West Liberty-Salem Local School District

Did you know you can follow your MS/HS student’s daily announcements on our website? It’s easy! Announcements are posted daily, and we know that it’s easy to forget to share some of this information after a long day at school. Head over to the website anytime, and click MENU. There you will see many options to explore. We have attached a photo to show you just where you’ll find all the daily updates they see, as well!

Good morning, Tiger fans! Here is the most up to date info for varsity football Friday when we take on Fairbanks. The procedure will be the same as before. Each football player, band and cheerleader will be awarded the opportunity to purchase 2 tickets each under their name. After 10:00 AM on Thursday, what is left will be opened up again for each player, band member and cheerleader to purchase 2 more from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM on Thursday. After that opportunity, what is left, is available on Friday from 8:00-12:00 PM until we sell out. Tickets can be purchased in the front vestibule at door #2- this is just to the left of the main entrance. There will be signs indicating where to enter. We will continue to provide weekly updates on tickets sales, so please watch the website, facebook page, and live feed (shared info will be the same on multiple outlets for your convenience). The game will also be available via LIVESTREAM. The photo indicates how to access LIVESTREAM at the top of the page highlighted in the yellow circle. Please let us know if you have any questions. GO TIGERS!

Attention Choir families! The WL-S HS Choir is selling t-shirts as their primary fundraiser this year, with the hopes of purchasing a new keyboard. The funds raised will be put to good use for many years in the future of WLS Choirs! There are some cool designs and styles, so if you’re interested in supporting the group, consider purchasing a t-shirt as part of the sale comes directly back to us. The Show Choir shirts have the Sound Check Logo on the back and the orange shirts (Listed as Misc. Choir) have options to include “Mom”, “Dad”, “Grandparent” and “Alumni” in case any of those apply to you. More information will come home with your choir student this week. Thanks in advance for your support. Here is the link to purchase: https://wlsmusic20.itemorder.com/sale

Two West Liberty-Salem basketball teams were division champs at the first annual Labor Day 3v3 basketball tournament. For the boys, 7th graders, Cade Stokes, Carson, Poppe, Brevin Louden, and Sam Strapp were 6th and 7th grade division champs. They were coached by Mike Louden. Fifth graders, Emma Schmelzer, Ellery Wygal, Isla Leichty, and Arianna Weaver took home the hardware in their division. They were coached by Darrin Leichty. Way to represent WL-S!!

Welcome back, Tigers! This morning, we welcomed students back on campus, and we couldn’t be more excited! Teachers and staff are focusing on making this year safe, fun, and an exciting educational experience just as we always do. In the absence of open house, we know many of you may have questions, and that’s okay! We are here and ready to help! Make sure you download our school app to your smart phone by searching ‘WL-S Tigers‘ in the App Store or Google Play store. You can see what that app will look like pictured above. Also, make sure you ‘like’ our Facebook page! Click on the live feed or check our facebook page for many updates over the last several days. Athletic events have the most recent information posted to live feed, Facebook, and the website, as of Friday September 4th. We will update that weekly or as things change. You can also see updates by following the WLSAA Facebook page or following them on Twitter. Students will receive invoices for fees this week. We accept checks or cash, but not debit or credit at this time. Make sure you make checks payable to WL-S and put your students name on the memo line. Again, we are excited for the year ahead, even as we navigate many firsts and many changes together. Our community, staff and students are one of a kind and we know WE CAN DO THIS! GO TIGERS!

