As many of you are aware, we do not have electric at school. AEP estimates restoration time between one and 130. Therefore, we will not be able to make lunch. We will be dismissing students starting at 10:30. Some will leave a little later because we are waiting for all of the buses to get in but no buses will leave before 1030. As always, we will not drop students off if no one is home. We will bring your child back at the school and make arrangements for you to pick them up if you are not able to be home. There's no way to get a phone call to school because our phones are web-based and require electric. If you have an emergency, you can text my cell phone at 7402228311 I will get a message to the school. If you aren't able to be home, please let me know and we will make arrangements. Anyone who wants to go ahead and pick up their kids can do so starting immediately.
We have a potential conflict with the homecoming game that I didn't catch. I apologize. We may have to move the date up a week. I'll have the final date by this afternoon.
We've made some changes to the HS boys basketball schedule. The game schedule is the same but we've moved around our "special events" a little. All special events are included in the schedule. Homecoming is hard to schedule because we have to have the HC game on a Friday night when there isn't a game the next day! The homecoming game will be on January 26th with the dance on January 27th. I'm attaching the revised schedule.
Students received a handout regarding testing information and test security protocols today. This document was also emailed to each student in grades 7-12. Please review this document with your child/children and if you have any questions, please contact DeeDee Long by email dee.long@westernlocalschools.com (mailto:dee.long@westernlocalschools.com) or by phone
740-493-2514. Thank you.
Reminder to parents to periodically/frequently check our website for information regarding important student information. This is especially important for seniors. They have a lot going on! We have a link dedicated to "senior information" on our homepage and also a link for "student information." We always make multiple announcements and send stuff home with you students but we know it doesn't always make it home!
Western Seniors at the CTC, Herff Jones will be returning to the CTC during lunch on Thursday, Sept. 28 (tomorrow). Have your graduation orders ready! Any questions, please call Mrs. Schuler at Western.
Western Athletics 9/25-9/29
Mr. Dunn leaving now to pick up the Green Ridge students
Students who have been riding the van who live on Green Ridge will be picked up tomorrow after buses get in. We had a driver have to call off tonight so we're going to have to double route for those students from Green Ridge.
ATTENTION CTC SENIORS: Herff Jones will be returning to the CTC during lunch on September 28 to collect graduation orders. If you did not receive an order form see Kim Hawk at the CTC or Mrs. Schuler at the high school. Any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Schuler.
Click to see information about the Wendy's High School Heisman Award
Attention Juniors and Seniors -this has been announced at the high school and CTC but we want to send out one last reminder. Any junior or senior interested in going to college and would like to attend the College Fair this Friday at Waverly please contact the high school by Wednesday September 20th. The high school number is 740-493-2514. Thank you!
Here is a link to all athletic activities in one place for the 2023-24 school year if you want to save this link somewhere for quick access. It will also be added to the WHS Student Information Page
https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=25459
Here is the updated lunch menu for the 2023-24 school year
https://youtu.be/sutfPqtQFEc?si=WkaCm8FI7CiseO8n
Here is a link to a good video for parents and teachers!
Sept 28 Varsity Soccer will be going to Circleville instead of Portsmouth Clay as originally planned. Game time is 7:00
High School Volleyball Update - The South Gallia game on 9/21 has been moved to 9/27. Varsity will play first followed by JV (if SG has enough players for a JV game)
Board of Education meeting 9/12 in HS Room 101 at 5pm.
This is year 5 of our HOPE 180, After School Programs and the end of a grant cycle. It has been a prosperous journey and we have truly made new friends and discovered new worlds. In this final year, we will be making some technology additions to our Enterprise. These additions will include:
Disney Codeillusion is a self-paced coding program that leads students into the skills needs for Game Design, Digital Media Art, and Graphic-Web Design.
Sphero is an Exploration into STEM-based Coding and Robotics.
Also, we will be adding some VR and Robotics Programs in the Winter.
We will continue to serve as a Base for E-Sports and Digital Gaming.
We also offer Homework Help and Incorporate Math and Literacy into our Curriculum.
And we will always stick to our primary mission, providing a safe environment for developing healthy relationships through family-like games, activities, and conversations.
Get Your Registration Packet in the HS Library. Deadline to Register is September 28th.
This week at Western High School we are holding a food drive for our local food pantry. It is running all week long. The administrators and athletic directors have decided to support this effort and to accept canned and non-perishable food items in place of an admission fee this week to all HOME sporting events at Western. This includes High School and Junior High Home games. When you bring 5 items or more to the game, you will get 1 person in FREE to the sporting event. This also includes any student and adult from the opposing school as well. Cans and non-perishable items can be given to the person taking the admission money at the games. If you have any questions please contact Carolyn Wessel at the High School.