Senior parents: If you used the PaySchool Central website or App to Auto Replenish your students Lunch Account and/or had Notifications set to alert you to their balance or low balance, be sure to go in and turn those off now that your student has graduated. Thank you and enjoy your Summer.
Parents: If you use the PaySchool Central website or App to Auto Replenish your students Lunch Account and/or had Notifications set to alert you to their balance or low balance, be sure to go in and turn those off. West Liberty-Salem turns off the alert system for your students’ lunch account, but PaySchool Central is not controlled by our system. If you receive notifications from PaySchool Central, those can be turned off in the Dashboard under the Notification section. If you have any further questions, please contact Robin Kauffman at 937-465-9166. All remaining balances on lunch accounts will carry over to next school year
Looking for a summer arts opportunity? Any WL-S student who currently resides in Logan County is invited to attend the Logan County Arts Camp. More information can be found on the attached graphics or by visiting www.locoart.org!
West Liberty-Salem administration and staff celebrated the close of another great school year with their annual end of year celebration! We honored our retirees Anita Craig, 4th grade teacher, Joan Salley, Para Pro/HS Media Center, Laurie Park, Food Services, and Kelvin Wilkins, Maintenance. In addition, many staff members were recognized with “Years of Service” Awards. Please help us congratulate and thank the following for their many years of dedication to the students and families of West Liberty-Salem!
10 Years of Service
Alysson Cotrell
Bonnie Herron
Betsey Kale
Emily Prince
Addie Watson
Chelsea Baldwin
15 Years of Service
Kim Adams
Sadie Beier
Rebekah Troyer
20 Years of Service
Andy Cotrell
Vanessa Orahood
Rebecca Symmat
25 Years of Service
Aaron Lauck
Dan McGill
Jon McGill
Deb O’Brien
Molly Perdue
Jodi Unger
Jake Vitt
Dan Miller
30 Years of Service
Dan Robb
Surena Neer
35 years
June Seymour
Congratulations to 2024 graduate Jaelyn Smith! Jaelyn will take a gap year and enter the workforce!
Hello WL-S Families, if you are planning to attend graduation this evening, please remember that there is additional parking in the rear lot behind the the VoAg and Band room. You can enter the building through door 19 and then make your way to the gymnasium. Please avoid parking on the grass. Thank you!
The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team earned runner-up honors at the DIII Southwest Regional Meet held at Troy Memorial Stadium Friday evening.
Team Scores (top 10): 1st Ft. Loramie 86.5, 2nd WLS 62, 3rd Minster 51.5, 4th Ft. Recovery 36, 5th Summit Country Day 335, 6th St. Henry 31, 7th Delphos St. John's 30, 8th Botkins 29, 9th Fairlown 24, 10th Dixie 23
On Wednesday the Tigers 4x800 Relay team of Malia Miller, Addison McAuley, Ashley Yoder and Mallory Bostick qualified to the state meet with a third place finish (9:44.21). The top four placers qualify for next week's OHSAA State Meet.
Delaney Jones had a big night for WLS Friday winning the Long Jump (18'2.25), the 100 Meter Dash (11.93) and the 200 Meter Dash (24.63). Both times were DIII Southwest Regional records. Jones along with teammates Tori Douthwaite, Gwen McCullough and Chloe Griffith won the 4x100 Meter Relay in a new state record of 48.67. The previous record was 48.70 set by Gates Mills Gilmour Academy in 2009.
WLS also had several scorers including Mallory Bostick 5th place in the 400 Meter Dash (1:00.51-career PR),Malia Miller 5th place 3200 Meter Run (11:44.51), Chloe Griffith 7th place in the 100 Meter Dash (12.78-career PR), Ashley Yoder 7th place in the e1600 Meter Run (5:28.3), Sophia Hardwick 7th place in the 300 Meter Hurdles (47.09-career PR), Claire Longshore 100 Meter Hurdles (16.01-new school record), 4x200 Relay team of Tori Douthwaite, Mallory Bostick, Claire Longshore and Gwen McCullough 8th place (1:49.18).
"This team continues impress me with its ability to rise to the occasion when it matters,' said WLS Head Girls Track and Field Coach, Ann Vogel. "Delaney had a huge night for us setting two regional records and being a part our 4x100 really team that set a state record. Even our athletes who didn't qualify for the state meet, had personal best efforts to score points for us. Claire Longshore broke her own school record in the 100 Meter Hurdles twice this week and Sophia Hardwick ended her high school career with a personal best time in the 300 Meter Hurdles. It's so much fun to watch these young women empower each other."
