3/11/25 Updated Jr. High Baseball Schedule

Spring Pre-Season Parent/Player Meeting

This message is for students planning to participate in College Credit Plus (CCP) next school year (2025-26). In order to apply and participate, you must complete an intent form by April 1st and return it to the guidance office. Application deadlines include completed application as well as completed placement test if required. The following are the deadlines for each university or college.
Shawnee State University - April 1, 2025
Ohio University Chillicothe - June 1, 2025
Rio Grande - August 1, 2025
Southern State Community College - August 8, 2025
The links to each of the applications and other information are available on our school website under Counselor's Corner. If you have any questions, please contact DeeDee Long at 740-493-2514 or dee.long@westernlocalschools.com
Thank you and have a great evening!
Marvin's bus 10 will be running a few minutes late today. They are on the way back from the science bowl. We will probably leave here about 315. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Pike County Spelling featuring 4 of our Western school winners! The County Spelling Bee will be live at the link below at 9:00AM.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM_wYb-Y3Kbn4bAL4vrofYw/live
Reminder about our blood drive coming up on March 14th! Contact Dee Dee Long or Carla Bland at the High School to sign up.

This week March 3rd- March 7th, is Read Across America Week with Dr. Seuss! Lets celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss with a dress up theme each day. The Book Fair will also be going on this week! Monday- wear your favorite hat Tuesday - wear silly socks Wednesday- wear wacky clothes & hair Thursday - dress in what you want to be when you grow up. Friday- wear a shirt we can read.
Reminder: Tomorrow, Saturday March 1st is the Deep Blue Dance for grades Pre K-6th. The dance will take place in the elementary cafeteria from 7-8:30 pm.
Students MUST be accompanied by an adult. They are not to be dropped off and then picked up later.
Jr. High Softball Schedule

Jr. High Track Schedule

Varsity Track Schedule

Varsity & JV Baseball Schedule

Western High School Winter Sports Banquet

Please Share! The Ross Pike ESC (Renee Tackett's employer) is hosting a Pie in the Face fundraiser in an effort to raise funds to help cover the insurance deductible for Jocey Tackett's medical expenses. Ed Dickens, Ross Pike ESC assistant superintendent and former teacher/principal/superintendent of Waverly Local school District has graciously agreed to "take as many pies to his face as it takes!" Please send all donations with comment "pie" to Venmo @Jason-Wiseman-23 or PayPal @JasonWiseman23. All proceeds will be sent directly to the Tackett family. For every $100 donated, Ed Dickens will take a pie to the face! Every donation is greatly appreciated no matter how small. Donations will be combined in $100 increments. If any local businesses would like to sponsor a whole pie, I will gladly put a shout-out to you on this post! Please make all donations by 8:00 am this Friday, February 28th. Ed Dickens will be pied at the Ross Pike ESC staff meeting held that day. Pictures/videos will be posted/shared on the Ross Pike ESC website. Please help us spread some joy and laughter to the Tackett family during this difficult time while lessening their financial burden.
The Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the high school library next week, March 3-7. All junior high and high school students and teachers are welcome to attend the fair during school hours.
ALL Staff district wide may wear a Western Indians Spirit shirt tomorrow Tuesday February 25th, in honor of the boys tournament game! NO Jeans!
I know I just made a call about Donna's bus but we had to make a change. We had to switch out buses this morning so the driver for Brandis will be running about 30 minutes later than normal so Brandis' kids will be getting picked up about 30 minutes later than normal and Donna's kids who will be riding that bus this morning will be about 50 minutes later than normal. I apologize for the inconveniencing confusion. I just found out about the bus 30 seconds ago. Thanks.
This is a message for students who ride Donna's bus. Donna's dad passed away last night and we were not able to get all the routes covered this morning so we will be splitting Donna's bus. Kids who live on Lapperel will be picked up about 20 minutes later than normal just like one day last week and the kids who live on grassy Fork will also be picked up about 20 minutes later than normal like last week.
We're having to get creative with our bus route tonight so the students on Brandis's bus that live on grassy Fork will be leaving here at 2:40 today. That bus will come back and pick up the kids who live on red Bridge and McCoy and take them home so they will be arriving home just a few minutes later than normal.
Marvin is picking penny's kids now
