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!
The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team won its second consecutive DIII Southwest District championship Saturday at Graham High School. The top four individuals in each event qualified for next week's DIII Southwest Regional meet at Troy.
Team Scores: 1st WLS 144, 2nd Botkins 110, 3rd Anna 92, 4th Triad 62, 5th Lehman Catholic 55, 6th Houston 47, 7th Fairlawn 41, 8th Cedarville 39, 9th Legacy Christiabn 17, 10th Jackson Center14, 11th (tie) Yellow Springs & Springfield ECA 10, 12th Calvary Christian 8 14th (tie) Southeastern, Greenview & Northeastern 4, 17th Catholic Central 1
Delaney Jones powered the Tigers with three individual first place finishes in the 100 Meter Dash (12.15-District record), 200 Meter Dash (25.13-District record and school record) and Long Jump (16'7.25). Jones also ran on the first place 4x100 Meter Relay with Tori Douthwaite, Gwen McCullough and Chloe Griffith. The team also set a new district record (49.89).
Second place finishes for WLS included Sophia Hardwick in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.31) and 300 Meter Hurdles (47.53) and Malia Miller in the 1600 Meter Run (5:24.53).
Third place finished included Claire Longshore in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.41) and 300 Meter Hurdles (48.74), Ashley Yoder in the 1600 Meter Run (5:29.96), Addison McAuley in the 800 Meter Run (2:26.08), Malia Miller in the 3200 Meter Run (11:58.97) and the 4x200 Meter Relay team of Tori Douthwaite, Mallory Bostick, Claire Longshore and Gwen McCullough (1:49.97).
Rounding out the Regional qualifiers for the Tigers in fourth place were Chloe Griffith in the 100 Meter Dash (12.93) and Mallory Bostick in the 400 Meter Dash (1:01.78).
Scorers for WLS included the 4x400 Meter Relay team of Ashley Yoder, Gwen McCullough, Claire Longshore and Mallory Bostick 5th place (4:12.69), Elise Longshore Pole Vault (9'0) 5th place, Tori Douthwaite Pole Vault 6th Place (8'6) and 200 Meter Dash 7th place (28.27), Taylor Kennedy 6th Place 3200 Meter Run (13:13.14), Sophia Hardwick 7th Place Discus (95'0), Gwen McCullough 800 Meter Run 8th Place (2:38.55).
The Tigers will compete at the DIII Southwest Regional Meet on Wednesday, May 22nd and Friday, May 24th at Troy Stadium.
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Come out and support the Tigers on Monday! Go Tigers!
Please join us in celebrating the Class of 2024 in a graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 26th, at 7:00 pm. The ceremony will be held at Tiger Stadium or in the gym in case of inclement weather.
All graduates should arrive to the cafetorium no later than 6:00 PM. More information for seniors and families can be found at Senior Info.
The sophomore class had their annual pizza and ice cream lunch outside yesterday! Perfect weather made for a perfect way to end Sophomore year!