WLS will compete in the OHSAA DIII State meet Thursday, May 30th and Friday May 31st at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.
Photo credit: John Coffman
Photo on the left-Tori Douthwaite handing off to Delaney Jones in the 4x100 Meter Relay.
Congratulations to senior Hanna Schwaderer! Hanna plans to join the workforce after graduation!
Congratulations to senior Abigail Scott! Abigail plans to enter the workforce after graduation while also training to become a real estate agent!
Congratulations to senior Alexandria Schmidt! Alexandria will take a gap year and enter the workforce before attending Purdue University to major in Communications!
Fall sports officially kick off on August 1st and every athlete is required to be cleared by a medical professional to play. Getting your annual sports physical is easy! Community Health and Wellness Partners, our school-based health center, and Memorial Health offer sports physicals all summer. See graphics for a convenient option for you!
Due to Sunday's forecast and projected storms, Graduation will take place this Sunday at 7:00pm in the WL-S High School Gymnasium.
Doors open at 6:00pm.
Graduates should report to the cafetorium no later than 6:00pm.
There is no limit to number of guests per graduate. Attached you will find the set up. There are 170 chairs on the floor for family and guests and bleacher seating is also available.
Parking will be available in all parking lots on all sides of the school.
The following doors will be unlocked for visitors and guests to use:
-Main Gym Entrance Doors
-Main Office Entrance Doors
-Bus Pick-up/Drop-off Entrance Doors
Congratulation to the Class of 2024! We look forward to formally celebrating you!
Congratulations to Senior Makenzy Sandefur! Makenzy will attend Clark State where she plans to major in sonography!
Congratulations to senior John Richards! John will attend Edison State where he plans to major in Graphic Design!
West Liberty-Salem promoted the Class of 2028 to high school during their 8th Grade Recognition Ceremony this morning. Student Class President David Roberts addressed his class in an opening speech followed by words of encouragement and advice from the Class of 2024's Co-Valedictorians Megan Hollar, Addison McAuley, Lily Smith, and Veronica Wall.
The following Class awards were given:
Pythagorean Theorem of Excellence Award (Math): Alauna Kinchen and Carter Henderson
Excellence in Expression Award: Ashlyn Taylor and David Taylor
Gregor Mendel Award: Savannah McClintick and Wyatt Shoemaker
Heart of Historian Award: Robert Park and Kendal Caroll
The following students were recipients of The White Tiger Award:
Mrs. Fullenkamp honored Jaden Caldwell
Mrs. Phelps honored Olivia McQuinn
Mr. Lauck honored Lyrik Reed
Mr. Stapleton honored Jenny Reprogle
Mr. Miller honored Kathy Roehm
The following students were nominated for the Superintendent Award:
David Roberts, Eli Gilley, Owen Hardwick, Carter Henderson, Wyatt Shoemaker, Addi Wallen, Arianna Weaver, Ashlyn Taylor and Ryrie Matthews.
Winners of the Superintendent Award were Ashlyn Taylor and Owen Hardwick.
Congratulations to the Class of 2028! We look forward to watching your next chapter!
Congratulations to senior Leah Ropp! Leah plans to attend Liberty University in the fall and major in Film!
Your School-Based Health Center will be closed for the summer. Community Health & Wellness Partners is still available to you. To schedule an appointment, contact 937-599-1411 or visit CHWP’s website at: CHWPcares.org, to schedule online! - New Patients Welcome!
Can you help?
Coach Rex Stapleton is looking for a team picture of the 2003 Jr. High Football Team. (This would be the 2003/2004 school year.)
If you have a copy (or maybe you have a yearbook with the photo in it), please email a copy to Rex at RStapleton@wlstigers.org. Thanks so much!
Softball standouts Brielle Milliron and Audrey Collins were recently named in the All OHC Team announcement. Brielle Milliron was named 2nd team and Audrey received Honorable Mention. Congratulations to Brielle and Audrey!
Congratulations to senior Bailey Poppe! Bailey will attend Wright State University in fall where she will major in Communication Disorders!
Our seventh graders have been busy creating the capstone project, Geometry City! From budget planning, writing checks, making orders, dealing with "daily work challenges" on the game board, to designing and building their city grids...they did it all! Each 7th grade class created a city together, and in total, 160 city grids were created in the last two weeks of school. This is just a small snapshot of the work that went into this project. Great work, 7th grade!
