This Friday, April 5th, is elementary spring picture day and class picture day! Attached is a link to order your photos ahead of time.
https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/pictureDayId/EVTXRJ6Q6
Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! Thank you to our amazing team of Para's who assist our teachers and support our students every day! You are essential to our student success and your contributions do not go unnoticed! THANK YOU Angie Sanborn, Bonnie Herron, Crista Lewis, Julie McIntosh, Lyndsay Bumbalough, Molly Perdue, Shawn Jarzab, Joan Salley, Susan Schuster, Deb White, Mikalia McIntosh, Mike Sidders, Kim Adams, Linda Whitsett, Ashlee Smith, Jamie Greenhill, Leslie Bahan, Lisa Carter, Stephanie Eckart, Tammy Ankrom, Emily Brown, and Amanda Jacks!
The Track and Field meet schedule for Thursday at Miami East has been cancelled. Updated Tiger Athletic schedules can be found at the link provided below. Go Tigers!
https://www.wlstigers.org/page/athletics
Due to the potential of strong/severe storms entering our area a little after 3 PM, according to latest weather radar, we are dismissing early. We would like to have students home and busses off the road before the storms hit. Therefore, WL-S will dismiss 1.5 hours early today Tuesday, April 2 . The HS will dismiss at 1:22 PM and the MS and Elementary at 1:26 PM. Students riding a bus will arrive home approximately 1.5 hours earlier than normal. Please ensure that students will have access into their homes and a parent present if necessary. Please feel free to call the school if you have questions.
In addition, YMCA aftercare and all schedule games and practices this afternoon/evening are also cancelled.
Thank you and we hope everyone has a safe evening.
Hello families, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent with a early dismissal announcement. Due to the potential of strong/severe storms entering our area a little after 3 PM according to latest weather radar. We would like to have students home and busses off the road before the storms hit. Therefore, WL-S will dismiss 1.5 hours early today. The HS will dismiss at 1:22 PM and the MS and Elementary at 1:26 PM. Students riding a bus will arrive home approximately 1.5 hours earlier than normal. Please ensure that students will have access into their homes and a parent present if necessary. Please feel free to call the school if you have questions. Thank you and we hope everyone has a safe evening.
The JV softball game scheduled for today at Jonathan Alder has been canceled. No makeup date is set at this point.
As always, updated schedules can be found at the link below.
https://www.wlstigers.org/page/athletics
More than 50 students and 10 staff members spent some of the spring break assisting our neighboring Indian Lake community. They spent the day working with their community members, cleaning up debris, and learning the residents' stories. If you'd like to see more about the community clean up efforts, visit the United Way of Logan County Facebook page and/or website. Great job, WLS students, and thank you for selflessly giving to your community on your Spring Break!
Congratulations to our FFA livestock judging team who received 4th place and are headed to the state contest!
The Tiger Track and Field meet scheduled for tonight at Tiger Stadium is cancelled. No reschedule date has been set at this time.
Join us at West Liberty-Salem Local School on May 10 & 13 for screenings. To schedule your child's appointment, visit wlstigers.org and click on the "Kindergarten Screening 2024-2025!
Life is better when you dance! Our 7th and 8th graders had their Spring Fling dance at the end of the school day today! They danced, played games, and enjoyed the fun with their friends. In lieu of paying for a ticket, students donated non perishable food items that will go to the Indian Lake food pantries.
Today we are celebrating World Down Syndrome Day! We have some resources we are sharing with our students that can help them understand how to end the stereotypes, which is also the theme for this year. The link below is a short video that will help answer questions that younger students may have. Help us 'End the Stereotype', and talk with your students about how everyone has their very own identity that makes everyone special in their own way!
https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/
Thanks to the voters in Champaign and Logan Counties, we are happy to report that the Permanent Improvement Levy passed! We are thankful for the Tiger Community that continues to provide, support, and allow our students to reach their full academic potential.
Are you a high school student who is interested in becoming a part of a group that amplifies student voices working towards making schools safer, both physically and emotionally? The Ohio School Safety Council may be right for you!
Governor DeWine and the Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC) created the Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council, which includes four representatives from each of Ohio’s four school safety zones.