Hello Families, This is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent with several important pieces of information that I would like to share as we begin the school year. Warning this is a long message. Please listen to this entire message or go to our website or app to read the message on Live Feed. 1. Please make sure that you have updated your child’s registration information on Final Forms. This is the electronic version that we began using last year that allows you to avoid all the paperwork at the beginning of the year. This information needs to be reviewed and updated by the parent each year. It is CRITCAL for families to update this information. It is also important for families that plan to utilize Bus transportation this year. If you have not updated Final Forms, please do so today. If you have questions, please call the school before 3 PM. 2. Morning drop off procedures for parents bringing their children to school will remain the same for this year. Please review these procedures on our website under NEWS. We average nearly 300 cars that drop off students each morning in about a 15 minute window. We expect more will likely drop students off this year. Remember to be patient and cautious during parent drop off. If you need to get out of your car to assist your child to the building, we ask that you use the front parking lot to park you vehicle, use the crosswalk, and walk your child to the building. Also please remember the following: a. If coming from the South (Urbana) please use the South entrance to enter the school site and if coming from the North, please use the North Entrance during Morning arrival and Afternoon Dismissal times, This helps with traffic flow during these busy times of day! b. Please remember to pull forward, past the flag pole and cross walk, as far as you can before letting your child out. This allows for as much space as possible for those behind you to drop off. c. We highly recommend parents to remain in your vehicle when using the drop off lane and to let you children out on the curb side of the car only! d. Please do not let your child exit the car from the passing lane at any time. e. Make sure your children are ready to get out of the car. The more prepared you are, the safer your child will be and it will help to keep the line of cars moving f. If you like to avoid the crowd, please arrive to drop off your child before 7:20. They will be able to safely wait to enter the building under the canopy until school door open. g. This year remember to have your mask on when you exit the vehicle and children should socially distance from others while entering the school building. 3. Afternoon Dismissal Pickup: Parents may utilize the front parking lot and the front drop off lane to park while waiting for your child to exit the building. Elementary parents, please refer to the elementary school procedures for picking up your child. 4. Free and Reduced Lunch Applications: Please remember to Apply for Free and Reduced Lunch if your family is in need or financial assistance. If you already receive free and reduced lunch benefits from last school year, you still have to apply for this school year. All benefits will cease on October 19th, unless you have reapplied. 5. Visitors will be very limited this school year to the building. If you need to speak to or have business with someone at the school, we encourage you to call the school first. All visitors must have their temperature taken before entering the office. Visitors must enter through the main entrance only! 6. School Fees: - School Fee invoices will be sent to families during the second week of school. 7. Schools Supplies – If you missed our drop off times for school supplies here at the school, we ask that you only send you child with supplies that they can carry into the school easily, on their own. Better to send in a little over several days than to send it all in one trip, since parents will not be allowed inside the school. We are looking forward to Tuesday and the start of the school year! We think this school year will be great despite the challenges of COVID. Our staff is prepared to limit your child’s risk to COVID and provide them the safest and best learning environment possible. Thank you all very much for your patience ahead of time. As we have learned, expect the unexpected and be prepared. Make sure that you have thought out how you will care for your children if we have to switch to a hybrid or remote learning model during the school year and if your child would be required to quarantine due to illness or possible exposure to COVID. We look forward to the return of all our Tigers! It has been a long time since March and will be great to have you all back here at school! Have a great labor day weekend and don’t forget to complete Final Forms if you have not done so.

The following is pre-sale ticket information for the upcoming week 9/7 thru 9/12 for WL-S Pre-sale tickets will be on sale each morning Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri at the school from 8:00 -12:00- in the front vestibule at door #2- this is just to the left of the main entrance. There will be signs indicating where to enter. For those not able to purchase tickets during the day, tickets will be available Tuesday night (9/8) at the main stadium ticket booth outside from 5:00- 7:00 PM As we are one week into this, we have found that for most games (other than High School football) we are not reaching full capacity, so there has been tickets available for the general public to purchase at the gate. This is not to say you shouldn’t stop buying pre-sale, some games might fill up, and we wont be able to allow general admission, but past history of this week has shown that there is always tickets available. This theory would apply to MS/HS Volleyball, JV football, and Boys and girls soccer. For Friday night football game vs Fairbanks, as we did before, each football player, band and cheer members will be awarded the opportunity to purchase 2 tickets each under their name. After 10:00 AM on Thursday, what is left will be opened up again for each to purchase 2 more from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM on Thursday. After that opportunity, what is left, is available on Friday from 8:00-12:00 PM until we sell out. Still rely on your coach to communicate “away” game ticket policies, as we are informed of those on a weekly basis. If you have questions, call the Athletic Office at (937)465-1149 or email jvitt@wlstigers.org Thank you for your understanding and willingness to work with us through this difficult time.

Attention Tiger football fans! To livestream tomorrow nights game vs. Triad Cardinals click the link below! Go Tigers! football.triadk12.org

Good afternoon! If you are in need of any presale HOME athletic event tickets for the near future and can’t get to school during the day, we are open this evening from 4-7 p.m. at the main ticket booth at Tiger Stadium. Go Tigers!

The Middle School football game vs Mechanicsburg scheduled for tomorrow, Sept. 3rd, has been cancelled and rescheduled for Oct 29th, 5:30 at Tiger Stadium. Go Tigers!

This Thursday night the WL-S volleyball team will take on West Jefferson, who will live stream the varsity volleyball match at 5:30 PM. The following link will provide to access the match. An archive will be available on demand, or for download, approximately one hour following the game. Go Tigers! https://team1prep.com/oh/?S=WJRiders&B=191157

School fee schedules have been released! KG $33 1st $33 2nd $35 3rd $55 4th $55 5th $47 Online Student fees are $63 or $123 if you choose to lease an iPad. (K-12 fees do not apply.) MS/HS first semester fees will be invoiced and sent home the first week of school. IPad fees will be included. Fees should be paid in full by 11/4 for students to receive their grade cards. If you’d like to set up a payment plan, please call the office. Please use either cash or checks. We do not accept debit/credit. Remember to make checks payable to WL-S and put your student’s name on the memo line. We are looking forward to seeing your students next week!

