West Liberty-Salem Local School District

It's Gold Card Friday! Check out this week's elementary episode, featuring some vintage photos of our very own Mr. McGill. https://youtu.be/qNQjIh03PG0

Our homecoming court, and their escorts, were treated to dinner catered by The Half Day Cafe last evening. The kick off to this weekend’s homecoming festivities is a new tradition, and the court had a blast being celebrated! Tonight, the Tigers will take on the Northeastern Jets in the Homecoming game at 7pm, at Tiger stadium. Go Tigers!

Please help us welcome another new staff member, and this week’s staff spotlight, Emily Ridgeway. Emily joins us as our EMIS Coordinator & ProgressBook Administrator. Emily previously helped the same position for Mechanicsburg EVSD for the last 3 years. Emily graduated from WL-S in 2003 and resides on her family farm in West Liberty. You may all remember her mom, Mrs. Crabtree, former WL-S EMIS Coordinator. Emily thinks they may be the only Mother-Daughter EMIS team to ever exist (haha!). Emily is married to Brian Ridgeway who serves at the Golf Course Superintendent of Darby Creek Golf Course. They married in Colorado, where they lived for many years, 12 years ago this December. Emily and Brian have 2 sons. Sam is a 2nd grade at WL-S, age 8, Mrs. Bell’s class, loves being a Tigerand playing on the WL Youth Soccer Team. Loves all things Marvel, Minecraft, science experiments, animals, and spending time outside. Howard, 11 months old (future Tiger), is attempting to learn to walk, makes frog sounds, and is their little comedian! They also have 1 elderly Rat Terrier named Stinky, who will be 16 on Halloween. He likes to sleeps all day and begs for snacks!! Emily has some really fun interests that include being obsessed with her two sweet bears, Sam & Howie; embracing being a boy mom even though I don’t have an athletic bone in my body. Lover of all things fall & winter, cold brew coffee fanatic, Etsy over-spender, perhaps greatest fan of Golden Girls, enjoy interior decorating & homemaking, loves tulips, HUGE Johnny Cash fan (“I sing many of his songs as lullabies to my boys.”), premature Christmas decorator (“usually put up my tree on Veterans Day”). Welcome, Emily! We hope you feel right at home at WL-S!!

JV football will take on Northeastern Jets on Saturday morning at Northeastern. Tickets are only sold online and not at the gate. Please purchase here: https://oh.8to18.com/NortheasternHS Please note: All tickets will be sold as General Admission tickets on a first come first serve basis up to our maximum seating capacity. Maximum of 6 tickets purchased per family.

MS/HS parents: Please check your email for important information regarding picture day, scheduled for Tuesday, September 29th. This includes all in person and PLP students. Have a great evening!

Congratulations to the 2020-21 Homecoming Court! Homecoming festivities have been announced. Click the link below for the latest details! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/312990?org=wls

We have opened up a more parking spaces in the high school lot for after school pick up. With the increase in the number of parents picking up, please feel free to use the lot circled in yellow, shut off your vehicle and come to the main entrance to pick up your students. Please do not park in any areas that are painted red , or along the curb circled in red in the photo, as that is needed for two way traffic flow. We hope this helps! Thank you!

Congratulations to Hayden Phillips for being named a Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program! The full story can be viewed in the link below. https://www.wlstigers.org/article/312259?org=wls

Key Club offers high school students the opportunity for building leadership skills and volunteering in their community in a global organization. See what our students have been up to! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/311219?org=wls

Any college bound high school student, especially seniors, should plan to attend our virtual financial aid meeting on Wednesday, 9/24, 6:30-7:30 pm. The meeting is presented by the WLS high school counseling department and financial aid expert, Renee Jewitt, from Wright State University.

Students will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for Friday’s Homecoming game. Students will sit in the end zone and practice social distancing and mask guidelines. Here is the ticket sale protocol for students this week: For Friday night’s football game, there will be 80 endzone student tickets on sale for STUDENTS ONLY for $5.00 Students will have to purchase these presale from the Athletic Office during the day from 8:00-1:00; this does include during your homeroom and lunch period. Tickets will be sold on Tuesday to Seniors only from 8:00-1:00 in the office and then again for Seniors only at the main ticket booth at the soccer game Tuesday night from 6:00-8:00. Starting Wed morning, all unsold tickets will go on sale from 8:00-1:00 to Juniors, Sophomores, and freshman until all are sold out. Seating for these tickets will be required to sit in the endzone and social distancing must be observed.

