West Liberty-Salem girls cross country student athletes, Madison Bahan, Katelyn Stapleton and Megan Adams have been named OATCCC Academic All-Ohioans.
This is the third consecutive year for Stapleton to earn this honor, and the second consecutive year for Bahan and Adams.
West Liberty-Salem boys cross country student athletes, Josh Spinner, Dylan Lauck, Ayden Estep and Owen Harrison have been named OATCCC Academic All-Ohioans. This is the second consecutive year for Lauck to earn this honor.
To qualify, student athletes must qualify for the OHSAA state meet, be in grades 10-12, and have a a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater.
Photo credit: John Coffman
West Liberty-Salem girls cross country student athletes, Madison Bahan, Katelyn Stapleton and Megan Adams have been named OATCCC Academic All-Ohioans.
This is the third consecutive year for Stapleton to earn this honor, and the second consecutive year for Bahan and Adams.
West Liberty-Salem boys cross country student athletes, Josh Spinner, Dylan Lauck, Ayden Estep and Owen Harrison have been named OATCCC Academic All-Ohioans. This is the second consecutive year for Lauck to earn this honor.
To qualify, student athletes must qualify for the OHSAA state meet, be in grades 10-12, and have a a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater.
Photo credit: John Coffman
It’s November and we are still blessed with this beautiful weather, so how could we not celebrate a bit? Our older elementary students have been eating in their classrooms to allow for more social distancing in the cafeteria, so the teachers got creative! Why not eat outside on these great days? They get to eat as a class and some really cool things have happened because of it. Students have been really inclusive and caring for their classmates. They are all looking out for one another and making sure no one ever eats alone! What a great group of students we have at WL-S!
Seventh grader, Taylor Cook participated in her first every marathon over the weekend. The marathon, The Marine Corp Virtual Marathon, honored veterans like her travel softball coach, veteran Jim Parker. Taylor ran over 20 miles with her team over the course of about 7 hours! Great job, Taylor!
Are you having concerns about your pre-k child? Virtual Developmental Screening for ages birth to age 6 (not in kindergarten) available. Please contact Early Intervention at 937-292-3065 for an appointment or additional information. Services provided by: Logan County Board of DD/Early Intervention Family & Children First Council
The Big Orange Boy’s Cross Country team had a strong season finish with a 12th place finish at the D2 State meet!
It was the Big Orange’s 19th overall State appearance and the third consecutive year for the men.
Jr. Dylan Lauck placed 12th with a time of 16:10.9. This is the 3rd straight year earning 1st Team All Ohio. Dylan also finished the season with the best time recorded in D2 with a 15:41.9 set at Districts.
Jr. Tate Yoder finished 43rd with 16:48.7. This is Tate’s second straight year earning 2nd Team All Ohio.
So. Michael Jones 106th 17:40.7
So. Owen Harrison 114th 17:47.8
Sr. Josh Spinner 119th 17:52.3
Sr. Hayden Kennedy 122nd 17:57.7
Jr. Ayden Estep 154th 18:51.9
Congratulations to the Big Orange boys on a fantastic season and incredible finish!
Our first and fourth graders are taking advantage of the last days of the beautiful weather by reading with book buddies outside! First graders are paired with a fourth grade reading buddy at the beginning of the school year and read to them each week. This improves the confidence of our fourth grader readers, while giving younger students the opportunity to improve their skills reading aloud. Both grade levels equally enjoy the leadership opportunity and getting to know older students!
The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team capped off an undefeated season, with its first state title in school history Saturday at the OHSAA DIII State Championships at the Fortress Obetz. The Big Orange held off the 4 time defending state champion Minster and state powerhouses Liberty Center and Fort Loramie for the convincing win.
Team Scores: 1st WLS 55, 2nd Minster 83, 3rd Liberty Center 115, 4th Fort Loramie 126, 5th Gilmour Academy 163, 6th Mount Gilead 185, 7th Maplewood 224, 8th Mineral Ridge 275, 9th Colonel Crawford 283, 10th Versailles 291, 11th Woodmore 302, 12th Anna 322, 13th Ft. Recovery 323, 14th Ottawa Hills 349, 15th Liberty Union 381, 16th St. Henry 392, 17th Smithville 421, 18th Grandview Heights 432, 19th Cardington-Lincoln459, 20th Caldwell 479.
