Students took full advantage of the snow the last 2 days, and there is still time! Get out there and enjoy the first snow day of the year!! Post your pictures in the comments so your teachers can see what you’re up to! Have fun!!
Tiger fans can watch boys basketball in action, tonight, against Greenon by searching Greenon Athletics on YouTube. Good luck, and go Tigers!
Good afternoon! There are a few important announcements about after school activities:
All MS practices are cancelled this afternoon.
HS boys and girls track conditioning is cancelled this afternoon.
HS Musical auditions are rescheduled for Thursday after school.
HS practices are on for this afternoon.
HS boys basketball at Greenon is on for tonight! We will post to live feed and facebook if we get a link for live-streaming the game.
Go Tigers!
Hello, Due to icy roads, WLS will be closed for today, Tuesday, December 1st.
Hello, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent of WLS. Due to snow and icy road conditions, WLS will be on a 2 hour delay for Tuesday, December 1st. Thank you
The link we shared earlier for the HS girls basketball game is not working. In order to watch the game please go to facebook, search ‘Miami East Girls Basketball’. Ask to join the group and they will immediately let you in. No credit card is required, and facebook is the only way to view a livestream version of the game. Thanks!
The HS girls basketball game vs. Miami East will be live streamed via the Miami East Girls Basketball Facebook page. The link is attached below. Please join early so they have time to approve your request to view the game. Go Tigers!
https://fb.me/e/3HwA9W0Ef
The HS boys basketball game is being live-streamed at the following link. Go Tigers!
https://www.facebook.com/golivesports1
Now's the time to start bidding (or "buy now”) on all of the awesome stuff the Athletic Association has to auction! There are many items that can be shipped, and things that are definitely not exclusive to Tiger fans, so please share and shop for others too.
BID & view items here: https://one.bidpal.net/wlsaa
The WLSAA Annual Reverse Raffle has been raising
funds to help build The Tiger Strong Fieldhouse for 3 years.
It is also our biggest fundraiser of the year.
Covid brought plans for the 4th and best one yet to a screeching halt in March.
SO, here we are-- POWERING through with an online auction of all of the AMAZING donations from our community's businesses and private donors!
These auction items will make great Christmas gifts!
In normal circumstances, we would be planning now for our 5th annual event in March 2021, but instead, we are hoping this format will allow us to generate donations for the Reverse Raffles of 2020 AND 2021.
Bid until 12/11. Purchased items will be available for pickup at WLS near the concession stand
on 12/12 & 12/19 (if PICK UP ONLY).
Some items were designated with mailing option at buyer request, and with shipping paid by buyer.
Hello Families, this is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent of WL-S, with important information concerning Friday, Free Lunch and Breakfast Delivery for students on days they will be on remote learning at home and on bus route pick up and drop of times for students riding the bus during our hybrid schedule.
First, Free lunches for all students are available even while we are on our Hybrid schedule. Those breakfasts and lunches will be delivered by bus drivers, door to door, on Fridays, for the three remote learning days each week. Delivery dates are Friday, December 4th, December 11th, and December 18th. If you wish for the breakfasts and lunches to be delivered to your home for your child(ren), you will need to call or email Kathy Smith at 937 465 1075 x 136 or KSmith@wlstigers.org. In your phone message or email, please leave your name and your student’s names. We will take that information and add it to the list for deliveries. If you live in the village of West Liberty or are open enrolled, we will likely have multiple bus stops available for you to pick up your lunches. Please remember that these lunches are free and will ensure that your children have lunches available to them during the hybrid schedule.
Next, since only about half the number of students will be riding the school bus each day next week, please allow for your bus driver to arrive up to 10 minutes earlier or 10 minutes later than your normal pick-up or drop-off time. We should know by Wednesday of next week what approximate time drivers will arrive at your bus stop or home after the routes have been driven for a couple of days. We apologize for this change, but it is difficult for us to predict the impact of less students riding the bus and pick-up/drop-off times. By Wednesday, we should have a time identified for our families for the remainder of the Hybrid schedule.
Thank you,
Kraig Hissong
Hello Families, this is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent of WL-S, with important information about reporting COVID positive cases while we are on Thanksgiving Break. Since it is unlikely that you will be able to reach a staff member beginning tomorrow at school by phone, we would like families to report any COVID cases that occur in your immediate family and impact a student(s) by using the Report COVID + Results link found on our website under the MENU tab or on our WL-S Tiger App. Click on this link and you will be taken to an electronic form where you can input your child’s name and answer a few questions that will help us ensure that contact tracing is completed, a Return to School date is established, and any materials, etc. can be provided to your student. Please utilize this option if you are unable to connect with someone from the school. We want to ensure that if anyone at school is a close contact, that we are able to contact those individuals as soon as possible. We will monitor this reporting system daily.
