Western Local School District

Western primary/elementary students Reminder: you can pick up your child’s belongings tomorrow and Friday from 9-1:00. 5th/6th your items have been bagged and can be picked up in the main office. Also all work needs to be turned in by Friday, May 8th.

The following is a message concerning our academic banquet, academic awards ceremonies, 8th grade graduation, and 2020 prom. We are in the process of preparing awards for the academic banquet, awards day ceremony and 8th grade graduation. All awards and certificates have been ordered and are being printed out. Awards and certificates will be given out by appointment. Students will have their picture taken with their awards/certificates and will be posted on our school Facebook pages. Any student who cannot get their picture taken with their certificates will have them mailed home. Some senior scholarships have been pushed back so we are going to hold off until we can have as many scholarship recipients in as possible in order to accurately represent each students actual awards. We are still holding out hope that we can still have 2020 prom in some form. We will let students know as soon as possible what our plans are. It is postponed indefinitely but it has not been canceled in hopes that we will be able to have this special event for our seniors.

Dear students, parents and guardians, To the class of 2020, “The Class that Couldn’t be Stopped.” We apologize that we couldn’t get a detailed plan out to you earlier but the directions for graduation from Governor Dewine were very fast-changing and we are just now able to get a detailed plan in place. Seniors, a letter explaining the specifics of graduation is being sent out Monday. We have gone through many different possible plans and scenarios in order to determine the best possible way to honor our graduates while also keeping the social distancing requirements in place in order to keep everyone safe. We believe that we have found the best way to accomplish both goals and get as close to a typical graduation ceremony as possible. * We will be hosting a 2020 graduation parade where graduates will arrive in their caps and gowns for a parade throughout the community prior to the graduation ceremony on Friday, May 15th. More specific information on the parade will follow shortly. This our way of honoring our seniors. This will be a very special time for everyone in the community to show up to wish them well and let them know how much we support, appreciate and love our graduates. * WHS is hosting a drive-in style graduation beginning at 6:30pm on Friday, May 15th. Graduate’s vehicles will enter and park according to the following order: Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and Class President. Students will be parked alphabetically following Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Class President. * The letter being sent out Monday will have 2 tickets in it. Each senior may have two vehicles attend. Graduates must not ride together but must ride in their own vehicles. Vehicle drivers will present the tickets when entering the parking lot in the back of the high school where the graduation will take place. Each vehicle must have a ticket when entering the parking lot. We would like to have more people attend but this is all that our parking lot will allow while still maintaining social distancing rules. Saying two vehicles allows for more people to possibly attend per graduate and family while not limiting to a certain number of persons. * Vehicles will line up when the time comes in the order that graduates will walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. One at a time, seniors will get out of their car in front of the stage which will be outside in front of the back high school gym entrance. The graduate’s name will be announced as they walk across the stage and receive their diploma. The family may get out of the vehicle to take pictures during this time. Only individuals from the two vehicles designated by the graduate are permitted to get out to take pictures when the graduate walks across the stage. Professional pictures will be taken on the stage as the senior receives their diploma and another picture of the graduate will be taken after they step off the stage. Picture packets will be provided and collected before the graduate walks across the stage. * After pictures are taken, the graduate will get back into their vehicle and drive back around to their orginal parking spot until all the graduates have received their diplomas. * We will have professional videos being taken both from ground view and from above weather permitting, which will be posted on our school social media pages. * As the graduation concludes, graduates will step out of their cars when given the direction, to switch their tassels to the other side of their cap to signify their new title of official 2020 graduate of Western High School. * There will be a video of the graduation ceremony made available to all graduates. Congratulations to each and every graduate! You are an amazing group of young ladies and gentlemen. We couldn’t be more proud of you for handling these tough situations with so much grace and dignity. You will always stand out among the classes as the “class that couldn’t be stopped”. You will go on to amazing things and do amazing things even though you had to endure tough disheartening situations your senior year, you will continue to rise above it. If anyone has questions after you receive your letters in the mail, please don’t hesitate to call. Ms. Gast- High school principal: 740-493-2514 Mr. Brewster- Superintendent: 740-493-3113

Student belonging pick up information: 1. Grades Pre-K through 4th grade: families may pick up belongings beginning Monday May 4th-Friday May 8th from 9:00-1:00. You will need to ring the bell and give the secretary the names of who you are picking up for and we will bring the items out to you. 2. There are x’s marked on the sidewalk starting at the door. Please be mindful of social distancing. 3. Grades 5th & 6th: students will need to come to the school to clean out their lockers on Monday and/or Tuesday from 9-1:00. They will use the 5th/6th grade step entrance and come in one at a time. Again, using the x’s on the sidewalk for social distancing. 4. We will also have an evening pick up for all students on Tuesday, May 5th from 5:00-7:00. If you have any questions please contact us at 740-493-2881 on Monday.

