West Liberty-Salem celebrated the second Breakfast of Champions Award ceremony of the school year this morning. Students are invited to the breakfast of champions following the previous grading period if they are in the fourth or fifth grade and have all A’s and one B or B+ only. A total of 58 students were recognized this quarter. Students and their families were served a special breakfast of biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, egg casserole, fruit, milk, coffee and hot chocolate! Mr. Hollar offered the opening remarks congratulating students for their accomplishments and letting them know just how proud he is of their effort to be there. Each Breakfast of Champions Ceremony also offers our students the opportunity to hear from a selected high school guest speaker, and that honor went to Senior Eli McGill. Eli has achieved much success during his academic career at WL-S. He was recently named Valedictorian along with fellow senior Cheyenne Gluckle, Academic All-Ohio for Football. Eli plays basketball, football (and was named All-Ohio), is a student council member, Key Club member, class president, is active in his youth group, and is a United Way Youth Committee Member. He shared a story about a boy and a snail and even though the snail was much smaller and much slower than the boy, he didn’t let that stop him from accomplishing what he set out to do. He asked elementary students to remember that they will run into situations like the snail, but they can push through those obstacles and accomplish what ever they set their minds too. The Breakfast of Champions Ceremony closes with 10 chances to win a box of candy supplied by Maries Candy. This quarter the following students were chosen at random:
Zach Cordell
Ashlyn Taylor
Wyatt Shoemaker
Connor Leichty
Carson Spencer
Derrick Wall
Gussie Keller
Thaddeus Kitchen
Jill Fullenkamp
Selena Cheetham
Pictured left to right:
4th Grade: Jerome Cordero, Rachel Stanford, Ella Davis, Celena Cheetham, Alanee Horsley, Gussie Keller, Kendall Carroll, Ellery Wygal, Arianna Weaver, Emma Schmelzer, MyKayla Reames, Thaddeus Kitchen, Careter Henderson, James Brehm, Zachary Cordell
Front row: Logan Zanfirov, Ivan Meister, Asher Cole, Brayann Gullett, Wyatt Shoemaker, Robert Park, David Roberts, Josiah Thoman, Sam Meyers, Bennett Sutherin, Derek Wall, Cohen Jenkins, Cohen Evans
Not Pictured: Kathy Roehm, Ashlynn Taylor
5th Grade: Sophia Landon, Zoe Carter, Claire Ling, Lyla Breon, Bella Sarver, Kiersten Stoll, Troy Christison, Patrick Brooks, Audrianna Evilsizor, Alexis Wisner, Emma Liggett, Payton Lightner, Zachary Carter, Levi Kitchen
Front Row: Jill Fullenkamp, Belle Sarver, Natalie Fish, Noah Sarver, Braden Hershberger, Grace Jones, Connor Leichty, Casey Boyer, Kash LeVan, Ben Wall