West Liberty-Salem Local School District

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!

Mrs. Seymour reports another shipment of masks for student and staff distribution! Retired FCS teacher Judy Conrad used her sewing talents to make and donate 100 holiday masks for students and staff at WLS. Retired MS teacher Kyle VanOsdol also pitched in another 25 masks using her sewing talents. An additional thank you to retired elementary teacher Shari Stout for donating fabric earlier this fall. You ladies are so special to our school family and the new masks are really going to help out! Supplies are limited. Masks will be available in the office and in the HS art room for anyone needing or wanting a new mask! Check them out!

It's Gold Card Friday in the Elementary! Watch this week's episode to see what Mr. Hollar and Mr. McGill are thankful for. https://youtu.be/E0QjlkW9qa8

Please see the Winter Athletics Policy below. If you have any questions please reach out to the athletic department directly. Thank you! Winter Season Athletic Requirements It is the goal of the West Liberty-Salem Administration, Coaches, and Athletes to have a complete winter sports season. Your help in adhearing to the below requests and procedures will hopefully help fulfill our goal. 1. Admission doors will open 30 minutes prior to the event. No RE-ENTRY permitted!! 2. Spectators should conduct a self assessment prior to attending. If you are experiencing any symptoms related to COVID19, PLEASE STAY HOME!! 3. Spectators are required to properly wear a facial covering that properly covers the mouth and nose, throughout the entire building unless actively eating or drinking. 4. Spectators should sit with their family as a group with no more than 4 people from the same household. 5. Spectators must sit in the seats marked with a yellow “X” on the seat. If there is not a “X” on the seat, DO NOT SIT THERE. 6. Spectators should use proper hygiene by washing hands or using sanitizer frequently. 7. All competitions will be held in the main gymnasium. 8. Upon completion of the event, please exit the gymnasium immediately and do not congregate in groups. 9. Live streaming off of our schools website will be available for all home High School events and some middle school events. Ticket Policy All tickets will be sold as pre-sale for all events held at WL-S. Tickets are $7.00 for all High School entry and $5.00 for all Middle School entry. Tickets purchased are non-refundable. Tickets can be purchased: 1.) 8:00-12:00 M-W-F at door #2 at the school. 2.) At the Tuesday night, Dec. 1 boys basketball game. 3.) On 12/17 & 12/18 at the main gym entry from 6:00-9:00 PM. More evening opportunities will be posted as the season progresses. Each week, a publication will be posted for the upcoming week explaining details for away contests. Watch the website or the WL-S facebook page for these publications. *The following details how many tickets each sport athlete is entitled to: • Middle School girls basketball – 3 per athlete • Middle School boys basketball/cheerleading – 2 per athlete • High School girls basketball – 5 per athlete • High School boys basketball/cheerleading – 3 per athlete • High School wrestling – 10 per athlete • Middle School wrestling – 15 per athlete • Bowling – 2 per athlete Prior to each varsity girls/boys home basketball game, pre-sale tickets will be on sale for the first 20 High School students for $5.00 each at the AD office until 1:00 the day of each game. These will be mezzanine seats.

West Liberty-Salem's Katelyn Stapleton signed her national letter of intent to continue her academic and running career at Southern Illinois University. Find the full story here: https://www.wlstigers.org/article/352046?org=wls Congratulations, Katelyn! We look forward to continue watching your success!

Elementary Picture Retake day is December 1. If your student was absent and didn't have their picture taken, please email Mrs. Cotrell at alcotrell@wlstigers.org to get a picture form. If your student needs a picture retake, please send the ENTIRE picture package to school with your student on December 1 so they can have their picture retaken. Picture retakes will begin at 8:00.