General admission tickets for Friday night football at Triad will go on sale WEDNESDAY at 6 pm. Go to the following link to purchase your tickets on Wednesday evening. Players and cheerleaders were given codes from their coaches and should know what to do. If you have additional questions please let us know. https://triadk12.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

Hello, This is Kraig Hissong, WLS Superintendent with some announcements. The Tickets for tonight’s football game are sold out against Greeneview, however, you may watch the game via our LIVE STREAM for free on the district’s website. Just go to www.wlstigers.org and locate the LIVE STREAM link on the top banner of the homepage. Click the link and then click the play arrow to start the LIVE STREAM. Since this is our first attempt to LIVE STREAM a sporting event, we are unsure how the sound will work. The video may or may not have sound. We do know that the video feed will lag behind live action by about 20 seconds. We hope that you enjoy this feature as we plan to use livestreaming to showcase other sporting events as well. Also, please continue to check our website under COVID 19 Information that you will find as the first option under the menu bar located on the upper righthand corner of the website. There is updated information regarding our return to school and procedures that we will be following. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school. Thank you, Kraig Hissong

15 tickets remain for tonight’s football game vs. Greeview! You can hear the game broadcast on 98.3 or 106.9, as well as a live stream broadcast from our website. Pictured is the website homepage where you will see the Livestream tab highlighted at the top. Click and enjoy! Go Tigers!

ATTENTION! 96 tickets remain for the football game tomorrow night! Please read the following information carefully. Friday morning, from 8:00am to 10:00 am team members, cheerleaders, and band members are permitted to purchase up to 2 more per student. AT 10:00, if any remain, they will be available to the general public at the athletic office until 12:00 PM All tickets are $7.00 No ticket sales will be permitted at the gate Friday night, you must have a ticket to gain entry into the stadium. There will be no passes accepted. Updates on the ticket status will be posted in the morning on the WLS Facebook account, or you may call the Athletic office direct at (937)465-1149 Go Tigers!!

Hello, this is Mr. Hollar with some important beginning of the year information for elementary students. You have heard some of this information before, but some of this information will be new to you. Please review carefully. For those of you who received the email earlier today, this is the most updated link. https://5il.co/kaw0. Make sure to click the round i (information) buttons for additional details on certain topics. Thank you, and have a great night.

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to meet our elementary librarian, Mrs. Molly Perdue, then you know her commitment to early literacy and instilling a love of reading are her top priorities. And that’s why Library time is a favorite among our students, who get story time with Mrs. Perdue each week. She chooses exciting and relevant topics, and her enthusiasm for story telling is captivating. Back in March, Mrs. Perdue refused to let school closing stop her from continuing that very tradition. She began recording herself reading those same exciting stories and sent them to our kindergarten and first graders. In those videos, she challenged students to “read, read and read some more”. She encouraged them to read to different people in their families, and she even pointed out that they could read the back of the cereal box when they were having breakfast! One student in particular, Zane Kandel, a kindergartner last year, took her messages to heart and set a goal of reading 408 books this summer! Zane’s mom reached out to Mrs. Perdue thanking her for encouraging that early love of reading, and Mrs. Perdue got to work, again. She worked the numbers and sent Zane a video message explaining just how many books on average he would need to read each day in order to meet his goal. She told him that if he accomplished this feat she would let him choose any book he wanted from the Scholastic book program, her treat! Yesterday, Zane Kandel accomplished his goal by reading his 408th book! It goes without saying that Mrs. Perdue, and everyone at West Liberty-Salem, are very proud of Zane’s dedication to his goals and making reading a priority this summer! Congratulations, you did it!

Good evening! Attached you will find the 2020 WL-S ATHLETICS, GAME PLAY, AND VENUE OPERATIONS PLAN. We appreciate you taking the time to read over and understand the guidelines set forth by the Ohio Department of Health, the OHSAA, our Athletic Director and administrators. Should you have any questions, as always, please feel free to reach out to our office during regular school hours. https://www.wlstigers.org/article/293714?org=wls “We understand that change is hard; however, the goal for the 2020 Fall Athletic Season is to allow our hard-working student-athletes to enjoy actually having the competitions they train so hard for every day. Thank you for all of your patience and cooperation. GO TIGERS!” -WL-S Athletic Department & Administrators

Attention parents of HS boys soccer players: 75 tickets will be available for next Tuesday’s game at Urbana High School. No more than 4 tickets per family, please. Tickets must be purchased from the side door of the WLS Athletic Office tomorrow, Tuesday, 8/25, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM. Tickets are all $7.00, cash or checks can me made out to West Liberty-Salem. If you have any questions please give us a call during regular office hours. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we all navigate the new spectator mandates. Go Tigers!