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!
The West Liberty-Salem girls 4x800 relay team punched its ticket to the OHSAA State Championships placing third at the DIII Southwest Regional Meet at Troy Stadium Wednesday evening. The team of Malia Miller, Addison McAuley, Ashley Yoder and Mallory Bostick ran a season best 9:44.21. The top four placers in each event qualify for next week's state meet at Welcome Stadium. The Tigers are currently sitting in sixth place in the team standings.
Claire Longshore set a new school record in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.13) to qualify for Friday's finals.
Also qualifying for Friday's finals"
Delaney Jones 100 Meter Dash (12.15)
Chloe Griffith 100 Meter Dash (12.78)
4x200 Meter Relay-Tori Douthwaite, Mallory Bostick, Claire Longshore, Gwen McCullough (1:48.54)
The meet was postponed after the 4x200 relay because of weather. The rest of the races will be run as finals on Friday.
Lyndee Harrison finished 14th in Shot Put (30'1.25) and Sophia Hardwick finished 9th in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.56)
Friday's finals will start with field events at 5:00 p.m. and running events at 6:30 p.m.
Congratulations to senior Kenzie Phillips! Kenzie is enrolled at the Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology!
Congratulations to senior Tommi Payne. Tommi will attend Clark State where she will begin studying for her Intervention Specialist Degree!
Hello WL-S Families, this is Kraig Hissong, Superintendent, with a reminder that tomorrow is the last day of school for students and we will be dismissing school one-hour early. Please make sure you have a plan for your students to be picked up at approximately 1:55 PM or are prepared for your child to arrive home one hour earlier than normal on the bus. Thank you to all families for another great school year and I hope you enjoy your summer.
Congratulations to senior Austin Olejniczak! Austin has accepted a position with LeVan's Excavating and will enter the workforce after graduation!
The West Liberty-Salem Local School District celebrated the retirement of four very special staff members last evening at a recognition reception in their honor. The following employees have a combined 106 years of service and dedication to the students and staff in our district. Please help us honor and thank the following staff members for their many years of caring leadership and service while making our students your priority. We are proud of the work you have done here and wish you well in the days ahead! Mrs. Anita Craig, 4th grade teacher, has been at WL-S since 1995. She was honored last evening by fellow 4th grade team members Mrs. Johnson, Ms. Kale, and Ms. Stout. She retires after 29 years. Mrs. Laurie Park, Food Service, has been at WL-S since 2001. She was honored by Mrs. Robin Kauffman. Mrs. Park retires after 23 years. Mrs. Joan Salley, MS/HS Media Center, has been at WL-S since 1999. She was honored by Mr. Greg Johnson. Mrs. Salley retires after 25 years. Mrs. Kelvin Wilkins, Maintenance, has been at WL-S since 1995. He was honored by Mr. Dan Shover. Mr. Wilkins retires after 29 years. Congratulations and best wishes!
Congratulations to senior Julia Neuherz! Julia plans to take a gap year and enter the workforce after graduation!
Fifth graders at West Liberty-Salem completed a project-based learning activity where they tried their luck at entrepreneurship! Students planned the opening and advertisement
of pizza parlors and lemonade stands, and after a lot of hard work, they opened up the donation- based businesses for a day! They made and served pizzas to students and staff and served lemonade during our 2nd-5th grade recess. The project, led by 5th grade math teacher Mrs. Peterson, raised more than the $100 that they donated two worthy causes in our local community. Recipients of the donations were The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation team of Addy and Ava’s Angels and Love for the Lake Relief Fund. Great work, 5th grade!
Congratulations to senior Abigail Miller! Abigail will attend Cedarville University and major in Nursing!
Congratulations to senior Slayde Merriman! Slayde will enter the workforce after graduation!
Congratulations to Izabella Meister who will attend West Virginia University and major in Coaching and Performance Science!
Congratulations to senior Josh McGill! Josh will enter the workforce after graduation!
Congratulations to senior Gabe McGill! Gabe has enlisted with the Ohio National Guard with a deferred start at Bowling Green State University where he plans to major in Criminal Justice.
Today, our 5th graders enjoyed their annual play day at Lions Park. The days was complete with a picnic lunch and concessions thanks to the Lions Club. Everyone had a great time!
Important announcement:
We have several first-grade time capsules for the class of 2024 that belong to students who no longer attend West Liberty-Salem. If you know anyone on the following list, please ask them to contact our main office if they'd like to pick them up. Thank you!
Drayton Cox
Coleston Copeland
Alyssa Kielman
Elijah Will
Ava Meeker
Jacob Jarrett
Reagan Strickland
Lillian Rose
Janelle Hensley
Grace Heater
Preston Connover
Jesse Morris
Mark Fandino
Jordyn Ingles
Shae Strikland
Braden Eshelman
Rhyleigh Harrison
Andy Weisgerber
Maddie Copeland
Devin Boatright
Lily Jenkins
Mia Fulmer
Trinity Black
Trinity Wingfield
Brooke Gillam
The West Liberty-Salem National Honor Society has named their 2024-25 officer team. Congratulations to the following members who will now serve as officers during their senior year. Pictured left to right is Vice President Isabella Hardwick, Secretary Londyn Loveless, President Akira Whitman, Treasurer Quentin Rudolph, Parliamentarian Greyson Horsley, and Historian Daniel Neer.
Please join us for 8th grade recognition on Thursday, May 23rd, at 9 AM in the main gym. Students will be recognized for their accomplishments and promoted to high school. Following the ceremony, 8th graders are dismissed for the year! Congratulations to the Class of 2028!
Congratulations to this year's elementary Gold Card grand prize winners! At the end of each school year, Mr. Hollar and Mr. McGill draw names for several grand prizes from the gold cards students turn in all year! This year, we did thing a little different. Instead of giving away just bikes, students get their choice of several different prizes! They can choose from popular summer attractions, a Reds game, a new bike, and more! Congratulations to the following students who were drawn!
Back row: Luke Bumbalough, Rohen Smucker, Mr. McGill, Annie Nelson, Emerie
Conley, Sam Montgomery, Henry Walters, Eliana Park, Natalie Turner
Front row: Brystol Sharp, Reuel Matthews, Akenza Whitman
Not Pictured: Clayton Ridenbaugh
Our book buddies had their end of the year celebration today complete with popsicles and fun time outside! Fourth graders assist first graders in reading related activities all year long. The activities help strengthen the first graders ability and love for reading, while helping fourth graders develop their leadership skills! All eight classes were able to join in the celebration today! It was a great time for all!
