Congratulations and happy birthday to Becky Moell, who is this week’s Educator of the Week!
Senior Wylie Harbour was recognized at the Champaign County DAR Ceremony on Monday, February 20th. Earlier this year Wylie was selected as the Class of 2023 DAR Good Citizen of the Year. The DAR Good Citizen of the Year recognizes and rewards high school seniors who exemplify good citizenship through a nomination and voting process by teachers and peers. Students who are selected display dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities to an outstanding measure. Harbour possesses the many qualities of a good citizen. He participates in many sports, clubs, volunteer organizations and is a respected by his peers for integrity and the quality of his character. Congratulations, Wylie!
It’s a pajama party! Third graders in Mrs. Crowder and Mrs. Jones’ classes were rewarded with PJ day on Friday for achieving their Class Dojo points for second quarter! Class Dojo is a reward based system that students and their teachers use to set goals, build excitement by working hard to achieve them, and then are rewarded for their hard work! They get to select a reward from preset incentives in the Class Dojo app, and PJ party was the popular vote!. Keep up the great work, third grade!
THIS WEEK!
Mark your calendars and join us for our High School Parent-Teacher Conference Open House on February 23, from 3-6 PM, and CCP night immediately following. We are excited to offer students and their families a variety of opportunities throughout the evening including informal parent-teacher conferences, a college fair, and our College Credit Plus Meeting. Conferences will offer students and their families a chance to meet with current teachers and next year’s teachers to learn about different programs and electives we offer. A brief college fair is scheduled from 5-6 in our Media Center, followed by our College Credit Plus Meeting at 6 PM in the Cafetorium. Please see the flyer for additional details.
Traditional parent/teacher conferences are still scheduled for March 2nd, for high school. Please contact Mrs. Julie Nieman to make an appointment for March 2nd, by emailing her at jnieman@wlstigers.org.
The middle school Track and Field season will begin with their first practice on Monday, February 27th. Practices are 3-5 PM every day after school. Please meet in the Aux Gym. Please be prepared with warm clothes, hats and gloves in case of cold weather.
Sign ups for track and field are located in the middle school hallways, and you can sign up through the end of the week! Join them for a fun season!
We previously announced our top fundraisers for Kids Heart Challenge but we’ve added 2 more! Thank you again for your generous donations and helping special hearts everywhere receive the care they deserve!
This year’s Top 12 donors are: 1. Izzy Semaan 2. Solly Warye 3. Ayden Henson 4. Calvin Cotrell 5. Shiloh Cole 6. Mason Wallace 7. Deagan Wallace 8. Thaddeus Cole 9. Winnie Cotrell 10. Olivia Waibel 11. Kingsley Brentlinger 12. Jack Lang 13. Lincoln Sidders 14. Amelia Sidders
Fourth grade STEM students are using technology to complete their book shares for Language Arts. After completing a book, students are asked to share what they read with their Language Arts class. They share the title, author, setting, plot and details that made the book either interesting, or not so interesting. Typically, they share these in front of their peers, but this time they are recording their book share in front of a green screen! Green screens are often used on TV in news reports or sitcoms where background changes are necessary, without changing the entire set. STEM, taught by Mrs. Jenni Blair, is the study of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students at WL-S begin learning the correlation between these concepts and virtually every other school subject beginning in kindergarten. Keep up the good work!
Youth wrestlers are invited to attend the middle school and high school dual against Madison Plains tonight at 6:00 PM. Wrestlers should wear their youth wrestling shirts to receive free admission. Everyone else is encouraged to wear white to match the senior night theme, ‘White Out for Wylie’ celebrating senior Wylie Harbour. There will be a short meet and greet after the match for youth wrestlers to meet MS and HS wrestlers and coaches. Go Tigers!
