West Liberty-Salem Local School District

The West Liberty-Salem Athletic Association needs your help to fill spots supporting our concession stands for fall sporting events and the Labor Day Festival. The links for both are provided below to help you easily sign up for a spot or two and help our concession stands continue to provide yummy treats for our events! Go Tigers! Fall Sports: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60b0a49aeac2fa6fc1-fall Labor Day: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60b0a49aeac2fa6fc1-labor

Hello WL-S families, I hope that your summer is going very well and that you have been able to enjoy some summer fun! School is gearing up for another year and I know many of you have had questions about what this year brings. I am very excited for this school year, and I look forward to hopefully having school return to a new normal. The biggest questions surrounding COVID are usually around masks and vaccinations and if the school district will require them for this school year. To help answer these questions I have placed a document, 2021-2022 School Plan, Link https://5il.co/x63t on the website. It goes into detail about expectations for next school year. I do want to take a moment however to highlight a few things. 1. Masks will NOT be required for this school year (at this time) accept on school busses. 2. Vaccinations are not required for students and staff this school year. However, both are highly recommended by the Ohio Department of Health and the CDC, especially masks if you are not vaccinated. 3. Quarantine guidelines are greatly impacted this year and can be reduced or eliminated if you are vaccinated or wear a mask. Please review the document posted on the website/live feed for details. It may help you and your children to choose how you approach vaccination or masks this school year. 4. All students are eligible for Free breakfast and lunch again this school year! Take advantage of this savings. However, it is still very important for families that feel they may qualify financially for Free and Reduced Lunch, to complete the application since it will still impact school fees, etc. 5. A health clinic will be provided by the Community Health and Wellness Partners, WL-S School-Based Health Clinic from August 23-27 to provide wellness checks, school vaccinations, and if requested, COVID vaccinations for ages 12 and older. Please call 937-887-0075 and leave your name and phone number to set up an appointment. Enjoy the remainder of summer and we look forward to seeing all students and families for an Open House on Monday, August 30th and the first day of school on August 31st. Thank you, Kraig Hissong

The West Liberty-Salem Big Orange Cross Country program held its second annual Midnight Mile Saturday at Tiger Stadium. Listed are the top three finishers of each race: High School Girls 1st Megan Adams 5:20.31 2nd Addison McAuley 5:27.14 3rd Ashley Yoder 5:27.26 High School Boys 1st Dylan Lauck 4:31.01 2nd Tate Yoder 4:33.86 3rd Owen Harrison 4:57.52 Middle School Girls 1st Gwen McCullough 6:15 2nd Elise Longshore 6:26 3rd Breece Gullet 6:27 Middle School Boys 1st Brevin Louden 5:10 2nd Caleb Larsen 5:25 3rd Wyatt Longaberger 5:52 Photo credit: John Coffman

Good evening, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent with important information about a health clinic opportunity for your children. Community Health & Wellness Partners, our school-based health center, will host a back to school clinic August 23-27 from 7:30-3pm daily, EXCEPT Monday when hours are 9 am-3pm. The clinic will offer families the opportunity to do a Well Child visit, receive their sports physical, childhood immunizations for incoming Kindergarteners, 7th and 12th graders, and offer the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for ages 12 and up. Families may choose which services you would like and you may do all or just one of the services. Students will need to be pre-registered for an appointment. Please call 937-887-0075 and leave your name and phone number. A staff member will call you to schedule your appointment. There will be no walk in’s available, so please be sure to call ahead of time. Thank you!

Many of our first graders wrapped summer’s ‘Read with your Teacher’ program and they are ready to take on second grade! Our first grade team, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Spring, Mrs. Stayrook, and Mrs. Yoder, started this program several years ago to keep young minds active! They met once a week at Lions park, brought their favorite books, a blanket and found a shady spot to read. Most days wrapped up with a popsicle and play time with their friends. Another summer reading is in the books!

The fall online Spirit Store is now open!! Order deadline is 8/17. https://wlsaaspirit21.itemorder.com/sale

Registration for the 2021-2022 school year is open! Visit our website and click the link for Final Forms to get started. Don’t forget to remind your high school students to e-sign any necessary forms as well. Student supply lists are available by clicking the link or visiting the ‘District Documents’ page on our website. https://www.wlstigers.org/browse/139509 We are so excited for this year and look forward to seeing all of our students in just a few weeks!

