Congratulations to Alaina Irving and Izzy Wygal for receiving OHC honors for football cheer!
Santa Shop is coming to town for our elementary students! More information will go home with students before Thanksgiving, so be on the lookout for one of our student's favorite PTO sponsored events!
Click the link below to get your Tigers gear. Order by November 27th to get it by Christmas. Use the code SCORE20 to get 20% off orders of $90 or more. Go Tigers!
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/ohio/westliberty/west-liberty-salem-high-school
Mrs. Roberts 1st Period Freshman Physical Science class conducted an experiment with the 3rd grade for Physics Club. They built parachutes and tested them. Each 3rd grade student got to help construct and test the parachute. Freshman enjoyed working with third graders and our younger Tigers lover getting to interact with high school students! Great work!
Mrs. Roberts 1st Period Freshman Physical Science class conducted an experiment with the 3rd grade for Physics Club. They built parachutes and tested them. Each 3rd grade student got to help construct and test the parachute. Freshman enjoyed working with third graders and our younger Tigers lover getting to interact with high school students! Great work!
Hello WL-S Families,
As we begin the winter season, traffic often increases during arrival and dismissal times. If you are a parent, dropping off students in either the main drop-off loop or in the MS/HS drop off loop or a student driver, PLEASE REMEMBER the following;
1. If you are arriving to school from the South, or from Urbana, always use the South Entrance, the first entrance you come to in front of the school. Recently we have seen more students and parents using the North drive. The problem with using the North drive when arriving from the South is that cars turning into the school often have to wait for traffic from the North before they can enter. This creates a back up on the main school drive because cars exiting the school can not turn left back onto 68 due to traffic from South waiting to turn into school. This causes everything to back up to the four way stop and creates even more wait time for everyone.
2. Traffic from the South has been heavy. To avoid heavier traffic, arrive to the school before 7:25 AM.
3. If you use the MS/HS drop off loop, always pull forward as far as you can to let students out. If the entrance to the loop is backed up to the main drive, then please utilize the parking spaces located in the middle of the drop off loop. This will allow traffic to continue to flow out on the main drive.
4. Never leave your call parked in the drop-off loops in the morning. If you have to exit your car, please use the parking spots located in front of the main drop off loop or in the middle of the MS/HS drop off loop.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Kraig Hissong
Senior NYC Trip in April 2024
Attached you will find important information regarding our April 16-20 Senior Trip to New York City. The cost is $730 per student.
Two important items to highlight:
Students can go ahead and register for the trip and pay their $130 deposit. This trip will be limited to the first fifty students to sign-up and pay their deposit. If additional students are interested, they will be placed on a waiting list. Registration and all payments will be made online or via mail directly with Prodigy Student Travel.
We are holding an optional informational meeting for Seniors and parents/guardians this Thursday at 6:00pm in the cafetorium.
Click this link to access documents: https://5il.co/28xcs
Tigers Fans –
Click the link below to get your Tigers gear. Order by November 27th to get it by Christmas. Use the code SCORE20 to get 20% off orders of $90 or more.
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/ohio/westliberty/west-liberty-salem-high-school
Parents of 8th graders attending the Washington DC class trip,
Prodigy has given information on helping students fund their trip. This information includes how to send a link to family and friends that are interested in sponsoring your child's experience. The link is now on our website under 'Documents->Washington DC', and is attached below. For those making payments, the next dates are as follows:
Jan 12th, 2024 - 33%
Feb 16th, 2024 - 67%
Mar 15th, 2024 - 100%
Link for funding your trip:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lkPhT-2SfAKpznWGw6qTIFrl5j1DRhHo/view
Mrs. Fullenkamp's 8th grade scientists are at it again, but this time they are learing about the Earth's crust! A little less messy than their Oobleck lab about the Earth's core, but still fun!
The book fair will close on Thursday at 6:00 PM! Students are visiting all week. Parents, don't forget to stop by and see our great selections during parent teacher conferences on Thursday afternoon!
School Psychologist week, recognized in November, highlights the important work school psychologists and other educators do to help all students thrive. This year's theme is " The Power of Possibility ."
Erin Kegley, West Liberty-Salem School Pyschologist was an intervention specialist at Northeastern for several years.
