TONIGHT, Thursday, 2/23, WL-S is hosting the College Credit Plus meeting, college fair, and open house style parent/teacher conferences. Any student planning on taking their first CCP courses next school year is required to attend. More information is attached. Join us!
*Traditional Parent/Teacher conferences are being scheduled for next Thursday, March 2nd. Please call the office if you would like to schedule an appointment at 937-465-0060.
Attention seniors/parents of seniors!
Tomorrow is the deadline to turn pictures for the Senior Night video. A digital copy or photo is acceptable. Be sure to have them turned in tomorrow, 2/24!
Today is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Please help us thank our drivers and sub drivers, who transport our students safely to and from school, sporting events, extra curricular events, field trips, school trips and so much more!
A BIG thank you to:
Deb White
Jake Vitt
Jenny Downing
Crista Lewis
Jim Smith
Corkey Detwiler
Bonnie Herron
Trish Zeigler
Kip Louden
Amanda Adams
Julie McIntosh
Stephen Knight
Leslie Bahan
Ashlee Smith
Trudy Bradley
SUBS
Larry Searles
Mandy Randall
Shelby Sellars
Liz Carter
Tom Eickhoff
We appreciate you!
A select group of high school students recently attend the OHC Fine Arts Festival at First Christian Church in Springfield.. The showcase is an opportunity to bring students together from our conference with similar talents and interests. Click here https://www.wlstigers.org/article/1012039 for the full story.
Hello WL-S families, this is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent. Today, shortly before noon, I was notified that we had lost water pressure in the building. This was due to a ruptured bladder in our pressure tank. A contractor was quickly notified and the tank was replaced by 12:45 PM and water pressure began to slowly restore. By 2:15 PM all pressure was back to normal. While the pressure was off or low, students were aloud to continue to use restrooms, that needed to do so, but were encouraged to wait if they could. We also brought in a Porta-jon for students to use and called to have several more delivered in case pressure was not restored before students left for the day. All students had access to hand sanitizer. Bottled water was available at request. We apologize for this unforeseen incident and greatly appreciate our student and staff for their patience and cooperation during this time. Times like these make you appreciate the basic necessities of life. At this time we do not expect this to impact school for tomorrow.
Thank you and have a good evening.
Kraig Hissong
Juniors and Seniors visited the Career Expo hosted at the Champaign County Fairgrounds this morning. Vendors from colleges, military and industry were available to consult with students answering questions about their hiring process, academic programs, and more. The fair will be open this afternoon for any student and their family who would like more information. Visit the Champaign County 4H building today from 2:30-6:00 PM!
Let’s catch up on the West Liberty-Salem Athletic Association’s 28 days of Giveaway winners from the weekend!
Congratulations to Heather Elliot, Cindee Boyd, Heather Seely, and Chris Stanford!
Congratulations and happy birthday to Becky Moell, who is this week’s Educator of the Week!
Senior Wylie Harbour was recognized at the Champaign County DAR Ceremony on Monday, February 20th. Earlier this year Wylie was selected as the Class of 2023 DAR Good Citizen of the Year. The DAR Good Citizen of the Year recognizes and rewards high school seniors who exemplify good citizenship through a nomination and voting process by teachers and peers. Students who are selected display dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities to an outstanding measure. Harbour possesses the many qualities of a good citizen. He participates in many sports, clubs, volunteer organizations and is a respected by his peers for integrity and the quality of his character. Congratulations, Wylie!
It’s a pajama party! Third graders in Mrs. Crowder and Mrs. Jones’ classes were rewarded with PJ day on Friday for achieving their Class Dojo points for second quarter! Class Dojo is a reward based system that students and their teachers use to set goals, build excitement by working hard to achieve them, and then are rewarded for their hard work! They get to select a reward from preset incentives in the Class Dojo app, and PJ party was the popular vote!. Keep up the great work, third grade!
THIS WEEK!
