October 28 , 2024

MIDDLE SCHOOL

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD: Attention grades 7 and 8. The first meeting for this year’s Science Olympiad team will be Tuesday, October 29th from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in the High School Media Center. This call-out is mandatory for those that want to make the team. Parents are encouraged to attend. You must have a signed information letter and interest form to attend this meeting. See Mr. Spencer for details.

FEES: If you have any outstanding fees, you will receive an invoice with the amount due. Payments are due before Thursday to keep PB accounts open and in good standing. See Mrs. Nieman with any questions or if you want to make partial payments.

CHIPOTLE FR: The sophomore class knows that we all have a really important decision to make on Tuesday, November 5th:
Burrito, Burrito Bowl or Tacos? Either before you fulfill your civic duty or after, please stop by Chipotle in Bellefontaine between 5pm and 9pm to get your dinner. We will get 25% (used to be 33%) back to help with Prom next year, but make sure you say you are supporting the Soph Class or show the attached flyer. To the best of my knowledge online orders will contribute, but you will need to use the code: Q6KCB4T in the promo code box. Tell your friends and family! Thank you again for the support, Jess and the Sophomore Class

SPORTS

BOYS BASKETBALL: 7th and 8th grade boys wanting to try out for basketball this season need to sign up outside of Morgan Sullivan’s office.

WEIGHT ROOM: Any student using the weight room after school must be accompanied by a board approved chaperone (coach, teacher, or administrator). Weight room hours are 3-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for any high school student. It is closed to students on Monday unless accompanied by your specific coach.

HIGH SCHOOL

LINK CREW: Link Crew meeting 2nd HR in Mrs. Roberts’s room on Monday, Oct 28th Link Crew meets with Freshman during 1st HR on Thursday, Oct 31
Freshman Class meeting in the gym during 1st HR on Wednesday, Nov 6th

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD: Any freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior interested in being on this year’s High School Science Olympiad team must attend a meeting on Tuesday, October 29th at 5:30PM in the High School Media Center. If you cannot come to the meeting but want to be on the team, or if you have any questions please contact Mrs. Danielle Wall or Ms. Alicia Matthews at tigers.hs.so@gmail.com

PUMPKIN PAINTING: Gourd-ness Gracious! It's pumpkin painting time! We will host our annual pumpkin painting event on Wednesday,
October 30th, during Homeroom/Lunch! Sign up outside of Mrs. Arnold's class to reserve your pumpkin! The cost for the event is $1. We will paint pumpkins outside where we have lunch! See you there!

FEES: If you have any outstanding fees, you will receive an invoice with the amount due. Payments are due before Thursday to keep PB accounts open and in good standing. See Mrs. Nieman with any questions or if you want to make partial payments.

CHIPOTLE FR: The sophomore class knows that we all have a really important decision to make on Tuesday, November 5th:
Burrito, Burrito Bowl or Tacos?
Either before you fulfill your civic duty or after, please stop by Chipotle in Bellefontaine between 5pm and 9pm to get your dinner. We will get 25% (used to be 33%) back to help with Prom next year, but make sure you say you are supporting the Soph Class or show the attached flyer. To the best of my knowledge online orders will contribute, but you will need to use the code: Q6KCB4T in the promo code box. Tell your friends and family! Thank you again for the support, Jess and the Sophomore Class

COUNSELING OFFICE

HOMEROOM VISITS:

Monday Oct 28: McGill (Gr 9) & Bragg (Gr 10) Tuesday Oct 29: Arnold (Gr 11) & Seymour (Gr 12) Wednesday Oct 30: Spencer (Gr 11)
Thursday Oct 31: Neer (Gr 11) & Lynxwiler (Gr 12)

*Stormes HR students will disperse evenly among the 3 other HR visits throughout the week*
*Students from Spencer’s HR that participate in the Pumpkin Painting that day will need to plan to attend an alternative HR th at week*

EDISON STATE: Attention students taking or planning on taking a 2nd semester online CCP course with Edison State: Our new CCP representative, Mrs. Laura McCabe, with Ed State will be in the building on November 4th to assist students with scheduling 2nd semester CCP courses. Sign up will be posted for students to schedule a time to meet with her. A sign-up sheet will be outside of the Media Center if this applies to you.

SPORTS

BOYS BASKETBALL: High School boys interested in playing basketball this season need to sign up on the sheet outside Morgan Sullivan’s office board.

SWIMMING: Anyone interested in swimming, please use the following link to sign up:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWwNrrjBEOXRL1sO6kK-4hkNFfWFRMxjMj_CxvGi2v5zcGSg/viewform

BOWLING: There will be a self-pay Open Bowl on Tuesday, October 29th from 5-7 at Southwest Bowling Center Urbana.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: West Liberty-Salem, #3 in this week’s OATCCC D2 State Poll won their 2nd consecutive Regional Championship! This is the first back-to-back Regional Titles since 1976-1979!!!! Last year D3 and this year D2!!! 🏆 💪! This also

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marks the 7th straight trip to State dating back to 2018 and the programs 23rd state appearance overall.

Sr. Asher Knox 5th 15:59.74 (PR)🏅 Jr. Caleb Larson 6th 16:01.32 🏅
Jr. Dylan King 12th 16:32.21 🏅

Fr. Asher Cole 17th 16:47.53
Fr. Brayan Gullett 19th 16:49.22 Sr. Troy Bradley 28th 17:06.04 (SB) Jr. Garrett Wallen 53rd 17:46.87

***Top 16 Podium***-Top Four Teams Qualify to the D2 OHSAA State Championship next week at Fortress Obetz - #3 West Liberty-Salem 57, # 8 Versailles 82, # 6 Cincinnati CHCA 99, # 10 Oakwood 103, Dayton Carroll 157, Indian Hill 168, Bellefontaine 173, Wyoming 230, Batavia 245, Milton Union 278, Maderia 280, Brookville 291, McNicholas 315, Bethel 352
Meet Record: 13-0, Season Record: 148-1, Runners: 104, 1-5 Split: :49.49

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: The West Liberty-Salem Girls Big Orange Cross Country Team qualified for the OHSAA Division 3 State Meet Saturday at Troy. This is their 8th straight year qualifying for the state meet. The girls were 3rd out of 11

teams securing the final qualifying team spot.
Top 5 scoring: 1. Cincinnati Madeira 72, 2. Summit Country Day 73, 3. West Liberty-Salem 77, 4. Fort Loramie 90, 5. Cedarville 125
Individual Results (out of 87 runners)
The top 12 qualify individually for the state meet.
Malia Miller 6th 19:20.77
Addi Wallen 7th 19:21.55 personal record
Gwen McCullough 12th 19:38.13 personal record
Isla Leichty 34th 20:56.48
Mariska Smith 43rd 21:21.38

Ivy Matthews 59th 22:13.03
Bella Hughes 77th 23:56.24
The girls will run Saturday at 10:45am at Fortress Obetz.

FOOTBALL: WLS overtook Fairbanks on Friday night 29-27.

WEIGHT ROOM: Any student using the weight room after school must be accompanied by a board approved chaperone (coach, teacher, or administrator). Weight room hours are 3-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for any high school student. It is closed to students on Monday unless accompanied by your specific coach.