She also was a school psychology assistant/Intern School Psychologist at Oakwood City Schools prior to joining the team at WL-S.
She attended University of Dayton and earned her Educational Specialist (Ed.S) in School Psychology in August of 2023.
She also attended Wittenberg University and earned the a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education with a Pre-K to 3rd Grade Teaching Licensure and K-12 Intervention Specialist Licensure (Mild-Moderate)
Erin and her husband reside in the Northwestern School District. She has two amazing children who keep them busy. WL-S is blessed to have her as part of our team.
Please help us thank Mrs. Kegley for all she does for our students and staff!
WL-S Elementary will take part in STACK UP during their specials classes this week! STACK UP is what Guinness World Records terms the “World’s Largest Sport Stacking Event.”
We would like to STACK UP the local food pantries as well. During the week of
Nov 13 -Nov 17, we are asking elementary students to bring in items to stack up
the food pantry shelves.
The local food pantries suggest the following items as items in need:
Food: Soaps: Paper Products:
canned fruit laundry toilet paper
canned veggies dish paper towels
canned meat bar plates
soups shampoo napkins
fruit juice deodorant
cereal toothpaste
Help us help others this season by sending donations with your students this week. A collection table will be located outside of the elementary cafeteria all week.
The Madison-Champaign ESC hosted their 5th Annual Community STAR’s Recognition event late last week. For the past 5 years the ESC asks the schools within their region to nominate a student that idealizes ‘Servant Leadership’ as characterized by Serving Others, Teamwork, Attitude and Reliability.
West Liberty-Salem selected two students to nominate for this year’s events. Seniors Tommi Payne and Carter Titus were nominated by Alycia Smith & Molly Smith (along with collaborative efforts with Tim Wolfe and Paul Waibel). The ESC reviews nominations and then selects and invites one student to attend the recognition ceremony. Carter Titus was selected by the ESC to attend this year’s event. Superintendent Kraig Hissong and High School Counselor Molly Smith accompanied Carter and his parents to the event.
Students from each school who are selected to attend are asked to select a ‘Person of Impact’ to be recognized alongside them. Carter selected High School Counselor Molly Smith for her commitment to getting students involved in school and the community, believing in her students, and her positive attitude.
Congratulations to both Tommi and Carter for their nominations and the excellent work they do in their school and community and to Molly Smith for inspiring students to make an impact.
In honor of Veteran's Day which is tomorrow, we began our day with a tribute to our staff members who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Thank you to all our military personnel for the sacrifices you have made for our freedom.
Reminder! There will be no school tomorrow, Friday, November 10th. Our teachers will be in Professional Development training. Professional Development helps our teachers and administrators stay up to date on education best practices and allows them to share ideas and methods that develop new ways to teach our students!
Parent/Teacher conferences begin tomorrow. If you need to schedule an appointment or make changes to your existing appointment, please call the main office at 465-1060. The Scholastic Elementary Book Fair will be open from 3-6:00 PM. Stop in the elementary library before or after your conference!
West Liberty-Salem is currently seeking a school bus driver. Candidates must meet all state requirements and qualifications for a school bus driver and must have attended an annual bus driver in-service. Drivers will have the opportunity to receive at least 3 hours per day plus trips, full time benefits (family and single options available), paid training reimbursement is available for successfully completed programs and hired licensed drivers, full-time, part-time, or substitute.
The National Honor Society recently hosted their annual blood drive with Solvita Blood Centers. Thirteen faculty members and 29 students and staff registered to donate blood allowing for 22 units to be collected. The NHS exceeded their goal at 115% and donations will go on to save 66 lives! We have several students who wish to receive their red cords for graduation and are well on their way. The red cord represents that they have donated at least 3 times either in school or in community blood drives. Great work, West Liberty-Salem students and staff!
The WL-S band program is selling gift cards to Hillside Greenhouse for the winter season.
Gift cards are in $25 increments and are at cost ($25 per card).
If anyone is planning to shop local at Hillside, please consider helping out the band program at the same time by purchasing a $25 gift card for $25!
Contact Mr Waibel (pwaibel@wlstigers.org) if you would like to purchase, or see any current band member to make an order
