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
Tiger Athletics Week at a glance! Go Tigers!
The PTO did a wonderful job stocking our Santa Shop with so many goodies for our elementary shoppers! Students were thrilled to select gifts for loved ones and wrap them before bringing them home this week. Students who ride the bus may bring gifts home over the next few days so they don't have to bring so much all at once, but don't worry! We will make sure everything makes it under the tree this week! 🎄
West Liberty-Salem has announced their December Seniors of the Month! Seniors of the month are nominated by their teachers for being great students and active in their school and other activities. They are awarded with gift cards to local eateries, a free lunch at WL-S, and are celebrated by the local Kiwanis Club at their Senior of the Month Luncheon.
Congratulations to Riggs Lapp and Anna Byrd for being selected as the December Seniors of the Month! Take a moment and read a little about them below.
West Liberty-Salem SENIOR OF THE MONTH QUESTIONNAIRE
NAME: Riggs Lapp
SCHOOL: West Liberty-Salem
PARENTS: Jason and Gretchen Lapp
School Activities and Awards:
Throughout high school, I participated in four years of football, and four years of FFA.
During my Junior year, I started participating in Link Crew. I am also involved in the
National Honor Society. In addition, I am a hall monitor along with Sam Lauck.
If I were principal for a day:
If I were the principal for the day, I would send out an all call to the students and staff of
WL-S and have school cancelled for the day.
Favorite school memory:
My favorite school memory is wandering the hallways periodically throughout the day.
People who have been an inspiration to me include: My parents and grandparents
have been some of my biggest influences.
Because: They showed me what it means to be a hard worker and how things
are earned and not given.
Lately, I have been reading:
Lord of the flies by William Golding
My advice to parents:
Let them be a teenager and let them learn from their mistakes. Don’t hold them back
from doing what they enjoy.
My biggest regret:
Not playing baseball in high school
Next year I will be:
I will be attending a two-year college for an undecided major.
NAME: Anna Byrd
SCHOOL: West Liberty-Salem
PARENTS: Leslie & Paul Waibel
School Activities and Awards:
This year I participated in the drama production of Chasing Charming and was one of
the three flag captains in the WL-S marching band. I’m currently in the school’s Book
Club and Pages group. I was voted in by the student body as Senior Class President
and Officer.
If I were principal for a day:
I don’t think much would change actually! I think I would talk to students one-on-one to
make sure everyone is enjoying their school year and their classes!
Favorite school memory:
My favorite school memories are Friday Night home football games and performing at
halftime!
People who have been an inspiration to me include: My dad, Paul Waibel
Because: My father is the reason for my drive to succeed in life. I admire his
work ethic, his determination, and all that he does for my family. I can only hope to be
like him one day.
Lately, I have been reading:
My book club read The Silent Patient, a psychological thriller about a mute patient and
her psychotherapist.
My advice to parents:
Hug your kids and tell them you love them every time you leave, even if you’re just
going to the other room. Kids are hard on themselves, don’t ever let them forget that
they are loved no matter what.
My biggest regret:
My biggest regret is not putting my all into my grades until this year. I usually get decent marks, but working hard makes getting an A+ so much better.
Next year I will be:
Next year I hope to be attending Ohio University and working towards a degree in
journalism!