Four Big Orange runners earned First Team All-Ohio status with Megan Adams leading the way in 5th place in 18:43. Freshmen Ashley Yoder and Addison McAuley placed 8th and 10th respectively in 18:49 and 18:56, and Katelyn Stapleton placed 18th in 19:20. Madison Bahan earned Second Team All-Ohio placing 31st in 19:30. Rounding out the WLS placers were Taylor Kennedy in 89th place 20:49, and Claire Longshore 127th in 21:51.
Adams and Stapleton have become the first Big Orange athletes to earn All-Ohio in three consecutive years.
The team caps off the season being ranked #3 in all divisions in Ohio and #58 in the nation.
Welcome back, Big Orange XC and the STATE CHAMPS! If you didn’t make it to the parade, check it out here! Go Big Orange!
https://youtu.be/K9XCUbKHPm8
Please help us celebrate with the Cross Country teams in a parade this afternoon! Police and fire escort will begin at the cemetery traveling south, through downtown, and end at the school. Time is estimated to begin at 2:45. Go Big Orange!
Stay tuned for more photos throughout the day. The Big Orange boys will race at noon.
Congratulations to your Big Orange Girls Cross Country State
Champions! They had a final team score of 55 points.
Megan Adams 5th place 18.43
Ashley Yoder 8th 18.49
Addie McAuley 10th 18.56
Katelyn Stapleton 18th 19.20
Madison Bahan 31st 19.38
Taylor Kennedy 89th 20.49
Claire Longshore 127th 21.51
Mr. Hollar and Mr. McGill challenged elementary students to exercise their “right to vote” in a very important poll during this week’s Gold Card Friday video. Both McGill and Hollar came up with ideas that would give students something to think about and discuss before casting their ballots. Mr. McGill offered an extra 15 minutes of recess, and Mr. Hollar offered Mrs. Jones getting a buzz cut to match his! Lucky for Mrs. Jones, our students had her back, and 484 students voted for the extra recess!
It's Gold Card Friday, and we're holding our own election at WLS Elementary! https://youtu.be/_XK87e_wodk
Congratulations to 2 awesome seniors who were named the
November Seniors of the Month! Madison Bahan and Dawson Jenkins were nominated and voted on by their teachers. They work hard both at school and in our community, show good citizenship, academic responsibility and kindness to others! Keep up the good work!
The FFA has been hard at work this week! You can find out all they’ve been up to here:
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/342220?org=wls
Congratulations to West Liberty-Salem class of 1996 Alumni, Dr. Daniel A. Showalter, who was recently named the Ohio University Alum of the Month!. The full article can be found here:
https://www.ohio.edu/education/alumni-spotlight-daniel-showalter
“The Patton College of Education is honored to recognize alumni Dr. Daniel A. Showalter, winner of Eastern Mennonite University’s 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award, as our November Alum of the Month.”
Parent/Teacher conferences are off to a great start! If you haven’t already done so, please consider scheduling a conference with your child’s teacher. You can schedule by calling Mrs. Nieman for MS/HS or Mrs. Cotrell for elementary. Special thanks to the PTO for feeding our elementary staff Subway and the FFA, organized by Olivia Muirhead, for feeding MS/HS!
Hello, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent with an important message. Today, Champaign County, was designated as Red, by the Ohio Department of Health. This is considered a Level 3 Health Emergency with very high exposure and spread of COVID. After speaking with the Health Commissioners of Logan and Champaign Counties, both are seeing very few positive cases in schools and very little spread in the school settings. Therefore, they are recommending that schools stay in session, 5 days per week as we have been. Both health departments will continue to watch to see if we have any outbreaks in schools, but at this time, they feel staying is session is best and that schools are providing a safe environment for students and staff. We will continue to monitor our own situation as well. At this time, most of the COVID spread is occurring in the adult population in social situations with friends and extended family, where masks are not worn. We want to encourage families to continue to use caution if you are out in the public or at a gathering with friends or family. Please continue to wear your masks and social distance as much as possible. A little more caution now will help result in our district remaining open and fully operational so we can enjoy all the related activities that go along with school a typical school year. I want to thank all of our families for your help in keeping our students and staff safe during the COVID pandemic. Have a great evening!