Letter from the School Nurse 2020-2021 COVID Pandemic November 18, 2020 Hello WL-S parents and guardians. With the increase in COVID cases throughout Ohio, we wanted to provide some basic information and guidance regarding illness and concern with COVID19. The WL-S school district follows guidelines from the Champaign County Health District as they are frequently being updated. Below is an overview of a few helpful tips. Daily Health Assessment-When to stay home It is IMPERATIVE that parents/guardians are doing a basic health assessment on their student prior to the start of each day. Students will have to remain home (and seek virtual or in-person care by a health care provider) if they exhibit any of the following symptoms (within the past 48 hours): Abdominal pain, Fever (Temp of 100 or higher), loss of taste or smell, cough (change from baseline), sore throat, new onset severe headache, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, vomiting/diarrhea This list is not all inclusive so keep that in mind. Please keep your children home if they are sick. Going Home Sick If a student comes to school and exhibits ANY of the above-mentioned symptoms, per our guidance from the local health district, the student will be placed in a separate monitored room to be sent home. Students will be expected to be picked up from school within a reasonable time frame to reduce the potential for exposure to others. Please make sure you have transportation plans in place for your child. When to return to school Always follow the guidance from the health care provider who evaluates your child. Also, follow guidance from your health district of residence. If you are a positive COVID-19 case the county of residence will contact you with quarantine guidance. Students who do not have COVID19 may return to school once symptoms are resolving and they are fever-free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school. We prefer that you don’t send your child to school if they are sick for half the day (for instance) in order to participate in extra-curriculars. For this year, a child that is ill for any part of a day will not be able to practice or participate in an extracurricular activity. COVID19 overview: If your student is a confirmed positive case you are required to notify the school. If your child is placed on quarantine you also need to notify the school. We will receive the notification from the health districts, but parents are notified before the health district. We are required to report total number of district cases to Champaign County Health District. If you are tested for COVID-19 the recommendation is that you and close contacts such as family members stay home until you receive the results. This is a recommendation not a quarantine. This recommendation should come from the Health Care Provider who tested you or your child based on their assessment. This recommendation may vary based on the provider that you see. Some providers are not requiring this based on their assessment. Close contacts: Anyone who the positive case spent 15 minutes of continuous time within 6 feet or has had direct physical contact with a positive case Quarantine general guidelines from Health District of residence: For a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 (10 days starting on the first day of symptoms), all close contacts will be on quarantine (usually 14 days from last contact day regardless of a negative test result). Quarantine guidance is given by the health district of residence. For instance, if you reside in Logan County, follow Logan County guidance. If you reside in Champaign County, follow Champaign County guidance. Provide the school district the appropriate letter or document from the Health District. Isolation: This term is used to define staying away from others completely. Isolation is recommended for the confirmed positive COVID-19 case. The positive case should isolate (if possible) for example, staying away from their own family members and using their own bathroom etc. Isolation is usually for 10 days starting on the first day of symptoms. Staying home for 10 days is a possible recommendation (even with a negative COVID-19 test) if the provider feels the symptoms could still possibly be COVID-19. Please feel free to contact us at any time with questions/concerns.

Don’t forget that this week is our Elementary vs. MS/HS food drive and the stakes are high! The Tigers are collecting food for those in need. The Elementary has challenged the Middle/High School to see who can bring in the most food. If the Elementary WINS, Mr. Johnson will take a pie in the face! If the Middle/High WINS, Mr. Hollar will take a pie in the face! The local food pantry suggested the following items: Food: canned fruit syrup Pop tarts soups cereal/pancake mix Soaps: laundry dish bar shampoo Paper Products: toilet paper paper towels plates napkins WL-S has started a Blessing Bag program that provides students in need with individual, easy to prep and eat items. Good items to donate are: Granola bars, Animal crackers, Fruit cups/applesauce, Raisins (individual boxes), Fruit snacks, Easy Mac, etc. Let’s spread some cheer this holiday season!

