Today is a very special day at West Liberty-Salem! It’s Margaret Kite’s 75th birthday, and we are celebrating! Mrs. Kite has been a fundamental part of the WL-S community for 48 years! She continues to serve in a variety of capacities, but what keeps her coming back are the students. Over the years she has served as a bus driver, cafeteria cashier, transportation supervisor, sub aide/secretary, and a ticket taker for MANY ball games! When asked about her years at WL-S she said, “I don’t have a goal for how many years I’ll keep coming back. It doesn’t seem like 48 years because I love what I do, and I love the kids.” And we certainly love Mrs. Kite! If you happen to know her, or see her around, please make sure you join us in wishing her a very happy birthday!
Update on the JDRF Holiday bake sale!
Give your share to show you care! ‘Donate and take’ your goodies anytime between 7:45 & 3:30. We’ll do the baking, you do the donating! Happy Thanksgiving!
Check out how some of our high school ladies are learning to conquer negative self talk and gaining confidence to break the cycle in their social networks!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/163206?org=wls
West Liberty-Salem football play-off pre-sale tickets are on sale now through the end of the day Friday at C & R Pharmacy and the WLS High School office. Tickets are $8.00 per ticket. purchasing pre-sale is encouraged as a school gets a percentage of that back. A parking fee of $5.00 per car will be charged at the game. Gates will open at 5:30 PM
It’s ‘chili’ outside, but it’s hot in here! It was WL-S staff Chili Cook-Off day! This annual contest always brings some pre-holiday, friendly competition amongst friends and co-workers. Andy McGill and Matt Westfall were this year’s lucky judges. They tasted seven unique styles of chili including classic, sweet, spicy and HOT to determine this year’s winners! Taking first place was Jeff Lynxwiler with his spicy chili; second place with a classic chili was Allison Wygal; and coming in third and featuring the Carolina Reaper pepper was Aaron Lauck (if there was a category for the hottest, this was definitely it!).
Lydia Moell, track and field stand out, signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her pole vaulting career at West Virginia University this fall. Moell, who was part of the 2019 State Champion Track and Field Team, helped her team secure the title when she vaulted an impressive 12’2”, and placed 4th, individually, in division III. Moell was also part of the 2019 state runner up cross country team. The full story can be found at the link below! Congrats, Lydia!
https://www.peakofohio.com/sports/details.cfm?clientid=5&id=294400#.XdU8HBpOmfA
Join us for a pre-holiday bake sale benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Tuesday, November 26th. Donations will be accepted and sales will go directly to the JDRF. Items will be set up in the elementary entry way during pick up and drop off for purchase! Come and get your holiday goodies, and give to a great cause! (Please do not park in the drop off lane, use the visitor lot instead.)
Miss Kale’s fourth graders have been actively working on making quicker and quieter hallway transitions and being more focused and productive during quiet work time. As a reward for doing their Tiger best they got to eat lunch in their class room and try out the newest Disney Plus App for some movie time! They must be in the holiday spirit because they chose Noelle, a Christmas movie about Kris Kringle’s daughter and her desire to do something as ‘important’ as her dad and her brother Nick. Students were excited to be rewarded for achieving their goal, and it’s always fun for them to eat in their classroom!
Sound Check performs their 4th annual Show, ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ this weekend! Hear all the details here!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/162026?org=wls
Drama Club performs, “A Night of One Acts,” in their fall production. Check out the full story here!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/162116?org=wls
Due to the WL-S boys football team advancing in the tournament, the first girls basketball game- WLS hosting Fairbanks, originally scheduled for Nov 23rd, will now be moved to Nov 22nd.
WLS vs Fairbanks, Nov 22nd- 6:00 JV start with varsity to follow.
West Liberty-Salem football team will travel to Sidney High School for next round playoff game this Saturday, Nov. 23rd at 7:00 vs West Jeff. More game information and tickets will be available Wed afternoon. Online pre-sale tickets are available now online at ohsaa.org/tickets.
The UNOH softball program announced its 2020 varsity signing class at a halftime ceremony at the UNOH men’s basketball game on Saturday afternoon. The class boasts six stand out prep athletes including Madison Amstutz, Gabrielle Desimone, Gianna Desimone, Haylie Hamons, Carlie Hanes and Kayle Henderson. “We are thrilled with the signing of these outstanding student athletes; UNOH softball is continuing to attract top level athletes from the midwest region and it is a testament to the culture that has been established by our current and past players. All of these signees are highly decorated prep athletes and their commitment to UNOH has been evident right from the beginning. We talk a lot in our program about winning at everything, softball, school, campus life, etc and these six signees will fit right into this goal that our program has set for itself.” Head Coach Tracy Coffman
Kayle Henderson (C ) from West Liberty Salem High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio was a regional runner up in 2019 batting .431 with 35 RBIs. She is a 4 year letter winner, MVP and team hustle award winner. She is in the top of her class academically. She is the daughter of Bill and Shannon Henderson and plans of major in Business Administration. “Kayle is a polished, athletic and energetic catcher. I love the way she commands the field and manages her pitching staff. I felt right away she was the perfect fit for what we ask of our players behind the plate. Her enthusiasm for UNOH and our program was evident right from the start and we are very excited to have such a strong player excited to be a Racer.”
“This class will come in after we graduate our most decorated class in Racer softball history, the class of 2016. However I am very confident that we have assembled a talented, athletic and special group here in 2020. The great part about where we are is that all of these signees are coming in knowing what we believe in and what our program expects of them on and off the field and we can thank so many great Racers who have set and passed down the precedent. Our program has grown and strengthened to the point where we are saying the same things yearly about our varsity recruiting class and this year is no different. This is another class that is a great example of the type of high academic, high level student athletes that UNOH athletics and all of the university’s offerings are able to attract. We are excited to have them here to carry on what is becoming a strong Racer softball tradition.” Tracy Coffman
It was Stack Up day at WL-S on Thursday and students helped ‘stack’ blessing bags as well! See the full details below!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/161509?org=wls
Check out how our 7th graders are impacting the ‘Feed the World, Ohio Corn Education’ program! Great work, Mr. Spencer and your class!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/161482?org=wls
8th Grader, Aubree Timmons, competed in the Ohio Regional NASA Powerlifting Competition on November 9th, in Springfield, Ohio. Timmons, who is trained by her father Greg Timmons, won first place in squats with 248 pounds in her weight and age class! Congratulations, Aubree!!
Rachel Davis, Noah Cline, and Luke Hudson work together on an electrophoresis lab during a recent visit from guest speak Myron Blosser. Read the full article about his visit here:
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/161432?org=wls
Congratulations, Cheyenne Gluckle, on being recognized as a 2019 Student of Integrity! Here is the full story below!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/161417?org=wls
Congratulations to our Ohio Hi Point first quarter Honor Roll recipients! Keep up the good work!
Superintendent’s List:
Tory Pawelko
Honor Roll:
James Dillon, Halley Elliot, Jaylen Huston, Montgomery’s Leach, Matt Schuster, Dillon VonDeylen, Adam Watkins, Zackary Woolley
Congratulations to our first quarter Honor Roll recipients! See the article for a full list of MS/HS students!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/160403?org=wls