The WLSAA is bringing you another opportunity to keep your kitchen clean and leave the cooking to Iron City in Bellefontaine! Iron City will donate 10% of NET Sales to the WLSAA on 3/17 from 11-11pm! Come out and support a local restaurant while supporting your Tiger Athletes! Offer is good for carry out and dine in orders.
The Athletic Department has the spring Tiger Store open now through March 28th! Click the link to get your Tiger gear now!
https://wlstigers.itemorder.com/sale
Our United Way student representatives have been actively serving their community as United Way volunteer opportunities resume. Michael Stoner, Avery Davis, Kaylee LeVan, and Lance Baldwin are our student representatives this year. Recently, they helped distribute food at the Lions’ Park Food Bank Distribution Drive Thru. This week, they attended the Habitat for Humanity meeting where they learn community needs and how they can assist with an upcoming Habitat project. We look forward to seeing how the projects and volunteer opportunities unfold!
Third graders in Mr. Leichty’s class have been learning about symbolism and how it is used to make a point in a story. This was a fun, team building type of activity where students wore either white or grey to represent different parts of writing. Students in white, for example, represented the symbolism in the story. It was a fun way to break up traditional learning and do something more hands on!
Iron City Sports Bar in Bellefontaine hosted the OHC winning Lady Tigers basketball team for dinner this week! They graciously provided the team and coaches with a meal to celebrate their amazing 22-1 season! Thank you, Iron City, for supporting your community and youth!
Elementary student council sold out of 700 Smencils in just 2 days! The
Smencil sale is an annual fundraiser that supports projects and organization donations throughout the school year. Way to go student council! We look forward to seeing how you help our school!!
Our fifth grade science classes dissected owl pellets to wrap up their study of ecology and eco systems! See the full story here! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/417455?org=wls
Jacob Wilcoxon and Nick Burden were sworn in to the Ohio Air National Guard on Monday, March 8th, 2021. The ceremony took place at the Springfield Ohio Air National Guard Base. Wilcoxon and Burden will leave for basic training and technical school in the next few months (date TBD). Burden has enlisted to serve as a Financial Management Specialist and Wilcoxon enlisted as a Mission Intelligence Coordinator. Congratulations, and thank you for your willingness to serve our country!
Mr. Henry and the varsity choir performed and recorded a song for Mrs. Ellen Vitt who has been the choir’s beloved accompanist for years. With very little time to practice, they gathered in the atrium of the elementary to take advantage of the best acoustics in the building. They hope, with their message, she is able to feel their love and encouragement as she continues to battle health concerns. Please click the link and enjoy their performance.
https://youtu.be/S36uPh7VflQ
With Love,
The WL-S Varsity Choir
Congratulations to Luke Hudson and Olivia Neer. They have been selected as our March Seniors of the Month! Keep up the good work, Luke and Olivia!!
It’s the 100th day of school, and the first graders celebrated in style! Each student decorated a shirt with 100 items they love from home. Some used stickers, googley eyes, safety pins, plastic toy bugs, Pom Poms, legos, and shiny gemstones to describe their individuality. This morning, they showcased their hard work in a fashion show emcee’ed by their teacher. We have some very creative students, who were excited to share their 100th day idea! The 100th day of school is a celebrated and anticipated tradition each year. It’s a great way for teachers to celebrate the various math, science and writing concepts that can be taught using the number 100. AND, we made it to day 100 together! Looking good, Little Tigers!
It is Read Across America Week, and boy, do the elementary staff know how to celebrate!! Each year, Mrs. Perdue, elementary librarian, organizes a week of fun activities that inspire and celebrate the love of reading. Teachers and staff shared their favorite places to read and what genres they enjoy. Students were joined by guest ‘celebrity’ readers who read special books, and the staff dressed up as their favorite children’s book character! The students really enjoyed that! Their costumes were judged by administrators including Liz Carter, Megan Wilkins, Emily Ridgeway and Chelsea Baldwin in 6 categories plus an overall winner. The results are in, but it was not an easy decision!
*Best Accessories: Mrs. Bahan (Pinkalicious
*Best Pair: Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Shivley (The Bad Guys
*Best Villain: Mrs. Crowder (Big Bad Wolf)
*Most Creative: Mrs. Cotrell (Pippi Longstocking)
*Best Ensemble: Mr. Hollar, McGill & Mrs. Wilcoxin (Fly Guy & Fly Girl)
*Best Look-A-Like Mrs. Bell (Laura Ingles)
OVERALL BEST COSTUME: The first grader teachers as The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
Congratulations to our winners, but THANK YOU to all of our teachers and staff that helped make this week so fun!
Make sure you watch the ‘Gold Card Friday’ video so you can see the creative costumes they came up with! This GCF edition features it’s very first commercial starring Student Council, so be sure to check it out!!
Its’ Gold Card Friday! https://youtu.be/fCA2tEFnX5s
Zoology students got the opportunity to share their pig dissection stories with younger students today! Check out the great work they are doing by clicking the full story: https://www.wlstigers.org/article/414944?org=wls
Elementary Student Council members will sell Smencils stating Monday 3/8 while supplies last. Smencils are $1 and can be purchased outside of the cafeteria during lunch. A Smencils is a scented pencil made of 100% recycled newspaper, and the sale serves as the only fundraiser for elementary student council. Students must bring money from home, it can’t be deducted from lunch accounts. Thanks!
We have some extra cute 100 year olds who joined our kindergartners to celebrate the 100th day of school!
This year’s musical presentation is Shrek, The Musical! Because of the seating limitations, only parents will be able to attend in person, but we will have a livestream option available for the community through a company called "Showtix4u". There is an unlimited number of tickets that can be sold. If you purchase the streaming option, it is NOT through the school website "Livestream" option, but through the Showtix4u website. You may purchase a ticket to watch the pre-recorded video on Friday (3/19) at 7pm, Saturday (3/20) at 1pm and/or Saturday (3/20) at 7pm. The video will be the recorded version from dress rehearsal week. Each ticket purchased through the livestream option is considered a "Household" purchase, so each ticket is $16.00.
Here is the link to purchase livestream tickets: https://www.showtix4u.com/events/wlstigers
Good news! There have been several questions about the high school year book as we share MS and elementary ordering options. There WILL be a HS year book. Details regarding , ordering, etc. will be shared at a later date. Thanks!
Katie Rollins had a historic year for the 2020-2021 West Liberty Salem Tiger bowling program. Katie started by finishing 14th in average in the OHC Conference boys division and earned Honorable Mention for her work. At the OHC Tournament also in the boys division she finished 15th as an individual and helped the Tigers to a 2nd place finish in the conference. Katie then separated from the boys and during the state tournament bowled as an individual girl. In the State Sectional Katie finished 9th to qualify for the State Districts she finished 6th to qualify for the State tournament. The first girl in school history to qualify for the State tournament. Katie was also became the first to make the all district team. Katie then capped off her historic year with a 38th place finish at the State Tournament.
This is a reminder that our 2020-2021 Elementary yearbook is for sale for 3 more days - through THIS FRIDAY March 5! We have a brand new design this year, with exciting new features. You can purchase the yearbook online here: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter the ID code: 6590021. Or, you can return the yearbook order envelope your student brought home previously. If you need another order form, or have questions, please call Mrs. Cotrell at 937-465-1060x101 or email alcotrell@wlstigers.org.
The middle school Yearbook sale has been extended through the end of the week. If you’d like to order a Yearbook for your student, please fill out the attached form and send in by Friday.
(At this time, the plans for a HS are still up in the air.)
