Congratulations to Ann Vogel, girls cross country coach!! Ann was presented with the Sportsmanship Ethics and Integrity Award at today's OHSAA state cross country championships!
Hello WL-S Families, This is Kraig hissong, Superintendent, with a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, November 5th, students will be on a two hour delay to allow for staff meetings and professional development. This will impact all students, including those that ride a bus that attend Hi-Point, Mac-A-Cheek, and Alternative school. WL-S MS and HS will start at 9:40 am and the Elementary will start at 9:45 am. Again, students will have a 2 hour delay start for tomorrow for staff professional development. Thank you and have a good evening.
Key Club is sponsoring Fun Fridays all year, but this week, it was Fun Thursday due to a scheduling conflict. Today one student from each grade level and a surprise staff member were chosen for a pie eating contest, followed by corn hole tournaments and marshmallow toss. Surprise guests included Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jake Vitt. The Fun Fridays take place in the gym during home room time and are sponsored by Key Club. After the extended virtual learning experience they wanted to boost spirits and give HS students a fun activity that involved both students and staff members. The popular event has become something that both students and staff look forward too and will continue indefinitely. Stay tuned for our next Fun Friday event!
First thru fifth grade boys and girls are invited to attend Little Dribblers basketball clinic. Sign ups are due by November 12th. Little Dribblers will learn ball handling and dribbling techniques that will be showcased in 2 performances at varsity basketball games. Details are attached and will come with your student this week. Hope to see you there!
West Liberty-Salem Middle School has awarded their October Students of the Month! Congratulations to the following students for being great students and good citizens! Students are nominated and then selected by their teachers.
Left to Right:
8th Grade: Tru Maxam & Wyatt Bell
7th Grade: Aubralyn Wiant & Ezekiel Sidders
6th Grade: Rachel Stanford and Wyatt Shoemaker
Students are awarded with Maries Candies, a t-shirt and certificate. Keep up the good work!
Any high school girl interested in being a part of the Tiger Track and Field program, please sign up on the following link:
https://www.bornandracedinwestliberty.com/trackfield.html
Go Tigers!
The Big Orange girls cross country team held its annual ‘Big Orange Bundle Up’ in October collecting socks, gloves and hats for those in need in our community. Thank you to everyone who donated and made a difference in the lives of others. The donations will be given to St. Vincent de Paul.
The West Liberty-Salem Board of Education welcomes three new members after Tuesday’s election. The Board is pleased to announce that Amy Pratt, Incumbent Tim Lamb and Doug Williams won the three open seats. We look forward to their service to our District and community.
Make sure you tune in to 98.3, WPKO, tonight at 7 to catch the girls and boys cross country teams on Chalk Talk! The girls will be on at 7 and boys at 7:20 and will talk about the season and the upcoming State Meet! If you can’t tune in, you can always listen On Demand at Peakofohio.com.
Middle School Big Orange Cross Country runners Caleb Larson, Taryn Bradley, and Brevin Louden will be competing in the Middle School National Cross Country Meet at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky! The 4K is this Saturday, November 6, 2021, at 9:30am. Please help us with them the best of luck!
West Liberty youth wrestling club parent’s meeting is Thursday, November 4, at 6 PM, in the elementary cafeteria. We request that one parent attend the meeting. Wrestlers do not need to attend. Any questions can be answered by Mike Clem at 937-597-3247 or Seth Merriman at 937-407-6843.
“For co-op lineman Mason Shoemaker, coaching is more than wins and losses-it’s about instilling confidence in his young team.”
Mason Shoemaker, Head Coach for West Liberty-Salem Tiger Youth Football program, is not only coaching football, he is choosing to empower young minds for the future. The program ended their seasons with a JV OHC title and Varsity conference runner up.
Shoemaker is featured in this month’s Ohio Cooperative Living Magazine where he discusses how he and his coaching staff have a lot of fun coaching football but also teaching life lessons.
For the full story, click the link below:
https://issuu.com/ohiocooperativeliving/docs/ohio_cooperative_living_-_november_-_logan?fr=sYzQ4YTMzMzE3Mzc&fbclid=IwAR1BA-SO-v9EqbqRRH9LI-oFbYR_Trcw4rN0nBQ0-D4jDA-Q5Jtx6xmAj60
The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team won its fourth consecutive DIII Southwest Regional title Saturday at Troy. The top four teams qualify for next week's OHSAA State Cross Country meet at The Fortress in Obetz starting at 9:00 a.m. This is sixth consecutive trip to the state meet for the Big Orange.
