October 4 , 2024

MIDDLE SCHOOL

YEARBOOK: Attention all students who applied for Yearbook Committee, you should receive an email by Friday (10/4) letting you know if you are on the committee and will also provide other important information!

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH: West Liberty-Salem Middle School has chosen their September MS Students of the Month.

8th Grade: Makayla Bier-Moffitt & Caden Hodge 7th Grade: Caroline Foster & Jacob Bahan
6th Grade: Raegan Evans & Tyler Leas

STUDENT COUNCIL: The first student council meeting will be from 12:25-12:55 on Wednesday Oct. 9th. Any 7th or 8th grade member that would like to be an officer needs to come prepared with a 1-2 minute speech about their qualifications for office. Voting will take place during this meeting. This meeting is mandatory for all members.

LITTLE TIGER SHOW CHOIR: This is for WLS students in grades 3-6. $25 per student which includes a t-shirt, snack each day and 2 tickets per family to attend the performance on Nov. 16th at 3:00 pm. Practices will be from 3:00-4:30 pm from November 11th-15th. Registration at https://www.payschoolsevents.com/events/details/35216 before October 21st!

FEES: If you have any outstanding fees, you will receive an invoice with the amount due. Payments are due before November 1st to keep PB accounts open and in good standing. See Mrs. Nieman with any questions or if you want to make partial payments.

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MONDAY 30

TUESDAY 1

WEDNESDAY 2

Cub Scout Sign up-6:30 pm

THURSDAY 3

FRIDAY 4

2 Hour Delay

Interim Reports Sent Out

LOST & FOUND: If you’ve lost any items this school year, please check the lost and found table for clothing/water bottles/lunches and check in the office with the secretaries for more valuable items like ipods, jewelry, watches, headphones, glasses. We are starting to get quite a few items – Please check in with the office so we can get items back to their owners!

MS PICTURE DAY: Picture day is coming!! It will be Wednesday, October 9th for 6th-8th grade and Seniors. More information and order forms will be coming soon!

SPORTS

FOOTBALL: On Thursday the Middle School Football Team played at West Jefferson and lost 24-36. Brandel Sullivan a 9-yard Touchdown run, a 61-yd Touchdown pass to Aiyden Moxley and a 6 yd TD pass to Case McIntosh. Brandel also ran for 2 two-point conversions and threw a 2-point conversion pass to Nate Shively. On Defense Brandel had an interception, while Owen Thornburg had a sack. The team is now 2-4 and plays at Home next Thursday against Mechanicsburg.

WEIGHT ROOM: Any student using the weight room after school must be accompanied by a board approved chaperone (coach, teacher, or administrator). Weight room hours are 3-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for any high school student. It is closed to students on Monday unless accompanied by your specific coach.

 HIGH SCHOOL

LUNCH WITH PARENTS: Lunch with your Parent events are BACK for the 24-25 school year. Each grade level has an assigned date to spend the full lunch hour to share lunch with a parent/family member. Lunch will be outside unless of inclement weather with music and games available.
Invite your parent or family member to join you on your designated date, from 12:00-1:00!

• Seniors: October 9

• Juniors: October 10

• Sophomores: October 16

• Freshman: October 17

  FEES: If you have any outstanding fees, you will receive an invoice with the amount due. Payments are due before November 1st to keep PB accounts open and in good standing. See Mrs. Nieman with any questions or if you want to make partial payments.

  PAGES: Do you love the Creative Arts? Enjoy writing, painting, drawing, singing or just an appreciator of any of this? If you are interested in being a part of Pages this year, there is a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, October 8th in Ms. Haney’s room to discuss what the Pages program will look like this year. Meeting is during 1st HR.

  LOST & FOUND: If you’ve lost any items this school year, please check the lost and found table for clothing/water bottles/lunches and check in the office with the secretaries for more valuable items like ipods, jewelry, watches, headphones, glasses. We are starting to get quite a few items – Please check in with the office so we can get items back to their owners!

  STEMM: Women in STEMM expo - permission slips due by 11/4 to Mrs. Harman. The trip is 11/8, lunch is provided. Please see your teachers regarding assignments before the trip.

