The WL-S 7th and 8th grade choir went to the Holland Theatre yesterday to see a production of Moana Jr.! Our music department always does a wonderful job exposing our younger students to musical theatre early so they learn what aspects of music they are interested in. There were a number of WL-S students involved in this production:
Ashlyn Taylor- Gramma Tala
Abigail Frederick- Tomatoa
Alexa Beard, Cecilia Kerns, Silas Kerns- Ensemble
Jessa Beard- Stage Crew,
Illa Kerns and Sophia Holland- Spotlights
Great job to our students who took part in the production!
Congratulations to the lady Tigers bowling team who made it to Districts for the first time in school history. They join the Boys who also made Districts. This is the first time in school history that both teams made it to Districts in the same year. Go Tigers!
Seniors in Mr. Stoner's English 12 class visited ColePak as part of an ongoing Career Exploration study! Seniors in English 12 are focused on earning the Ohio Means Jobs Career Readiness Seal. Part of earning that seal means that students will learn about local and national employment opportunities, while exploring the 15 important skill areas of 'Career Readiness'. Ryan Cole, Colepak's Vice President of Operations, spoke to the 16 seniors about acceptable employee characteristics and current trends and wages in the manufacturing industry. Students were also given a plant tour. Thank you, Colepak and Mr. Ryan Cole, for being a part of the Career Readiness Series!
The freshman boys' basketball team will host the Graham Falcons tonight at 5:30 in the main gym! Go Tigers!
Community Health and Wellness Partners' School Based Health Center's Mrs. Wing and Mrs. Douthwaite talked about the importance of healthy eating habits with tasty Tuesday! They passed out fruit during elementary lunch times and had a lot of fun while doing it! Thank you for sharing and always encouraging those healthy habits with our students!
Students and staff are celebrating the West Liberty-Salem School-Based Health Center!! Experience the success, peace of mind, support, love, relationship building, trust, and convenience families are talking about! Community Health & Wellness Partners - Grow with you, a lifetime of care your family deserves. To become a patient or schedule an appointment, contact CHWP at 937-599-111 or visit CHWPcares.org.
Order your Literacy Night T-shirts now through 2/16 for elementary Literacy Week & Literacy Night on Thursday, March 7th at 5 PM.
https://wlsliteracyweek24.itemorder.com/
More from our Ag Department!
Jadon Lowry and Eli Bell finished in 2nd place at the District Ag Power Diagnostics (Tractor trouble-shooting) contest on Friday, just one away from moving on to the state contest. Thank you Lora James for putting together the contest and the John Deere Training Center staff for a great contest and the hats! Congratulations guys!
Lots of good news from FFA!
This weekend the General Livestock Judging team attended the Patriot, held in New Madison, Ohio. Both Reasons and Non-Reasons teams competed. Members sorted through classes of cattle, sheep, hogs, and goats and after were provided with lunch. One of our reasons teams - Jaycee Yelton, Owen Barger, Shyanne McClintick and Soohia Hardwick placed 1st and Shyanne placed second the Reasons division. Thank you to everyone who helped put some awesome groups of livestock together for us to judge, as well as providing lunch! Thank you OSU Livestock Judging team for evaluating the stock and coaching reasons! #osulivestockjudgingteam
Here are the themes for the rest of middle school spirit week!!
Ticketing information below for all postseason tournament contests.
Go to www.ohsaa.org/tickets, click the sport, click the division, and click the green “Get Tickets” button on your event.
Basketball – Division III
Bowling – Division II
Boys Wrestling - Division III
Girls Wrestling – Division I
Swimming – Division II
Tickets will be available online for all OHSAA tournaments. OHSAA tournament events held at high school venues may have tickets available for sale at gate.
Sectional/District Regional
Student $5 $5
Adult $8 $12*
*Adult Girls Regional Wrestling Tickets are $8
Senior volleyball player Bailey Poppe made history at West Liberty-Salem by becoming the first player to record 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills during her career. She was honored during halftime of the boys' basketball game on Saturday night with a jersey that will be displayed on the wall to represent her outstanding achievements. Bailey also received recognition as District 9 Player of the Year and OHC North Player of the Year. Congratulations, Bailey!
Our 8th graders visited Ohio Hi Point on Friday for a tour and information session on all OHP has to offer. Students were able to see areas of campus that were of interest to them and meet current students and teachers.
High School Student Council sponsored a fun evening for the high school students after Saturday evening's home basketball game. The event was called, "Games after the Game" where more than 60 high school students stayed to play games like 9-Square, cards, and cornhole. We had music, refreshments that included pizza, popcorn, hotdogs and amazing snow cones! This was the second year that they sponsored this event for students and the students enjoyed hanging out with friends after our OHC Co-Champs beat Graham!
West Liberty-Salem Quick Recall ended their season 4th overall after placing 5th in their most recent tournament. The team had stellar performances from Quentin Rudolph and Abigail Miller as two of this year's top scorers. Quick Recall is gaining momentum after seeing an increase in members this year! Many new members are underclassmen, with great performances from younger players like Brady Kauffman and new commers Avi Lehman, Zoe Carter, and Gavyn Greenhill. The team is looking forward to next year’s season as they can only improve as they continue to learn and expand their knowledge and understanding of the world.
Quick Recall also mentioned that they really enjoyed their outings at Cane's after the matches where they received free merch for being part of a school event!
"Candy hearts, oh so sweet! On Valentine’s Day, they can’t be beat."
We shared sweet treats and Valentine's cards on Friday in elementary! Here are a few sweet photos from parties in Mrs. Spring, Mrs. Watson, and Mrs. Spencer/Patton's classes!
The Elementary Student Council is holding a spirit wear fundraiser today, February 12th through Monday, February 26th. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used for school improvement projects, as well as supporting our teachers and staff! All orders will be delivered to school and sent home with students, or a pickup date/time will be arranged when items are available. Check out the link below to place your order!
https://www.spiritwear.com/estore.php?eml=amcnabb@wlstigers.org
Congratulations to Tiger senior Claire Longshore for setting a new school record in the 60 Meter Hurdles (10.69) at Otterbein. Claire also holds the outdoor school record in the 100 Meter Hurdles (outdoor).
Indoor track members Elise Longshore (10’2) and Tori Douthwaite (9’2) both secured career PR’s in pole vault today at Otterbein University. Go Tigers!
The 8th grade boys basketball team wins back to back OHC Championships! Yesterday, the Tigers won their championship game against Fairbanks to secure their second OHC title in middle school. Also performing well were the 7th grade boys who are OHC runners up! Congratulations, Tigers!
