Our fourth graders celebrated their ‘Good Apple’ award recipients today! Good apples are recognized for completing all of their work, not using any ‘travels’ for forgotten or missing items, and good behavior. We are proud that so many students achieved Good Apple Status this time around! Congratulations, kiddos!
Family and Consumer Sciences made breakfast this morning. Can you guess who may have inspired the pancake art? None other than Andy Cotrell, high school math teacher. They were pretty accurate!
Mrs. Perdue’s elementary library was a winter wrapping wonderland this week! Student helpers wrapped our preschoolers’ Santa Shop gifts before their Christmas party! Many thanks to our student elves for the help!
Our first graders celebrated Grinch day with cookie decorating and watching ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’.
“And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say – that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day. And then – the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!” -Dr. Seuss
We know this week looks like we’ve been having too much fun, but we are still learning, and more importantly, our students haven’t checked out yet! A group of students showed up at 7 AM just to study for Mr. Cotrell’s Algebra test! Keep up the great work!
There is one last chance for last minute gift shopping tomorrow morning at Santa Shop. We had a wonderful week, and our PTO thanks you for making it extra special for your student shoppers! EXTRA SPECIAL THANK YOU to our PTO Volunteers who do all of the shopping, help shoppers make their selections, set up, tear down and tidy up! We appreciate you!!
Emery Longaberger and Malia Miller take a swing at the piñata during their Spanish 1 Christmas celebration. They are spending the week learning about and experiencing what a traditional Christmas would like like in Mexico!
SANTA! I know him!
Little Dribblers will perform during halftime of both high school girls’ games tonight, December 20th. JV game begins at 6 PM! Go Tigers!
Eckhart Tolle once said, “When a dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.” Maybe that’s why dogs make the best therapy pets! Duke, the Champaign County Sheriff’s Support Dog, made his rounds today visiting students and classes. In the elementary, he made himself at home around the “campfire”, and in middle school and high school received lots of love sitting with students while they studied. Duke, who is part of the Lapp family, will make regular visits for the rest of the school year.
Everything is better in your pajamas! Our MS/HS students are looking cozy and festive today!
WL-S is representing on the Team Champ High School Swim Team! The team is made up of swimmers from local county schools that compete against other HS swim teams. They practice as one team at the Champaign Family YMCA, but they represent their individual home schools when competing. Pictured are Peyton Hull and Kam Hissong both competing in the 50 freestyle from this weekend’s meet. Way to go, Tigers!
Our high school Calculus Club is in the giving spirit this holiday season. Every year, they adopt a family in need, donate gifts, and use meeting time to wrap them! Mr. Todd Lewis, Calc Club Advisor, is pictured with his team.
Mrs. Renee Arnold’s War Literature class had a White Elephant Christmas mug gift exchange this morning. They had fun celebrating with their class!
It’s a short week but still so much to do! Week at a glance! Go Tigers!
Elementary classes enjoyed guest readers while teachers enjoyed breakfast with their colleagues this morning! Pictured are Athletic Director Morgan Sullivan, Middle School Principal Andy McGill, and Superintendent Kraig Hissong enjoying time in the classroom.
Elementary teachers were treated to a potluck breakfast with an ugly Christmas sweater theme by our student council! Student council organized and served breakfast and administrators assisted by covering class time and reading to our students so that each teacher could participate.
Today, Linda Harr, Transportation Director, retires after 31 years of service to our district, families, community, and most importantly the safe transportation of our students. She selflessly dedicated herself to our school district making difficult decisions when weather was rough, while taking into consideration the safety of her own drivers, our parents and our student drivers. She organized field trip transportation, athletic event transportation and the numerous clubs and other extra-curricular activities that needed to get where they were going. She navigated driver shortages, rising gas prices, and any other obstacles with ease and grace. She will surely be missed, but we wish her the very best life has yet to offer! After school Mrs. Harr was joined by staff and her family for a presentation of cards and flowers. Busses made their way through the pick up lane, stopped and a student from each bus presented her with 2 flowers. By the time the line was finished she received 31 flowers for her 31 years of service. Thank you, Linda Harr, for your selfless dedication to the students, staff and families of West Liberty-Salem Local Schools.
Key Club Fun Friday, Holiday Edition! This month’s Fun Friday featured ‘Finish the Lyric’ with Christmas music. Freshman lost to sophomores, Juniors lost to Seniors, but the Seniors beat the Sophomores for the final victory! Each losing team got to smash a whip cream pie in the face of brave volunteers from the losing team. It was certainly a fun and festive time!
First graders gave the audience an early Christmas treat with their holiday concert! They looked so festive and sounded beautiful!
