCC D3 State Poll, finished Regional Runner Up at the D3 Troy Regional. It's the second consecutive year finishing Regional Runner Up and will be the teams 5th consecutive trip to State. It also marks the programs 21st state appearance.
Sr. Owen Harrison 3rd. 16:44.7
Fr. Garrett Wallen 13th 16:58.5
Jr. Joey LaRoche 20th 17:16.5 PR
Fr. Dylan King 21st 17:17.0 PR
So. Troy Bradley 29th 17:34.3
So. Quentin Rudolph 33rd 17: 40.2
Fr. Brevin Louden 46th 18:09.1
"I'm very proud of the way this team responded after all of the sickness that has ran its course through the program this week. Qualifying to state for the 5th consecutive year is a testament of this teams fight and character. In fact, today we ran without Asher Knox the teams #2 runner who didn't compete because of illness. Just happy for the whole team stepping up in his absence and running an outstanding team race. We're hopeful he'll be back next week to help us at the state meet. Senior Owen Harrison ran an almost flawless race moving up methodically from 35th at mile 1 to finish in 3rd to lead the team. Freshmen Garrett Wallen rose to the occasion and delivered a top 15 finish, which is incredible for a freshmen. Junior Joey LaRoche and Freshmen Dylan King both had remarkable races and set career personal bests. Troy Bradley also ran a solid race rounding out the scoring for the Big Orange. Quentin Rudolph and Brevin Louden ran great races despite coming off of illnesses."
Team Standings (Top 4 Teams Qualifying to State)
Summit Country Day 53
West Liberty-Salem 74
Botkins 77
Cedarville 136
Anna 155
Covington 165
Russia 183
Versailles 211
Legacy Christian 212
Cincinnati Christian 253
Seven Hills 284
MVCA 296
Meet Record: 10-1
Season Record: 120-18
Total Runners: 95
The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team earned its seventh consecutive DIII state berth Saturday at the Troy Southwest Regional meet. The Big Orange ranked #5 in the latest DIII state coaches poll was edged out by #2 state ranked Ft. Loramie by 1 point to place second overall. The top three teams qualified for next week's state meet.
Team Scores: 1st Ft. Loramie 60, 2nd West Liberty-Salem 61, 3rd Maderia 72, 4th Botkins 116, 5th Summit Country Day 145, 6th Versailles 154, 7th Brookville 188, 8th Anna 196, 9th Russia 218, 10th Clermont NE 298, 11th Seven Hills 299
The duo of Ashley Yoder and Malia Yoder powered the Big Orange with top 10 finishes. Yoder placed 6th (19:46) and Miller 7th (19:51). Breece Gullet ran for 15th place (20:31) and Addison McAuley and Gwen McCullough recorded top 25 finishes with McAuley placing 22nd (20:49) and McCullough 23rd (20:52). Taylor Kennedy placed 37th (21:33) and Claire Longshore 51st (22:13).
"The girls left it all out on the course today against two top 10 state ranked teams," said WLS head coach, Ann Vogel. "I'm so proud of the fight and determination they showed throughout the race. Qualifying for the state meet is always tough, and today's race is a testament to their work ethic, love for their team, and commitment to the tradition of the Big Orange program."
WLS will compete at the OHSAA State Championships Saturday at The Fortress in Obetz starting at 11:45 a.m.
Photo credit: John Coffman
Parents of 8th graders are asked to join us for a meeting about the Washington DC class trip on Tuesday, November 1, from 6-7:00 PM in the Cafetorium.
Hello Families, this is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent. Electricity has been restored at the school and school will start at 9:40 AM for the MS and HS and 9:45 AM for the Elementary. Expect your bus to arrive at your home 2 hours later than normal. Thank you to everyone for your understanding this morning under these unusual circumstances.
Thank you.
Kraig Hissong
Middle school cheer parents are asked to attend the basketball season team meeting on Monday, October 31st, at 5 PM in the elementary music room. If you have a 7th or 8th grader who missed sign ups and are interested in joining the team, please call or email Shannon at Shannonmcclintick@gmail.com or (937) 508-1142. Go Tigers!
Registration for youth basketball (grades 4-6) and Little Dribblers (grades k-5) will Close on Monday, October 31st. Little Dribblers will practice December 3, 10 and 17th from 8-9 AM and will perform during halftime of a home boys basketball game and a home girls basketball game.
Youth Basketball will begin with tryouts on/around November 1st with games beginning in January. The season typically wraps up toward the end of February. Sign up, today! Go Tigers!
The verdict is in! Mrs. Arnold’s 11th grade homeroom was the winner of our Halloween decorating contest! Their display featured an interactive zombie experience with students. Mr. Cotrell’s 10th grade homeroom came in second place, and Mrs. Spencer’s freshman received honorable mention. This year, we included a most improved award for Mr. Lewis’ seniors who decorated for the first time ever!
Members of FFA are enjoying the annual trip to National Convention this week! They are taking in three full days of career and leadership sessions, touring Beasley’s Orchard, an animal rescue center and Hunter’s Honey Farm. Today is their final day, and they will hear from the Convention’s Keynote speaker, visit the career show, and attend the general session.
