Hello WLS Families, This morning we had an automobile accident that occurred on 68 just south of Valley Pike. All three cars were driven by WLS students. Fortunately, all students are going to be ok. Two students were taken to the hospital to be checked, but all injuries are expected to be minor. Thank you to first responders for your assistance at the scene.
Reminder that tomorrow, December 14th, first and third grade will perform holiday favorites during two Christmas Programs! First grade will take the stage in our main gym first, followed by third grade. See you there!
The band is having a wonderful time at Disney! Here is a before and after picture from the parade!
The elementary spelling bee will be live streamed at 8:00 am, tomorrow, December 12th!
Calling all graduates from the class of 2023! We look forward to seeing you at the Welcome Back Luncheon! RSVP to Molly Smith at mosmith@wlstigers.org! See you there!
Tigers Week at a Glance!
The high school marching band arrived safely in Florida where they will spend the week at Disney! They march today at Magic Kingdom at 2:00 PM. Best of luck, Marching Tigers!
Team Champ swimmers, comprised of athletes from all the county schools and London competed in the Trotwood Invitational on Saturday December 10th at Trotwood-Madison High School.
In the girls competition the finishers were as followed:
West Liberty Salem:
200 Medley Relay of Laney Craig, Lily Smith, Lydia Schmidt, Addison McAuley 23rd (2:38.75)
100 Freestyle - Lydia Schmidt 22nd (1:14.08) and Laney Craig 42nd (1:22.73)
50 Freestyle - Lily Smith 23rd (30.42), Laney Craig 70th (36.80) 15th, Addison McAuley 73rd (36.97) and Alexandra Schmidt 107th (43.76)
50 Butterfly - Lydia Schmidt 32nd (36.92)
50 Backstroke - Addison McAuley 59th (46.37) and Alexandra Schmidt 76th (57.26)
50 Breaststroke - Lily Smith 19th (40.13)
200 Freestyle Relay - Lydia Schmidt, Laney Craig, Addison McAuley and Lily Smith 19th (2:16.40)
Boys:
100 Freestyle - Kam Hissong 16th (1:01.23)
50 Butterfly - Kam Hissong 21st (30.56)
Pictured is West Liberty Senior Addison McAuley competing in the 50 Freestyle. She placed 73rd out of 133 swimmers.
It's Gold Card Friday!
High school gold card winners are:
12th Sidney Larison given by Mrs. Seymour
11th Aiden Taylor given by Mrs. Spencer
10th Malia Miller given by Mrs. Smith
9th Sullivan Foster given by Mr. Jake Vitt
Middle School:
6th Grade Foster King – Buroker
7th Grade Bella Vesey – Mazza
8th Grade Andrew Larison – Stapleton
Elementary gold card video:
https://youtu.be/RMYDXVuPNPw
Sixth graders are putting in the work this week! Language Arts students who completed their book reports by the deadline celebrated with a potluck today! They had donuts, brownies, chips, cookies and more! Keep up the great work, Tigers!
Middle school student council is hosting a spirit week next week! See below for themes!
Today, Mrs. Perdue read Scmelf, the Hanukkah Elf by Greg Wolfe and Click Clack Ho! Ho! Ho! By Doreen Cronin and Betsey Lewin to her second graders during library story time. They giggled, and loved hearing about the different traditions celebrated around the holidays!
Mr. Barhorst's Social Studies class is wrapping up their unit on Mesopotamia. Today, they used clay tablets and wrote in cuneiform in Mr. Smucker shop! Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script used in Ancient Near East, specifically Mesopotamia.
Mrs. Symmat's sixth grade science students are trying to help Santa save Christmas in their scientific workshop! Students ended their unit on kinetic energy with a fun experiment making come back toys! They created toys from different objects you can find laying around the house. They added weighted objects inside to make the item roll and return. In the pictures, you can see students created a successful comeback toy with an empty coffee container and heavy objects. After rolling the container the length of the meter stick, their container returned! Great job, scientists!
We hosted our third grade lunch buddies this week! It's always so fun to listen to the conversations as lunch buddies and students get to know each other during this time. The lunch buddy program is sponsored by United Way of Logan County. Buddies join their third grader once a month for the duration of the school year.
High School Student Council is hosting a spirit "week" for the remainder of school days until Christmas break. High School students are encouraged to get in the holiday spirit, dress up, and have fun! Themes for each day are attached.
Other grade levels, (elementary/middle school) may have their own designated spirit days. If we receive information, we will share that here. However, most teachers will share via their preferred communication tool as themes may be specific to grade level or teacher.
The National Honor Society inducted 30 new members on Wednesday evening! Read the full story here:
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/1368963
New members include:
Seniors
Riggs Lapp
Sidney Larison
Alexandria Schmidt
Juniors
Elijah Adkins
Owen Barger
Jessa Beard
Teagan Boyd
Aaron Campbell
Ava Chamberlain
Audrey Collins
Isabella Hardwick
Greyson Horsley
Rebekah Hudson (not pictured)
Alaina Irving
Ava Johnson
Taran Logwood
Londyn Loveless
Luke McGill
Maddie McGill
Marley Myers
Daniel Neer
Nathan Neuerman
Isaiah Reames
Isaiah Reminder
Max Rudolph
Quentin Rudolph
Craig Stanford
Kennedy Wallace
Akira Whitman
Bexley Wilcoxon
And that's a wrap! Santa Shop is closed! The PTO would like to thank our many volunteers who help make this special event possible. Check out this short video that captures how our busy elves create the magic that is....Santa Shop!🎄
https://youtube.com/shorts/PtrO8Xb3gsc?feature=shared
Tammy Allison, COO/Foundation & Community Relations at Mary Rutan Hospital Foundation, presented West Liberty-Salem Middle School Principal Mr. McGill, Middle School Counselor Kim Leichty, and Treasurer Chelsea Baldwin with a $500 check to complete a mural of encouragement for our Middle School. The mural that was designed by Rachel Schmucker, a WL-S graduate, will be displayed in the main middle school hallway offering encouraging words to students passing by. Kim Leichty thought the mural would provide students a bit of brightness in their day, while adding some much-needed color to the Middle School wing. The design will be completed by W Productions in Urbana, Ohio, who graciously offered to pick up any remaining balance after supplies and labor are accounted for. Thank you to Mary Rutan Hospital for supporting the students in the communities you serve, and Rachel Schmucker, and W Productions for being a part of this project!
West Liberty-Salem Middle School has chosen their November Students of the Month. The following students are nominated and selected by their teachers for being great students and peers. They receive a t-shirt from BOSS, Marie's Candies, and gift cards from Malia Hughes, Powered by Fathom Realty. Congratulations to the following students:
8th Grade: Ellery Wygal & Zach Cordell
7th Grade: Mackenzie Damron & Levi Birt
6th Grade: Amelia Miller & Dawson Turner