Mark your calendars and join us for our High School Parent-Teacher Conference Open House on February 23, from 3-6 PM, and CCP night immediately following. We are excited to offer students and their families a variety of opportunities throughout the evening including informal parent-teacher conferences, a college fair, and our College Credit Plus Meeting. Conferences will offer students and their families a chance to meet with current teachers and next year’s teachers to learn about different programs and electives we offer. A brief college fair is scheduled from 5-6 in our Media Center, followed by our College Credit Plus Meeting at 6 PM in the Cafetorium. Please see the flyer for additional details.
Traditional parent/teacher conferences are still scheduled for March 2nd, for high school. Please contact Mrs. Julie Nieman to make an appointment for March 2nd, by emailing her at jnieman@wlstigers.org.
The middle school Track and Field season will begin with their first practice on Monday, February 27th. Practices are 3-5 PM every day after school. Please meet in the Aux Gym. Please be prepared with warm clothes, hats and gloves in case of cold weather.
Sign ups for track and field are located in the middle school hallways, and you can sign up through the end of the week! Join them for a fun season!
We previously announced our top fundraisers for Kids Heart Challenge but we’ve added 2 more! Thank you again for your generous donations and helping special hearts everywhere receive the care they deserve!
This year’s Top 12 donors are: 1. Izzy Semaan 2. Solly Warye 3. Ayden Henson 4. Calvin Cotrell 5. Shiloh Cole 6. Mason Wallace 7. Deagan Wallace 8. Thaddeus Cole 9. Winnie Cotrell 10. Olivia Waibel 11. Kingsley Brentlinger 12. Jack Lang 13. Lincoln Sidders 14. Amelia Sidders
Fourth grade STEM students are using technology to complete their book shares for Language Arts. After completing a book, students are asked to share what they read with their Language Arts class. They share the title, author, setting, plot and details that made the book either interesting, or not so interesting. Typically, they share these in front of their peers, but this time they are recording their book share in front of a green screen! Green screens are often used on TV in news reports or sitcoms where background changes are necessary, without changing the entire set. STEM, taught by Mrs. Jenni Blair, is the study of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students at WL-S begin learning the correlation between these concepts and virtually every other school subject beginning in kindergarten. Keep up the good work!
Youth wrestlers are invited to attend the middle school and high school dual against Madison Plains tonight at 6:00 PM. Wrestlers should wear their youth wrestling shirts to receive free admission. Everyone else is encouraged to wear white to match the senior night theme, ‘White Out for Wylie’ celebrating senior Wylie Harbour. There will be a short meet and greet after the match for youth wrestlers to meet MS and HS wrestlers and coaches. Go Tigers!
Middle School choir students attended Annie Jr., presented by Windmill Productions at The Holland Theatre today. Musical theatre combines singing, dancing and acting to become the total package in performing arts. Having the ability to to immerse our students in all aspects of fine arts in our neighboring community, while supporting our own cast members made for a fun and educational experience for all! The show features students Alexa Beard, Loretta Moxley, Cecilia Kerns, Jill Fullenkamp, and Ashlyn Taylor all from West Liberty-Salem.
Annie Jr. offers 3 showtimes this week.
February 17th, at 7:30 and February 18th, at 2:00 and 7:30.
Varsity boys’ basketball will take on Greenon at Northmont HS tonight. Tickets must be purchased in advance at OHSAA.org/tickets. Go Tigers!
The West Liberty-Salem Local School District will schedule kindergarten screening appointments for the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16. To be eligible for kindergarten, students must be five years of age on or prior to August 1, 2023. Parents planning to send their child to kindergarten during the 2023-2024 school year will find information and online registration on the homepage of www.wlstigers.org, or can call or stop by the Elementary office.
It is too nice out to be stuck in the kitchen! Grab dinner at Hot Head, and support the band! Bellefontaine location only.
The WLSAA 28 days of giveaways is off to a great start! Yesterday’s winner is Chelsie Boyd! Congratulations!