Hello seniors! This message is to let you know that we have important letters about graduation going out Monday. These letters will have the tickets included (2 per graduate). Each graduate may have two vehicles for family to attend. The letters will have the two tickets in them that MUST be presented when pulling in the school parking lot. One for the car that the graduate will be in and one extra car. No more than two vehicles per graduate will be permitted because that’s all the room we will have for parking with staying within the social distancing guidelines. *Also, we need each graduate to send us your t-shirt size. ASAP! We need it no later than Monday! You can send it to cgast@westernlocalschools.com or message the high school Facebook page. Make sure to include your first and last name and t-shirt size. *We have more announcements coming Monday with some fun end-of-the-year plans so stay tuned!

Friday, April 24th An update concerning student work, student belongings, and awards. 1. Students will not receive any additional work. Please complete the work that was given to you for April. The deadline has been extended to May 8th. 2. Our teachers are coming in next week to clear their rooms and bag student belongings, The following week, May 4th-8th, families may come to pick up these belongings from 9-1:00. 3. ATTENTION 5th/6th grade students: you will be responsible for cleaning out your lockers. 5th grade students are asked to come on Monday-May 4th and 6th grade on Tuesday-May 5th. If you have a child in both grades, they can come on the same day. You will use the 5th/6th entrance in front of the school. Mrs. Whitt will be there to monitor and only one student at a time will be allowed to enter. 4. Citizenship awards, Principal's award, and perfect attendance trophies will be given when students pick up their belongings. 5. Mrs.Thompson is currently working with the pre-school and kindergarten teachers to finalize a plan for Pre-K and K graduations. Thank you, Mrs. Whitt

Hello to all of our wonderful students that we are missing so much!!! *This is the student Schedule to clean out lockers. (You may turn your packet work in on these days too but you have until May 8th. Can enter the building each day from 9am-1pm. Monday April 27th: Juniors and Seniors Come to the back entrance of the senior hallway entrance (the hallway where your lockers are) in the back to enter the building. You can park in the back parking lot. Tuesday, April 28th: 10th Grade, enter through the back entrance of the senior hallway entrance in the back. You can park in the back parking lot. Wednesday, April 29th: 9th Grade, (enter through the junior high doors in the front of the building. You can park in the front high school parking lot. Someone will be in the junior high doorway entrance to let you in.) Thursday, April 30th: 8th Grade, (enter through the junior high doors in the front of the building. You can park in the front high school parking lot. Someone will be in the junior high doorway entrance to let you in.) Friday, May 1st: 7th Grade, (enter through the junior high doors in the front of the building. You can park in the front high school parking lot. Someone will be in the junior high doorway entrance to let you in.) *If you cannot come on your scheduled day, contact the school and we'll make arrangements for you to come in. Thank you and we will get information out soon about how we will be doing end of the year awards. Take care and be safe!

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This message is for all students in grades 7-12. Students should either be working on packets or they should be working online. All work is due by May 8th. If you have packets to turn in, you may turn them in the dropbox which is in front of the high school office entrance. Students will be graded based on their effort to complete and turn in their work. Obviously, we cannot give a grade to someone who does not make an effort to complete their assignments and turn in their class work. All the work is review because we realize that new content would be very difficult for students to complete without regular classroom access to their teacher and we want to make sure that students are retaining what they’ve learned to some extent this year.p If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the high school office from 8 AM to 1 PM or message us through the high school Facebook page and we will get back to you. College Credit students, please make sure you are completing your work as you normally would for college credit. We miss you all greatly and hope you’re all doing well. Take care and be safe.