Congratulations to Middle School and High School students for working hard to achieve 1st quarter Honor Roll! Keep up the great work! West Liberty-Salem MS 1st Quarter Honor Roll 4.0 6th Grade Lyla Breon, Zachary Carter, Zoe Carter, Miles Christison, Natalie Fish, Braden Hershberger, Sophia Landon, Connor Leichty, Claire Ling, Isabelle Sarver, Noah Sarver, Ashlee VonDeylen 7th Grade Geneva Estep, Lyndee Harrison, Dylan King, Emma Smith 8th Grade Jessa Beard, Aaron Campbell, Isabella Hardwick, Caleb Hershberger, Ava Johnson, Taran Logwood, Luke McGill, Daniel Neer, Maximillian Rudolph, Craig Stanford, Akira Whitman, Bexley Wilcoxon 3.75 6th Grade Morgan Gibson, Alivia Campbell, Jill Fullenkamp, Ashlyn Pope, Aiden Hull, Hattie Jacobs, Colton Neeld, Xzavior Nicholl, Tucker Searles, Tristin Halterman, Troy Gibson, Colton Randall, Casey Boyer, Audrianna Evilsizor, Carson Spencer, Levi Yelton, Thaddeus Kitchen, Troy Christison, Bayes Lapp, Kiersten Stoll, James Brooks, Grace Jones, Emma Liggett, Benjamin Wall 7th Grade Sadie Paul, Kaylee Powell, Dallas Koons, Wyatt Longaberger, Brielle Milliron, Emery Longaberger, Ava Astorino, Victoria Douthwaite, Ava Poppe, Brock Burgel, Lance Campbell, Eli Christison, Caleb Ling, Promise Alkire, Dustin Bolton, Mason Helms, Atticus Loudenback, Joran Mouton, Naomi Cole, Brevin Louden, Brady Kauffman 8th Grade Ava Chamberlain, Isaiah Reminder, Laila Butler, Silas King, Greyson Horsley, Teagan Boyd, Audrey Collins, Silas Kauffman, Kennedy Wallace, Treyton Helms, Madeline McGill, Isaiah Reames, Quentin Rudolph, Rebekah Hudson 3.0 6th Grade Joseph Griffin, Alexis Wisner, Reilly Recker, Madison Jones, Avi Lehman, Caleigha Fasse, Lilli Heminger, Nicholas Kensler, Emma Vigar, Savannah Gluckle, Rylan Trimble, Madden Kilgore, Isabelle Richards, Lilah Nolan, Silas Krabill, Damion Moss, Reagan Winters, Julius Butler, Ezekial Sidders, Bryson Jones, Carson Stokes, Sullivan Foster, Aislyn Whitaker, Garrett Hull, Eli Sertell, Isabella Hughes, Skyler Ropp, Aubralyn Wiant, Bayleigh Deam, Eliza Halterman, Kash LeVan, Avery Northup, Sutton Wilcoxon, Braydon Thompson 7th Grade Chilton Smith, Bryant Eaton, Alexander Boyer, Amani Grantham, Carson, Poppe, Isaac Sertell, Taylor Cook, Josiah Tidwell, Wyatt Bell, Zaylor Eggleston, Elise Longshore, Landon Mitchell, Baileigh Engle, Alayna Hackley, Lydia Schmidt, Gwenyth McCullough, Reese Oder, Samuel Strapp, Marisa Smith, Taryn Bradley, Cody Ferryman, Caleb Larson, Cameron Pope, Wyatt, Saxton, Alexa Cheetham, Addison Hutton, Mylee Dooley, Sunny Lhamon-Waller, Marshall Sutherin, Timothy Howells, Addyson Mattox, Tevis Cox, Levi Miller, Malia Miller, Jacob Lauck, Abigail Timmons, Cooper Titus, Haylee Earles, Kaylee Blair, Breece Gullet, Ian Cox, Kamden Hisson, Elli Ullery, Eli Bremer, Olivia Reichardt 8th Grade Leigha Cox, Laney Craig, Carson Instine, Kaitlyn Metz, Hanah Martin, Cody LeVan, Shyanne McClintick, Jacob Evans, Luke Thomas, Brodey Deam, Alyssa Mueller, Aidon Koons, Talon Castle, Gideon Cole, Andrea Stokes, Nevaeh LaFollette, Collin Thompson, Reagan Simpson, Alaina Irving, Grace Hacker, Connor Garman-Ferguson, Jackson Steider, Joshua Wilcoxon, Grant Saylor, Anna Cole, Teagon Miller, Troy Bradley, Nathan Neuerman,, Sami King, Samuel Peraza, Sophia Holland, Lincoln Henderson, Clayton McAuley, Aiden Taylor, Hayden Wise, Marley Myers, Nick Shifflet, John Bahan, Owen Barger West Liberty-Salem HS 1st Quarter Honor Roll 4.0 9th Grade Emma Bails, Mallory Bostick, Kerrigan Burgel, Ivy Cline, Madeline Cole, Sophia Hardwick, Megan Hollar, Miles Hostetler, Faith Jones, Zoey