Team Scores: 1st West Liberty-Salem 60, 2nd Fort Loramie 66, 3rd Madeira 85, 4th Anna 113, 5th Versailles 135, 6th Arcanum 155, 7th Summit Country Day 182, 8th Botkins 189, 9th Cedarville 228, 10th Georgetown 252, 11th Seven Hills 294
The Big Orange placed three runners in the top 10 with Megan Adams leading the way in first place (19:09.0), Ashley Yoder third place (19:51.7) and Addison McAuley seventh place (20:37.5). Taylor Kennedy cracked the top 30 finishing 29th (21:45.1) and was followed by teammates Claire Longshore 40th place (22:24.2) and Mandilyn Weaver 41st place (22:24.4). Anna Knox rounded out the WLS placers finishing 72nd (24:18.5).
WLS is 125-4 on the season and currently ranked fifth in the DIII OATCCC state coaches poll.
Order your Cross Country State Meet gear by tomorrow at noon and catch your girl’s cross country team on Peak of Ohio’s Chalk Talk Wednesday at 7pm. Go Big Orange!
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And we would just be remiss to not mention the great costumes worn by our staff today. Deputy J is not in costume, of course, but pretty cool he got to pose with his dad who is a substitute teacher!
And finally, please enjoy our 8th grade and specials teams who used Scrabble letters to perfectly describe the way all of our teachers are heading into this weekend! Have a great evening!
Our Middle School student council challenged their classes to a costume contest and they didn’t disappoint! They also enjoyed homeroom in the gym playing games, and hanging with other witches, ghosts, farmers, and hunters to name a few!
In LA 8th graders wrapped up reading The Outsiders. Traditionally, students dress from one of the rival gangs, the Greasers or the Socs, and it only seemed fitting to tie that in to costume day! Check out all those Greasers!
Enjoy the MS photo album!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Eh2qBaVE9R1oCuxA9
There were so many creative costumes with this bunch it was hard to capture them all! The following were stand outs and won special awards:
Most creative: The Harmless Farmers- Sully Cox and Thaddeus Smith
Best Homemade- Britton Carter
Funniest costume- Christopher 'Sully' Herron
Best Student Squad- Deer Hunters- Cam Pope, Caleb Heater, Sam Strapp, Dusty Bolton, and Wyatt Bell
Most Spook-tacular- Kaden Taylor
High school homerooms battled it out this week to be the scariest room on the hall. Judging took place this afternoon and the winner is..........
From Mr. Johnson:
The Homeroom Contest Judging Team of Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Carter and Mr. Johnson (that’s me) want to thank you all for making it a very difficult decision – especially the top three rooms of Neer, Arnold and Cotrell.
The student participation in Mrs. Arnold’s classroom gave her homeroom the slight edge over Cotrell’s homeroom. Neer’s class got some bonus points for the theme, but still fell just short of Cotrell and Arnold.
Mrs. Arnold and class created a haunted graveyard scene.
Congratulations and big thanks to all of our teachers who helped make this possible!
Hey, Jake Vitt, that’s not a costume that’s an actual rabbit! On a leash!
The High School students couldn’t let elementary have all the fun! They had a parade and trick or treating too (but clearly, Jake is confused about who gets the treats!)
Also, have no fear, the halls of West Liberty-Salem are safe with not one but THREE Batmen. The attached link has photos from the parade. Enjoy!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ADyQdjWHDn1PBVYR7
Our annual first grade costume parade was a spooky success today! First graders showed off their costumes and received treat from staff and older students around the school. They visit central office, the gym, some middle school and high school classes and halls! We all just really love seeing the creativity and excitement as they get into character! Thanks for sharing your fun students with us! The attached google link is a sneaky peak at some of the costumes.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GMfSJpmqtMCtjx9H8
This morning, our elementary book buddies kicked off a day of harvest time fun with pumpkin carving! Fourth graders help the first grade carve a pumpkin while working on math related activities! They counted pumpkin seeds and grouped them in tens, worked together to create faces and all ewww’ed at the goopy guts! A big thank you to our fourth graders for helping out today!