Thank you,
Kraig Hissong
West Liberty-Salem wishes our families and community a very Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your break!
Key Club held their last meeting as a full group for 2020 and used the time to make cards for the HS teachers and staff. They wanted to leave them with some encouragement before the holiday break and remind them that they are appreciated! This particular card speaks to the impact the entire staff has on our students Take a moment to read it and thank you for sharing your awesome students with us each day!
WLS would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our students and their families for the generous donations to our local food banks! Last week, the elementary challenged the middle school/high school to bring in the most food items and load up our local food pantries for the holidays. The winning school would get to put a pie in the face of the losing principal! The results are in and one unlucky principal received a pie in the face, as promised. Check out the video to see who won the food drive challenge and enjoy!
https://youtu.be/D5gNajIEd1U
Hello families, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent of West Liberty-Salem Local School District, Today the Champaign County Superintendents were notified by the Champaign County Health Department, Gabe Jones, concerning the serious increase of COVID cases that Champaign County, and the entire State of Ohio are seeing at this time. In an effort to try to limit the spread of COVID and reduce the number of students impacted as close contacts we will be moving to a Hybrid model of instruction for most k-12 students except students that attend pre-school and some of our low-incident classrooms. Hi-point students will continue to follow the schedule provided to them from Hi-Point. This will allow for greater social distancing on busses, in the classroom and during lunch which hopefully will protect students and staff from further spread. More details and information will be coming to families. Starting November 30th through December 18th, WL-S will be operating in a Hybrid model. This means that approximately half of our students will report on Monday’s and Wednesday’s and the other half will report on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. On days that students report, students will follow their normal school schedule and on the days that students do not report they will be learning remotely. Friday’s will be a flexible day for teaching staff to provide remote instruction and for planning purposes. It is our hope that this will only last as long as necessary and that we will be in regular in-school sessions beginning in January after the holiday break. At this time there have been no changes made to extracurricular activities, but it is likely that we may see changes in athletic and extracurricular schedules. For all students who are learning utilizing SchoolsPLP, there will be no changes to your schedules at this time. We appreciate all of our families understanding and hope that this will allow for you to make plans. Again this will begin on Nov. 30th and will last for 3 weeks until December 18th according to the Champaign County Health Department Order.
Several 5th graders were surprised with a golden ticket to a dessert bar to celebrate a successful 9 weeks! These students not only performed well academically, they also never had to use any of their passes! Passes are given at the beginning of the 9 weeks for those oopsie moments when one might forget their assignment book or maybe they forgot to complete their homework. They allow a little leeway just when they need it. These students, however were on it this quarter! Way to go, Tigers! Keep it up!
Online track and field sign-ups for the high school girls team are now underway at
https://www.bornandracedinwestliberty.com/trackfield.html
Team conditioning will start Monday, November 30th from 3:10-5:10 p.m., and will be held weekly on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please meet by the cafetorium, and come prepared to practice outside.
For more information, contact Coach Ann Vogel.
Hello, This is Kraig Hissong, WL-S Superintendent with a couple of important messages. Tomorrow, WL-S students, K-12, will practice Safety drills. This will include watching a breif video and how to lockdown and evacutate the building in case of an emergency. The drills have been adjusted to be appropriate for grade levels and teachers will discuss the activities with students. We have been very pleased how our safety drills have informed students and helped them to think about the best options to consider if an actual emergency were to occur. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school. Next, winter sports season is here! Most of our games will take place in the main gym. Since we are only allowed 15% of our seating capacity, tickets will be very limited. Because of this, we encourage families to utilize the online broadcast of each game. To access this feature from your computer, smart phone, or enabled smart tv, please go to the wlstigers.org website. Click on livestream and choose Live Sports. All sporting events taking place in the main gym will be broadcast here for our community to enjoy. We think that you will find this a great alternative during COVID. Thank you.
Any HS students looking for after school work should check out Green Hills Senior Living community! They are still hiring and will work with your schedules.
This week’s staff spotlight goes to Dan Shover Facility Operations Supervisor. Dan has been with WL-S for four years and is currently responsible for building operations, grounds, maintenance and custodial operations. He has been really helpful in implementing and overseeing cleaning and sanitation procedures and we are really thankful! Dan is from Urbana and is married to his wife Stephanie. Together they have three children. Billy is 27 , Daniel 25 , and Megan 21 and granddaughter Kendyll, who is 22 months! When he isn’t overseeing operations at school he enjoys spending time at his cabin on Lake Waynoka, boating, riding his Harley, woodworking, and coloring with his granddaughter, Kendyll. Thanks, Dan, for all you do for our school!
