Congratulations to our November Seniors of the Month, Joey LaRoche and Addison McAuley! Students of the month are nominated and voted on by their teachers. WL-S Seniors of the Month are celebrated with other local seniors at the Kiwanis Senior of the Month Luncheon at the Syndicate.
NAME: Joey LaRoche
SCHOOL: West Liberty-Salem
PARENTS: Dan and Tez LaRoche
School Activities and Awards:
Cross Country, Track, Indoor Track, Link Crew, Key Club, NHS, Spanish Club, Calculus Club, Academic Excellence, Academic All Ohioan.
If I were principal for a day:
I would be as intimidating as possible to students.
Favorite school memory:
Lunch with my friends during Freshman and sophomore year.
People who have been an inspiration to me include: My parents and coaches
Because: They’ve encouraged me through tough times and celebrated with me during good times.
Lately, I have been reading:
Articles for a paper in English class.
My advice to parents:
Be a part of your child’s life. Encourage them and give them advice. Be close to them.
My biggest regret:
Not being involved as an underclassman.
Next year I will be:
In college studying Sports Nutrition and Dietetics.
NAME: Addison McAuley
SCHOOL: West Liberty-Salem
PARENTS: Justin and Angela McAuley
School Activities and Awards:
Cross Country, Swim, Track, NHS, Student Council, Key Club, Academic Excellence
If I were principal for a day:
I would convince the Superintendent to cancel school.
Favorite school memory:
Playing Euchre in Pre-Calculus when we got our work done.
People who have been an inspiration to me include:
My parents and Caroline Palmer
Because: They always push me to do my best and support me every step of the way.
Lately, I have been reading:
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
My advice to parents:
Remind your kids that you love them.
My biggest regret:
Not being able to take Spanish four.
Next year I will be:
Attending the University of Kentucky, pursuing a degree in Speech and Language Pathology.
Junior Ava Johnson has been selected for the Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council, part of the Ohio School Safety Council. The student led advisory board aims to create safer school experiences across the state by implementing monthly themes that promote school unity, safety, and promoting students' mental and physical well-being. In October, Ava rallied fellow high school students to promote National Bus Safety Week and World Unity Day, tying the theme together with our annual Community Service Day. The article linked below details how Ava's role in the OSSAC will impact not only West Liberty-Salem, but schools across Ohio's five safety regions. Great Job, Ava! We look forward to following your journey! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/1305616
Junior Ava Johnson has been selected for the Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council, part of the Ohio School Safety Council. The student led advisory board aims to create safer school experiences across the state by implementing monthly themes that promote school unity, safety, and promoting students' mental and physical well-being. In October, Ava rallied fellow high school students to promote National Bus Safety Week and World Unity Day, tying the theme together with our annual Community Service Day. The article linked below details how Ava's role in the OSSAC will impact not only West Liberty-Salem, but schools across Ohio's five safety regions. Great Job, Ava! We look forward to following your journey! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/1305616
West Liberty-Salem Show Choir: Musa Cantus presents, 'A Night at the Opera: Songs from Stage and Screen' this weekend! Showtimes are Saturday, November 11th, at 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm, and Sunday, at 3:00pm.
Tickets are $5, and sales times are as follows:
Monday and Tuesday, families of performers only, 5-8pm at WLS
Wednesday and Thursday sales open to public, 5-8pm, WLS Cafetorium
Friday 11:30am-3:00pm at WLS front office
Remaining tickets will be sold for $5 at the door.
West Liberty-Salem Middle School has chosen their October Middle School Students of the Month.
8th Grade: Ella Albers & Robert Park
7th Grade: Mia Dooley & Charlie Oelker
6th Grade: Avery Randall & Zeke Lauck
Students are selected by their teachers for being good citizens and good students! They are rewarded with a t-shirt from BOSS and gift cards to local business from Malia Hughes with Fathom Realty. Congratulations, students! Keep up the good work!
West Liberty-Salem design team attended the Champaign County Economic Partnership's county Design Challenge today and won! The team is advised by Art and Shop teacher Chris Smucker and Engineer Andy Hoover. The team of Craig Stanford, Max Rudolph, Isaiah Reminder, and Silas King competed against Triad, Graham, and Urbana to claim this year's Design Challenge title! Congratulation, team! Great work!
Saturday morning at 6:40 AM the boys and girls regional champion cross country teams will depart West Liberty-Salem HS en route to Fortress Obetz for their state meet. We encourage everyone to get up early and come out and support these athletes on their historic journey. Sendoff will be at 6:30 AM Saturday morning on the southside of the West Liberty-Salem high school building.
Several ladies from our high school attended the Women in STEMM Expo at Edison State today. The expo is a professional conference for young women to introduce STEMM and it's application in different careers. Students engaged in breakout sessions that gave them hands on experience with STEMM in the workforce. The trip is organized and attended by high school counselor Molly Smith.