Kaufman, Sari Kitchen, Joseph LaRoche, Kendall LeVan, Addison McAuley, Lily Smith, Chaley Wade, Veronica Wall 10th Grade Christian Davis, Christian Herron, Logan Phillips, James Powell 11th Grade Megan Adams, Kylie Burgel, Alexandrea Caldwell, Brady Forsythe, Emily Hollar, Audrey McGill, Isaac Reames, Hallie Smith, Michele Smith, Micah Stoner, Mandilyn Weaver, Gabrielle Williams 12th Grade Lance Baldwin, Hannah Bowman, Regan Boyd, Sophia Cole, Morgan Damron, Grace Estes, Rachel Hostetler, Luke Hudson, Dawson Jenkins, Hannah Jones, Kaylee LeVan, Jaden Marchal, Ryan Motzko, Olivia Muirhead, Hayden Phillips, Selena Weaver, Kienna Whitman, Isaac Wilson 3.75 9th Grade Leah Ropp, Lauren Kimball, Peyton Hull, Julia Wilson, Izabella Meister, Alexis Helms, Abby Guest, Whitney Strapp, Evan Fullenkamp, Gabriel McGill, Dylan Wing, Ashley Yoder, Sidney Larison, Carter Titus, Samuel Lauck, Kenzie Phillips, Malachi Christison, Zander Fahnestock, Olivia Wilcox, Bailey Poppe, Alyse Bremer, Abigail Miller, Lillian Weaver 10th Grade Alisa Bolton, Payton Eckurd, Lexy Lee, Shae Stoner, Aubree Snyder, Mackenzie Bahan, Abbigayle Long, D.J. Yoder, Arianna Chapman, Maddox Havens, Andrew Kimball, Rylie Schultz, Maggie Davis, Trinity Floyd, Carlee Hausler, Adam Stapleton, Kayla Cole, Brittany Neer, Delaney Wade, Ellie Cheetham, Tina Douthwaite, Ezekiel Greene, Amelia Hudson 11th Grade Gavin Schoenleben, Bella Kauffman, Ayden Estep, Ali Gault, Logan Godwin, Adam LaRoche, Grace Winters, Madison Casto, Amanda Domachowski, Logan Saylor, Joecelynn Kennaw, Brandon LaRoche, Douglas Legge, Avery Davis, Harley Knox, Naomi McGill, Aubrey Williams 12th Grade Garrett Richardson, Cooper Havens, Mearic Campbell, Lillian Davis, Tyler Douthwaite, Maria Henderson, Olivia Neer, Josh Spinner, Noah Cline, Maguire Stratton, Andrew Stoner 3.0 9th Grade Emily Asbury, John Richards, Brooke Dunn, Matthew Christison, Nathan Webb, Mia Elliott, Mason Barger, Xan Schmidt, Austin Olejniczak, Cale Hall, Riley Knox, MaKenzy Sandefur, Xander Waldren, Connor Shover, Claire Longshore, Aubree Timmons, Zachary Damron, Drake Brown, Taylor Kennedy, Zoie Vermillion, Karter Spriggs, Jane Fullenkamp, Cara Deam, Eli Bell, Riggs Lapp, Isabelle Wygal, Jaycee Yelton 10th Grade Bailee Wick, Montana Zinn, Samantha Schwaderer, Faith Instine, Travis Cropper, Aubrey Laing, Timothy Hobart, Trevor Berry, Gaven Wilcoxon, Dylan Glunt, Wylie Harbour, Samuel Wilkins, Matthew Jones, Evan Cook, Phillip Marr, Eli Shafer, Ava Buck, Blair Boyd, Brandon Petry, Michael Jones, Owen Harrison, Caitlyn King, Devin Grime, Anika Christison, Lena Kauffman, Isabelle Wilson, Raven Johnson, Whitney Ridenbaugh, Hannah Turner, Emma Kauffman, Shyayne Eaton, Chandler McCafferty, Renee Neer 11th Grade Christian Griffith, Madison Ewing, Liberty Bloemhard, Ashley Good, Hayden Miller, Carson King, Aleah Reed, Owen Johnson, Natalie Hacker, Allyson Gaver, Hayden King, Matthew Roach, Tate Yoder, Roberta Lewis, William Motzko, Samuel Erne, Luke Heater, Holden Shafer, Jordan Stocksdale, Kathryn Hissong, Macie Campbell, Jamie Gluckle, Lauren Kindle, Austin Smith, Marissa Bailey, Dylan Lauck 12th Grade Rose Neer, Jacob Wilcoxon, Nathaniel Aldo, Madeline Hutton-Ashcroft, Mason Powell, Isaiah McGill, Alyssa Putt, Alyssa Johnson, Anna McGill, Katelyn Stapleton, Graham Higgins, William Levan, Nicholas Burden, Andrew Hardwick, Ashlie Spencer, Victoria Strickland, Madison Bahan, Kathleen Rollins, Alexa Stoll, Logan Campbell, Cody Matthews-Moore, Emily Scott, Jon Payer, Trinity Perkins, Nick Minix, Jacob Webb, Brynn Cropper, Gavin Woodruff