Our volleyball campers had a great time at our youth volleyball camp last week hosted by the high school volleyball team! The volleyball team will host their annual pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, August 21st. The breakfast is $7.00 and will be held from 8:30-12:00. If you are a volleyball alum and would like to join the team for an alumni game, please visit the West Liberty-Salem Volleyball Facebook page for details! Come support our Tigers as they kick off their season! Photo credit: John Coffman

Hello, Please use the south entrance this afternoon if you are attending an activity at the school. you may use this drive to park in student lots or parking lots behind the school. Please do not use the main entrance or grass to drive or park on this afternoon. Thank you, Kraig Hissong

The West Liberty-Salem cross county program will sponsor its annual Big Orange Running Club July 12th-August 12th at Lions Park in West Liberty. The club is free and open to grades preschool through 6th grade. Participants do not need to attend West Liberty-Salem to participate. Registration and more information is available at https://www.bornandracedinwestliberty.com/big-orange-elementary-running-club.html

The Logan County Little League All Stars hit the road today to play in the Little League State tournament for a chance to play at the Little League World Series! The team include 8 WLS students! Help us wish them luck! If you’d like to follow their journey, like the Logan County State Little League-Intermediate Facebook Page! The team includes Cooper Crouch, Braden Hershberger, Aiden Hull, Dallas Koons, Reese Oder, Tucker Searles, Jaxon Snipes, Dawson Stevenson, Carson Vesey, Sutton Wilcoxon, and Levi Yelton.

Girls and Boys all-area track and field teams have been named. Congratulations to Emily Hollar, female athlete of the year, and to Maddie Bahan, Grace Estes, Kaylee LeVan, Selena Weaver, Megan Adams, Lilly Weaver, Josh Spinner, Tate Yoder, Isaac Brown and Dylan Lauck.

What’s a better way to cool down after conditioning than jumping in the river? We can’t think of one either! Great workout, guys!

Don’t slave over a hot grill! Give your kitchen break! Give the family cook a rest! Come out and support the WLSAA at Lincoln & Main tomorrow when 10% of your meal will support our student athletes! See you there!!

West Liberty mayor, Jill McKelvey proclaimed June 28th, 2021 the “Day of the Tigress” in honor of the state champion West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team. “As a community we are proud of the honor you have brought to your school and the village of West Liberty,” said Mayor McKelvey as she addressed the the team at Monday’s village council meeting. After the recognition the team and their families were given a tour of the West Liberty Town Hall Opera House by West Liberty Historical Society member, Jennifer Schwaderer. “We are honored to be recognized by Mayor McKelvey and the village council,” said WL-S head girls track and field coach Ann Vogel. We take pride in representing not only our school, but our community at the highest level. We believe the support the community gives us is a big reason for our success.” Pictured from left to right: Mayor Jill McKelvey, Coach Ann Vogel, Grace Estes, Emily Hollar, Megan Adams, Ashley Yoder, Madison Bahan, Katelyn Stapleton and Lilly Weaver. Kaylee LeVan was unable to attend. Photo credit: John Coffman

Our athletes begin conditioning for fall sports this week. We are looking forward to the upcoming seasons! Go Tigers!

Do you have a child in third thru eighth grade interested in volleyball? Check out this camp opportunity this summer with the Tiger volleyball team! Join us!

The West Liberty-Salem State Champion Track and Field team was recognized today at the Ohio State House by Senate President Matt Huffman. Six of the eight state champion athletes were able to attend the ceremony including Lilly Weaver, Emily Hollar, Maddie Bahan, Katelyn Stapleton, Megan Adams, and Ashley Yoder. Unable to attend were Grace Estes and Kaylee LeVan. The girls were accompanied by coaches Ann Vogel and Mandy Lauck, as well as Aaron Hollar, Jake Vitt, Kraig Hissong and board members Dave Cline and Pat Adams.

The West Liberty-Salem Big Orange Cross Country team is hosting the 44th Annual BOSS Summer Run on Saturday, August 14th at Lions Park in West Liberty. The Youth One Mile Fun Run will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K race will kick off at 9:00 a.m. https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/WestLiberty/BOSSSummerRun

The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team won its second consecutive DIII State Championship title Saturday at Westerville North. Team scores (top 10): 1st WLS 52, 2nd Mt. Gilead 42, 3rd (tie) Margaretta & Seven Hills 32, 5th Lehman Catholic 29, 6th Colonel Crawford 20, 7th Crooksville 18, 8th Leipsic 17, 9th Madeira 16, 10th (tie) Minster, Liberty Center, Coldwater, Ayersville 15 The Tigers had two state champion relay teams with the 4x200 team of Kaylee LeVan, Grace Estes, Madison Bahan and Emily Hollar winning in 1:43.04 and the 4x400 team of Katelyn Stapleton, Estes, Bahan and Hollar winning in 4:00.33. WLS took two second places with their 4x800 team of Megan Adams, Ashley Yoder, Bahan and Stapleton 9:21.92 and Emily Hollar in the 400 with a 57.02 Placing fourth were Megan Adams in the 3200 in 11:17.96 and Emily Hollar in the 200 25.91. Katelyn Stapleton placed sixth in the 800 with a 2:18.63. The 4x100 relay team of LeVan, Stapleton, Lilly Weaver and Estes took seventh 50.24, and Ashley Yoder rounded out the placers finishing eighth in the 1600 5:11.69.