Parents of 8th grade students:
8th Grade Washington DC Trip
Dates: April 24-26, 2024
Deposits are due now! All students must register through Prodigy Student Travel.
If you need assistance with creating an account, please call 877-845-1463.
Go to website address: www.ProdigyStudentTravel.com
Click on “Login or Register Button”
On the Login Screen, click on “Create an Account”
Create an account and use Input Trip Code/Passcode: LSGDA
And the last of our celebration photos features Hulk Hogan (aka Mr. Waibel) and the high school costume parade. Goodbye, October! It sure was fun!
Here is a quick glance at some important upcoming events!
Please note that girls soccer will begin at 3 pm, instead of 1 on as originally schedule. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets.
Senior Whitney Strapp declared her post secondary plans by signing with the Air National Guard. Whitney will attend Basic Training in Lackland, Texas, followed by Tech School to prepare her to work in Services. Congratulations, Whitney and thank you for your bravery and service to our great Nation.
The Regional Champion Girls and Boys Cross Country team will be featured on Peak of Ohio's Chalk Talk tonight. Catch them live at PeakofOhio.com or OnDemand.
The high school Drama Club presents 'Chasing Charming', a family friendly production looking for a missing Prince Charming! Shows are Thursday and Saturday at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $5.00 for students and $8.00 for adults, CASH only at door.
Come out for what is sure to be two very entertaining evenings!
West Liberty-Salem participates in the Champaign County Economic Partnership Design Team Challenge for the 8th year in a row! The CCEP challenges county students to become engineers and complete their design challenge for a spot to compete against other local districts! This year, shop and art teacher Chris Smucker had enough interest to have three design teams, the most since the program began in 2016. Andy Hoover is the team engineer. Hoover helps students understand design elements by leading the engineering component. Today, design teams presented their gliders to a panel of judges selected by CCEP for a chance to advance to the County Design Challenge. Judges assessed their presentation and flight to determine a final score. Design team member Connor Garmen-Ferguson told judges, "Our group discovered immediately that our design needed to allow air to move both under the craft and over without having air flow through to slow the design down." They created two gliders to get the perfect successful flight. CCEP judges included Logan Cole, Engineer-ColePak and WLS graduate, Chris Flowers, Champaign County Business Liaison, Connor Bartle, Process Engineer-Weidman, and Andi Mitchell, Business Services, Ohio Means Jobs-Champaign County. Design team made up of Craig Sanford, Max Rudolph, Isaiah Reminder, and Silas King ultimately won and will advance to the Champaign County Economic Partnership Countywide Design Challenge on Friday. They will compete against all other schools in Champaign County. 2023 Design Team Challenge Members include: Taryn Bradley, Aaron Campbell, Connor Garman-Ferguson, Caleb Hershberger, Joy Hudson, Sami King, Teagon Miller, Silas King, Isaiah Reminder, Max Rudolph, Quentin Rudolph, and Craig Stanford. Congratulations to our winners, and great job to the entire Team!
Fourth graders carved pumpkins with their first-grade book buddies on Monday morning! They had a great time designing the perfect spooky or cute faces for their pumpkins! Fourth graders made it educational and fun by practicing counting skills. The pairs counted pumpkin seeds by separating them in groups and counting by odd numbers, even numbers, fives and tens! Mixing grade levels teaches leadership, following directions, sharing, and allows more practice for skills both first and fourth graders need every day!
High School held a Homeroom Halloween decorating challenge! A celebrity panel of judges have tallied their votes and the results are in! Our Celebrity Guest Judges comprised of Mr. Johnson, Deputy J and Coach Red/Mr. J McGill had their hands full selecting from 6 Halloween decorated homerooms. It was an epic battle this year between our top 2 performing rooms. Our top 2 rooms delivered on the WOW factor with lights, décor, acting and thrills, but when the votes were cast there could only be one overall winner. This year’s grand champion Halloween Homeroom is ….Mrs. Arnold with her spooky cast and Haunted Mansion. In second place by only a few points is Mr. Cotrell’s Homeroom which featured epic lights, perfect music and on-point dancing. The competition rounded out with Mrs. Robert’s room in 3rd with excellent use of resources, Mrs. Spencer’s room in 4th, Mrs. Harmon’s room in 5th and in typical fashion, honorable mention goes to Mr. Lynxwiler’s homeroom. In the spirit of Fall Fun, Key Club will provide a full dessert party to Mrs. Arnold’s HR and consolation prizes will be delivered to Cotrell and Roberts for their valiant efforts. Thanks for everyone for participating.
Our Kindergarten and first graders had so much fun at their harvest parties on Friday. We are thankful for so many parents that took the time to organize, donate, and attend the parties for our students!
We have the best school counselors! Students were excited to see them dressed to impress this morning! How fun!