Ava Johnson, junior, is currently the only member who represents our district, as well as our region's school safety zone! Ava works with a sub committee of Key Club and has championed the following initiatives at WL-S:
Bus Safety Week
Unity Day on Community Service Day
School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
Tech Free Day
Being a member of this statewide student council enables students to ensure their voice is heard when it comes to school safety. It will also enable them to learn more about the diversity of current school and students’ safety-related issues, develop government relations and leadership skills, and expose them to how government agencies work together from the federal, state, and local level.
Ava shared, "The Ohio Student Safety Advisory Council has been a great opportunity for me to meet kids my age who have the same interests as me and are motivated to make Ohio schools safer and better environments. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on this council and encourage anyone who is interested in school safety to apply."
More information and application can be found at https://ohioschoolsafetycenter.ohio.gov/pre-k-12-schools/student-resources
Reminder:
There is a parent meeting for CURRENT 8th graders attending the Spring trip to Washington D.C. tomorrow, March 20th, at 7 PM. Please meet in the HS Cafetorium. This is the final meeting before the trip, so please plan to attend.
Middle School Yearbooks are on sale! For $20.00, you will receive a copy of our 23-24 yearbook. For $26.50, you will receive a copy of our 23-24 yearbook with your name printed on the cover. Complete the form and return with your check or cash to Mrs. Milliron. Checks should be made out to WL-S, or use the link and order online: https://www.wangphoto.com/west-liberty-salem-ms-yearbook-23-24
to West Liberty-Salem’s Middle School Science Olympiad team for great performance at the Piqua Regional tournament on Saturday, March 16th. Eleven team members won awards in nine different events. By finishing fifth in our region, our school has qualified for the State Science Olympiad tournament for the eighteenth year in a row. The State tournament will be held at The Ohio State University campus on Saturday, April 27th.
Winning awards were:
Thaddeus Kitchen and Drew Piacentino won gold medals in the event Optics
Jill Fullenkamp and Carter Henderson won silver medals in the event Ecology
Thaddeus Kitchen and Drew Piacentino won bronze medals in the event Air Trajectory
Carter Henderson and Ashlyn Taylor won bronze medals in the event Anatomy
Ellis Koons and Drew Piacentino won bronze medals in the event Wind Power
Thaddeus Kitchen and Carter Henderson won 4th place medals in the event Disease Detectives
Kyerah Marchal and Drew Boyer won 5th place medals in the event Meteorology
Levi Kitchen and Drew Piacentino won 5th place medals in the event Fossils
Ashlyn Taylor and Carter Henderson won 5th medals in the event Microbe Mission
Jude Roberts and Lilly Yeater won 5th place medals in the event Optics
The marching band is hosting a fundraiser at Chipotle in Bellefontaine today! Stop in for dinner after you vote!
HS Student Council is having a contest between grades to raise money for the Indian Lake Tornado Relief Fund. Every day this week, HS STUDENTS can donate cash or check, and whichever grade donates the most gets a sweet treat after Spring break! The competition starts today and ends on Friday! Students can bring donations to lunch and place them in the jar that corresponds to the appropriate graduation year. Let's Go Tigers!
Checks can be made out to……
United Way of Logan County
Memo Line: Indian Lake Tornado Relief Fund
Would you believe us if we told you there are high school kids who were willing to wake up as early as 3:30-4:00 am on Saturdays to take science test and compete with devices they have built for up to 6 hours during that day? Well, they do... AND the hard work paid off for the WLS high school Science Olympiad today. There were only 3 members of our 11 member team pictured because 8 of them left early to participate in the musical later that evening!
Congratulations to our HS Science Olympiad team who cam in 4th place overall in their weekend competition. The team is going to state for the second year in a row!!! The following members placed individually:
Veronica Wall and Gavyn Greenhill placed 2nd in Air Trajectory.
Sari Kitchen and Veronica Wall placed 4th Astronomy
Veronica Wall, Greyson Horsely, and Craig Stanford placed 3rd in Codebusters.
Craig Stanford and Greyson Horsely placed 3rd in Detector Building.
Veronica and Ben Wall placed 3rd in Disease Detectives.
Ben Wall and Alexis Wisner placed 3rd in Ecology.
Craig Stanford and Greyson Horsely placed 3rd in Flight.
Craig Stanford and Greyson Horsely placed 4th in Forensics.
Aiden Taylor placed 3rd in Fossils.
Gavyn Greenhill and Alexis Wisner placed 5th in Scrambler.
Sari Kitchen and Carter Titus placed 4th in Write It, Do It.
Keep up the good work!
