Charlie Oelker, a sixth grader, shared his antique microscope with his science class this week! Sixth graders are studying the modern-day microscope and all of its working parts during their unit on cells. It was neat for students to compare the microscopes and see how they have evolved. Charlie and his dad found his microscope at an auction and are restoring it. Thanks for sharing your project with us, Charlie!
Today, all high school sophomores took the YouScience “test”, a combined survey and aptitude test that helps gauge student interests and aptitudes in emerging and existing career fields. The test begins with 11 different brain games that match students with information related to their interests. They were encouraged to take their time and give their best effort to get results that will be most valuable to them as they figure out their post-secondary plans. Results review a student’s natural strengths and interests and match that information to more than 500 careers. Students receive detailed information about each career including salary, requirements like education, training, and day-in-the-life of. The YouScience website shares, “YouScience gives students hope, relevance, and direction by expanding their vision of opportunities. Unlike traditional interest surveys, YouScience uses fun, engaging brain games to capture real measures of aptitude. YouScience then translates those talents into real world, high-demand careers.”
Seniors and sophomores are the first to take the survey, with juniors following in April. We are excited to continue navigating this new program and use it as a planning tool to help guide students as they plan for graduation and beyond.
We are accepting cereal donations through Wednesday!
The high school baseball team is hosting a fundraiser to help pay for this season's (and beyond) operating costs. You can help them by either connecting with a member of the team or simply scanning the QR code attached.
Middle School yearbooks are on sale Now through Friday, March 17th. Yearbooks are $20 or $26 for a personalized yearbook with your student's name on the cover. Students received an order form and may return it with cash or check to Mrs. Milliron or the school office. Checks should be made out to West Liberty-Salem Schools.
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Scan the QR code and order online today!
Key Club is ready for spring and celebrating with spring break spirit week! The themes are attached. Join in the fun!
Congratulations to this week's Educator of the Week, Mr. Andy Cotrell!
Here’s a great opportunity for our future baseball and softball umpires. Sunday March 26 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm is a FREE clinic to obtain an umpire certification for baseball and softball. It provides the chance to:
obtain the junior umpire certification
learn life skills such as goal setting, handling situations, financial literacy and perseverance
get direct access to flexible and well-paying jobs
receive mentorship from umpires at multiple levels
group outing to your local MLB ballpark to meet with the umpires
receive swag from UMPS CARE and your local team
graduates who start working will be gifted credit to purchase a starter umpire set
ongoing mentorship and support from UMPS CARE and local instructors
create your custom Topps umpire card
receive pizza, snacks, and other goodies throughout the program
Our elementary students are still in need of cereal donations for our dominoes event on Friday! Our goal is to provide 1500 boxes of unopened cereal to local food pantries after the school wide domino challenge. Help them meet their goal by sending new boxes of cereal with your student or dropping them off in the office by March 15th. Thank you for supporting this fun and charitable event!
Join us for one of three remaining shows of The Addams Family this weekend! Tickets are available at the door for today at 3:00, 7:00, and tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.!
Join us for one of three remaining shows of The Addams Family this weekend! Tickets are available at the door for today at 3:00, 7:00, and tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.!
ALL ABOARD THE IMAGINATION TRAIN for a look back at all the fun we had at Literacy Night! BIG thanks to everyone that helped make this happen! Planning begins months in advance, and Mrs. Cotrell does an amazing job of organizing ideas that lead us to the grand finale. We had so many community sponsors (noted in the attached video), educators, student helpers, PTO members, administrators, resident artists, and more that helped pull our big night off. And, thanks to all of our students and their families for joining us for another elementary Literacy Night!
Click the link to see more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URiyE8gnQL8
The results are finally in! Congratulations to Chloe Griffith, the OHC Female Wrestler of the Year and 1st Team All OHC!
The Logan County Board of Elections spoke to our juniors and seniors this morning about the importance of voting. They shared information on how and when to register, absentee voting for college students, and how election results are interpreted. Thank you, Logan County BOE, for your visit today!
Tune in to Peak of Ohio's 98.3 tomorrow at 7:45 AM, as musical cast members Izzy Wygal, Ava Chamberlain, AJ Kimball, Evan Cook, and Dylan Glunt represent the cast of The Addams Family in a radio interview.
Spring sports parent meeting is tonight! Meeting begins at 6 pm. There is an option to view the meeting via livestream. Visit our website and click live events at the top of the page. The meeting is mandatory for all spring athletes and a family member. Go Tigers!
The following West Liberty-Salem student athletes received All OHC team honors this week. Congratulations to the following:
Basketball
Chaley Wade – 1st Team All OHC
Lilly Weaver – 2nd Team All OHC
Megan Hollar – Honorable Mention All OHC
Basketball
Taran Logwood – 1st Team All OHC & OHC North Player of the Year
Matt Jones – 1st Team All OHC
Brevin Louden – Honorable Mention All OHC
Bowlers
Alyssa Mueller – 2nd Team All OHC
Eli Ullery – Honorable Mention All OHC
Wrestlers
Jacob Griffith – 1st Team All OHC
Matthew Christison – 1st Team All OHC
Jake Lauck – 2nd Team All OHC
Slayde Merriman – 2nd Team All OHC
Wylie Harbour – 2nd Team All OHC
Photo credit: John Coffman
The class of 2026 is hosting a small apparel fundraiser for their After Prom. Orders are due by March 27th. Order at the link below!
https://wlsclassfundraiser.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Students in ELA 8 have been learning the geography and history of Hawaii. They are building their background knowledge before studying historic documents on the annexation of our 50th state in order to form and write formal arguments. Tuesday, students rotated from station to station gathering information and answering questions. They eventually followed a "trail" leading to the Napali Coast where they posed for a selfie with a waterfall and found treasure in the form of candy!
WL-S elementary needs your help with March Cereal Madness! We are collecting unopened boxes of cereal through to be donated to local food pantries that will first be used in an elementary school domino experiment. Our goal is to collect 1500 boxes of cereal to fulfill a community need and just the right amount to set up cereal box dominos. We have received just under 400 boxes since literacy night, so thank you! You can send boxes in with your student, or you can drop off donations in the office by March 15th. We appreciate the support! And keep an eye out for the domino finale that will be posted on March 17th.