This message is for any 10th grade student planning on attending the Career and Technology Center next school year. The CTC is sending applications out to all students who completed a Hands on Day application. Families, please be looking for these applications in the mail! Thank you!

Attention seniors! Please send to: cmohr@westernlocalschools.com This is for your yearbooks! We are trying to get as many pictures as we can! Please email a caption (what you’d like the picture to say or who the picture has in it) with it too. 1. Order yearbooks by May 20, 2020. www.walsworthyearbooks.com 2. Ms. Mohr needs Softball, Baseball, Track, and Powerlifting pictures from your high school years. 3. Prom memory pictures from previous years.

The following message is for any student who wants to take college credit classes next school year through Shawnee State University. ————————————————- COVID-19 Update: We understand that many people still need to take the Accuplacer exam in order to start as new students (if you are over 21), take College Credit Plus courses, or to test out of the Bridge Program. In order to help protect our staff and prospective students from the coronavirus, we are currently only able to conduct Accuplacer exams online. Your exam will be given through Zoom and proctored by a Shawnee State Testing Proctor. To take the exam you must have access to a quiet room where you can be alone, a computer with a webcam and a microphone, and reliable internet access. If you do not have these items, unfortunately, you cannot take the Accuplacer exam at this time. You can take your exam: Monday: 1pm-5pm Tuesday: 1pm-5pm Wednesday: 1pm-5pm Thursday: 8am-12pm Friday: 2pm-6pm Saturday: 8am-12pm You can register for the exam by going to: https://calendly.com/shawneestatetesting. We have limited space each day, so please select a different day if your first choice is not available. After you register, you will be e-mailed a list of instructions for how to take your exam. If you have any questions, please e-mail Rebecca Childers at rchilders@shawnee.edu or call the Success Center at 740-351-3594.

Good morning primary and elementary families! The office will be closed today for Good Friday. Packets can be picked up next week Monday-Friday from 8:00-1:00. Also starting next week food service will be on Monday and Thursday only, same time 11:00-12:00. We hope you all have a wonderful Easter! Mrs. Whitt & Mrs. Thompson

Reminder for high school students!Students may choose to do online work or packet work. They do not have to do both. If your student is choosing to do packet work, tomorrow is the last day for any junior high/high school student to pick up a packet. Packets can be picked up from 9am to 1pm tomorrow. Call the high school office with any questions or concerns. There will be someone in the office from 9am to 1 pm. This work is required and will be graded. This work will count for the last nine weeks grade. All work is due by May 8th or before and must be put in the dropbox in front of the high school office. Thank you and have a wonderful Easter! Stay safe.

Reminder to K-6th grade families. Student work packets can be picked up Tuesday-Friday from 8:00-1:00. We will also have pick up tomorrow evening, Tues, from 5:00-8:PM. The work in the packet will be graded so it’s very important that your child receives the packet. Thank you! Stay safe!

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This is just a reminder about hot meal pick up tomorrow and Wednesday from 11 to 12:00 for those on the food service list. We will not have food service on Friday but will give extra on Wednesday to cover until the following Monday. As always if you are in need of food and not on the list please contact Mr. Brewster at 740-222-8311

*This reminder is for students in grades 7-12. *We will have your packets (please remember, this work is required and will be graded for your final 9 weeks grades) ready for pickup Monday through Friday of this week only from 9 am-1 pm each day. *If you are completing your work online, you do not need to pick up a packet. *Students on the food service plan will have packets ready with their food. *Please park in the front high school parking lot and come to the front high school entrance to pick up your packets. *As always, to keep everyone safe we are practicing social distancing. Please send one person for each family to the front high school entrance. Please stay in your vehicle until it’s your turn to get your packet. We have packets by name and grade ready to go. If these times of pick up do not work for you, please call the high school office 740-493-2514 and we will find another time that works. Thank you.

Reminder to parents of students in K-6th Student work packets can be picked up this week Monday through Friday from 8:00 until 1:00 and Tuesday from 5 until 8 PM. You will use the intercom to let the secretary know who you were picking up for and she will hand the packet to you. If you come to the school and someone is already at the door please wait in your car until they are back in their car. If you are part of the food service, you will receive your packets with your food. ALL K-6 Students will need a packet and the work will be graded. Instructions are in the packet as far as how to return the work to the teachers. Thank you! Stay safe.