West Liberty-Salem Athletic Pre-sale ticket information for Sept. 19th and on Pre-sale tickets will once again be sold every morning, 8:00-12:00 PM in the vestibule at door #2. If you are unable to make it there in the morning, we will be selling them Tuesday night Sept. 22nd at the main ticket booth at the stadium from 6:00-8:00 PM. All tickets are $7.00 each, no refunds are available, Cash or check is accepted. At press time, the following is individual game ticket information: Saturday morning- Middle School girls volleyball at Catholic Central, 2 tickets per player can be purchased at the door. Saturday morning JV football vs West Jeff- tickets can be purchased at the gate or presale, 5 people are allowed in per player. Friday night home High School football vs Northeastern (9/25)- each football, band, and cheerleader are entitled to 2 presale until Thursday at 10:00 AM, after that, we will open it back up to SENIOR FOOTBALL, CHEER, AND BAND parents only from 10:00-12:00 PM on Thursday to purchase additional tickets. General admission for Friday night football will go on sale Friday morning(9/25) at 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM All Middle School and High School games being held at WLS next week, tickets are the same policy as before- we recommend you purchase ahead of time, but history has shown that we are not reaching full capacity on many games other than varsity football and sometimes varsity volleyball. ON an occasion, some tickets are still available at the gate prior to the game. Below is information on AWAY game policies or special instructions for HOME games(not every game is included as it is assumed you know the policy by now) Saturday morning- Middle School girls volleyball at Catholic Central, 2 tickets per player can be purchased at the door HS Volleyball at Minster on Saturday- No limit on tickets, purchase tickets at door. Middle School football Wed. night at Greeneview- tickets purchased at the door. Saturday morning JV football at Northeastern- tickets will all be sold online, a link will be posted mid week for you to access tickets. Senior night for Football, Band, and Cheerleaders will be held Sept 25th. Prior to the football game. Details were sent home in the mail to all seniors. Its important to remember, per OHSAA guidelines, masks are required to be worn at all Athletic events, and social distancing is a must. Each school has marked areas to sit/stand differently, try to cooperate and work with what they have done to make it possible for your athletes to have a season!!

Congratulations to our homecoming attendants and Senior King and Queen candidates! Freshman Attendant: Olivia Wilcox Sophomore Attendant: Trinity Floyd Junior Attendant: Emily Hollar Senior Queen Candidates: Madison Bahan Sophie Cole Grace Estes Kaylee LeVan Anna McGill Selena Weaver Senior King Candidates: Nick Burden Drew Hardwick Luke Hudson Isaiah McGill Hayden Phillips Garrett RIchardson Crowning of the King and Queen will take place at the Homecoming ceremony at 8pm, Saturday, September 26th. Look for more information this weekend with an update on the ceremony and the Homecoming Dance!

Go Tigers!

Updated Friday night ticket information: 35 tickets remain for Friday night’s football game at West Jeff. Tickets will be on sale tonight at the main ticket booth from 6-8 or 8-noon at door #2 at the HS tomorrow. Go Tigers!

You can catch all the action Friday night, when the Tigers take on West Jeff, on the West Jefferson Digital Network! Tiger fans can access the video broadcast at the link below. This game will also be available to watch on demand or download after the conclusion of the game. Go Tigers! Video Link: https://team1prep.com/oh/?S=WJRiders&B=191171

Please help us give a warm Tiger Welcome, and first staff spotlight of the year, to Tori Huffman! Mrs. Huffman will serve as our Middle School Intervention Specialist. Mrs. Huffman and her husband, Greg, have lived in West Liberty for the last eight years where they have a strong connection to our community through Greg’s employment with West Liberty Fire Department. They also have many relatives who are Tiger Alumni! Mrs. Huffman graduated from Bellefontaine High School in 2011, and received her undergraduate degree from Urbana University. There, she received her Intervention Specialist and Reading Endorsements. She graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2020, with certifications in Intervention and Autism. Mrs. Huffman comes to us fro Graham Elementary where she was the 4th and 5th grade Intervention Specialist from 2015-May 2020. We are excited to have Mrs. Huffman join our Tiger family and hope you will give her a warm welcome to the team!

Be sure to tune in to Newscenter 7 at 6:00 pm, this evening, when Jenna Lawson, from WHIO, features a story on the USDA free lunch program at our school. Lawson was on campus today to interview staff and visit some classes, so you may catch a glimpse of a familiar face!

Update on pre-sale tickets: 30 tickets remain for the Middle School football game Thursday 50 tickets remain for the High School football game Friday. Tickets are available from 8:00-12:00 Thursday and Friday morning. For students, tickets are available throughout homeroom and lunch period at the Athletic Office.

Any 4th-6th grade girl or boy attending WLS in person, or homeschool, is welcome to join the YMCA fall volleyball league! More information can be found in the attached flyer!