Middle School choir students attended Annie Jr., presented by Windmill Productions at The Holland Theatre today. Musical theatre combines singing, dancing and acting to become the total package in performing arts. Having the ability to to immerse our students in all aspects of fine arts in our neighboring community, while supporting our own cast members made for a fun and educational experience for all! The show features students Alexa Beard, Loretta Moxley, Cecilia Kerns, Jill Fullenkamp, and Ashlyn Taylor all from West Liberty-Salem.
Annie Jr. offers 3 showtimes this week.
February 17th, at 7:30 and February 18th, at 2:00 and 7:30.
Varsity boys’ basketball will take on Greenon at Northmont HS tonight. Tickets must be purchased in advance at OHSAA.org/tickets. Go Tigers!
The West Liberty-Salem Local School District will schedule kindergarten screening appointments for the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16. To be eligible for kindergarten, students must be five years of age on or prior to August 1, 2023. Parents planning to send their child to kindergarten during the 2023-2024 school year will find information and online registration on the homepage of www.wlstigers.org, or can call or stop by the Elementary office.
It is too nice out to be stuck in the kitchen! Grab dinner at Hot Head, and support the band! Bellefontaine location only.
The WLSAA 28 days of giveaways is off to a great start! Yesterday’s winner is Chelsie Boyd! Congratulations!
The WLSAA 28 days of giveaways is off to a great start! Yesterday’s winner is Chelsie Boyd! Congratulations!
Good luck to our Lady Tigers! Reminder that advanced ticket purchase is required.
OHSAA.org/tickets
As eBooks become more popular due to ease of access, we are still teaching the value of a library! Students are learning how to navigate the shelves with a scavenger hunt type of activity. This week, they are learning how to find fiction titles. These exercises apply to any library, just not WL-S!
#lifelessons
#loveyourlibrary
100 days smarter! 100 days brighter! First graders starred in the annual 100 days of school fashion show. Students are tasked with decorating a shirt with 100 objects. They glue, sew, paint, and pin everything from feathers to buttons, stickers and pom poms. They get really creative! There is never a winner of the fashion show. It’s just a chance to showcase their creativity to their peers, teachers and administrators. They did a fantastic job!
100 days in kindergarten! Students dressed like they were 100 years old and enjoyed a fun morning of 100 day activities!
Kids Heart Challenge Part II
Kids Heart Challenge, formerly Hoops for Hearts, always wraps up with a fun, active day of play, exercise, and friendship. There was an obstacle course (even Mr. Sullivan took a lap!), jump ropes, basketball, dancing, hula hoops, and cup stacking to name a few activities. Students enjoyed the extra gym time and correlating what they learned about healthy hearts with being active. Let’s keep moving!
WOW! THANK YOU to everyone who helped elementary students donate to American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge! We raised an unbelievable $20,000 for the second year in a row, surpassing their original goal of $15,000.
Kids Heart Challenge, formerly Hoops for Hearts, is a program designed to teach our students about people with special hearts, while raising money for healthy hearts everywhere. During the Kids Heart Challenge students are taught the risks of using tobacco, heart conditions, tips for eating healthy, being physically active and managing stress. They are given tools to make decisions that leave them feeling confident in improving and maintaining their own health, while also helping improve the study and treatment of kids and adults with heart disease.. We are thrilled to know that our students, their families, community, and our staff will make an impact with such an exceptional donation. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible! If you’d like to learn more about healthy living. Kids Heart Challenge website is full of resources that will encourage your family to adapt to a healthIer lifestyle. Ask your student what they learned about making their hearts happy and healthy!
This year’s Top 12 donors are:
1. Izzy Semaan
2. Solly Warye
3. Ayden Henson
4. Calvin Cotrell
5. Shiloh Cole
6. Mason Wallace
7. Deagan Wallace
8. Thaddeus Cole
9. Winnie Cotrell
10. Olivia Waibel
11. Kingsley Brentlinger
12. Jack Lang
Thank you to everyone who made a donation to the Kids Heart Challenge, and a special thanks to Mrs. Kim Hollar, who works hard every year to make this week such a success!