COUNSELING OFFICE

LUNCH VISITS: These groups will be here to answer your questions during HS lunches- Mon, Oct 7-University of Rio Grande
Wed, Oct 9-University of Cincinnati and Thurs, Oct 17-Clark State

HOMEROOM VISITS:
9th Grade:Lenk 10/21, Moell 10/22, Roberts 10/24, McGill 10/28
10th Grade: Seymour 10/21, Haney 10/22, Wolfe 10/23, Cotrell & Harman 10/24, Bragg 10/28 11th Grade: Spencer 10/29, Arnold & Stormes 10/30, Neer & Stormes 10/31

ACT SIGN UP: Attention Juniors: Sign Up to take the Pre-ACT at WL-S. This assessment is a great opportunity to practice and prepare for the ACT Juniors will have the opportunity to take in the Spring. Not only does the Pre-ACT provide great practice, but it will provide predictive scores to help students have an idea of how they are on track to score for the actual ACT. Students interested in taking the Pre-ACT can register in the HS Counseling Office by paring the $18.00 registration fee, cash or checks made payable to WL-S accepted. (Test date is TBD and will be announced soon.)

SPORTS

CHEER: Anyone in grades 9-12 interested in cheering for the 2024-25 basketball season should sign up outside of the Athletic Department office beginning this afternoon through 10/7. A cheer clinic will take place on 10/8 & 10/9 from 6-8 PM in the Aux Gym with official tryouts on 10/12 from 8-10 AM. Clinic is mandatory to learn the tryout material. If you have any conflicts with dates or times, please contact Coach Allison Wygal
at awygal@wlstigers.org as soon as possible. I look forward to seeing you there! 📣

GIRLS SOCCER: West Liberty-Salem Girls Soccer Team traveled to West Jeff Thursday night, winning 3-0. Audrey Collins had 4 saves for the Tigers. Skyler Ropp had 2 goals and Jenna Cline added 1. Ava Johnson had 2 assist and Chloe Bender had 1. The Tigers are now 6-6 on the season and 4-2 in conference play. Saturday the Varsity Tigers will travel to Urbana for a 7:15pm kickoff.

BOYS SOCCER: The WLS boys' JV soccer team lost a 7v7 match to Indian Lake 5-3 Thursday evening. Scoring for the Tigers were Miles Christison, Patrick Brooks, and Noah Sarver. Christison had 1 assist. Kyler Langhardt had 7 saves in goal.

VOLLEYBALL: The WLS Tiger volleyball team lost to Fairbanks in 3 sets: 10-25, 15-25, 16-25
For the Tigers: Naomi Cole: 8 kills, Londyn Loveless: 7 digs, 6 assists, 6/6 serving with one ace, Kiersten Stoll: 10 digs, 9/9 serving with 2 aces, Ellah Heminger: 7 digs, 1 kill, 6/6 serving, Lilli Heminger: 4 digs, 3 kills, 6/6 serving, Asher Daniels: 10 digs, 2 kills, Reagan Winters: 2 digs, 9/12 n serve receive, Lyndee Harrison: 5 assists,2/2 serving, Sophia Landon: 3/3 serving, 1 ace

West Liberty-Salem JVA lost to Fairbanks in 2 sets 19-25 and 20-25. Olive Matthews- 6 assists and 5/6 serving, Addie Hutton- 9/9 serving, 3 digs and 4 attacks, Belle Sarver- 4 digs, 4 kills, Emma Schmelzer- 3 digs, 2 kills, Emma Liggett- 1 ace, 5 digs, 1 kills, Kendal Carroll- 1 kill, Tru Maxam- 2 aces, 8 digs, Sophia Landon- 19 digs, 3 kills, 7 assists

WLS JVB lost to Fairbanks in two sets. Rachel Sanford had 4 digs, 1 Kill, Addie Dallas had 3 digs, 1 kill, Evie Decker had 4 digs, Kendall Carroll had 1 kill, 1 dig, Serving the team went 22 of 27

WEIGHT ROOM: Any student using the weight room after school must be accompanied by a board approved chaperone (coach, teacher, or administrator). Weight room hours are 3-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for any high school student. It is closed to students on Monday unless accompanied by your specific coach.