The Athletic Department is holding a Christmas apparel sale. The order deadline is Monday, November 30. All orders will be processed after the close of the store and delivered to school within about 2 weeks. Orders can be sent home with your student or available for pick up on 12/17 & 18 from 5-7pm in the main gym entrance. https://wlstigers.itemorder.com/sale

The high school show choir, Sound Check, held their annual showcase performance over the weekend in two shows on Saturday. The weather and power outages cancelled one final performance on Sunday evening. Show choir performed a total of 7 pieces inspired by Broadway shows, and soloists and ensembles performed 19 more highly entertaining musical numbers. There was no shortage of entertainment and creativity from this group of very talented musicians, some even performing in multiple songs and dances. Practices began this summer with a choreography camp and followed with practices on Monday evenings. If you got the chance to see them perform please join us in telling them what an awesome job they did! Special thanks to Mrs. Seymour and Advanced Art students for all of their help with the backdrop and stage decor.

The next regular Board Meeting, to be held on Tuesday, November 17th, at 7 PM, will be held via ZOOM and YouTube Live due to an increase in COVID 19 cases throughout Logan and Champaign Counties. You may access the YouTube Live channel/link on the main page of our website (wlstigers.org) under the Menu tab. Look for "Kraig Hissong's Live Feed" under General Information. Thank You, Kraig Hissong

Hello families. Due to ongoing loss of power at school, the show choir performance scheduled for today (Sunday) has been cancelled.

Hello families, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent of WLS. If you were planning to attend todays showchoir performance at 5 PM, it has been postponed to 6 PM due to loss of electric. If power is not restored by 5 pm, we will unfortunately have to cancel the performance. We will let you know. Thank you!

This weekend, the Sound Check show choir will perform their 5th Annual Showcase. Unfortunately, this year the show isn’t open to the general public— only 2 tickets per performer. It will be live-streamed during show times on Saturday at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday at 5pm. A special thanks to the HS Advanced Art students and Mrs. Seymour who contributed to the show this year with their design and painting the back wall on stage.

It's Gold Card Friday! Check out this week's edition that features our upcoming Food Drive https://youtu.be/kwXhv48iHLA

Do you have a student, 16 or older, looking for an after school job? Green Hills and Mercy Health-Urbana are hiring!

The sophomore class hosted a ‘Hats on for Veterans’ school-wide fundraiser and toiletry drive on Veteran’s Day. The goal of the fundraiser, at the suggestion of Vets Services, was to generate enough money and/or toiletries to create Christmas gift baskets for the local veteran widows and female veterans. Vet’s Services said they are often an overlooked population and could use the extra support, especially during the holiday season. Our students provided enough for a trunk load of toiletries that will go to Logan County Veteran’s Services next week. The sophomore class officers will create gift baskets with gas cards, toiletries and Christmas goodies that LoCo Vet’s Services will deliver on behalf of the WL-S Sophomore Class. We wouldn’t be able to do any of this, if we didn’t have such a great staff and group of kids willing and able to donate their funds on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who helped support our Vets!

West Liberty-Salem students, who enrolled in Physics through Edison State University, built awesome water rockets as a part of their unit on Newton’s Law of Motion! Mrs. Brandie Roberts, who also teaches high school physical science, assisted her class in a successful launch earlier this week! They spent several days building the rockets and were asked to use an astroblade and trigonometry to determine the height of the rocket blasts in several different launches. This interdisciplinary approach allowed students to understand how a scientist uses more than one area of study in a single experiment.

Check out what’s happening in FFA. This article was submitted by Madeline Hutton, FFA Reporter The West Liberty- Salem FFA had their annual officer interviews on September 30th. A variety of questions were asked of the applicants, making sure that they were fit for the positions. Positions were elected on November 1st. Cooper Havens is the new FFA President, Morgan Damron is the Vice President, Trinity Perkins the Secretary with Gavin Woodruff as the Co-Secretary, Madeline Hutton Reporter with Dylan Glunt as the Co-Reporter, Marissa Bailey the Treasurer with Hayden King as the Co-Treasurer, Maddox Havens the Historian, Dawson Jenkins the Sentinel, and Olivia Muirhead the Student Advisor. The FFA chapter is very excited to have the new officer team in swing for the 2020-2021 school year. Pictured from left to right: Back Row: Hayden King, Dawson Jenkins, Cooper Havens, Maddox Havens, Dylan Glunt and Gavin Woodruff ; Front Row: Madeline Hutton, Morgan Damron, Marissa Bailey, Olivia Muirhead and Trinity Perkins