HS Announcements: Thursday, Sept. 20th

1. HS Announcements: Thursday, Sept. 20th High School Any NHS Member interested in getting some community service hours, please call Mrs. Hostetler from Bethel Mennonite Church about after school tutoring training. She needs your names by the end of the week. See Mrs. Smith for more information. Attention students who have signed up for Drama Club or might still be interested in participating. The Drama Club will be meeting this Thursday during both homerooms in the choir room to discuss aspects of the fall production. Bring your lunch with you. Attention Juniors & Seniors. The following institutions and military branches will have representatives here to meet with you either in the media center or in Lab 70 during homeroom time: 9/20 - Shawnee State 9/24 – Bowling Green State University 10/2 - UNOH 9/25 – Cedarville University 10/4 – Eastern Mennonite University 9/26 – Wright State University 10/5 – Rhodes State 10/1 – Army National Guard 10/8 – Hesston Please stop by guidance to sign up or if you have any questions. 5. Homecoming is next week. If you plan to bring a guest to the Homecoming dance (meaning someone who is not currently a student at WLS high school) you need to get a guest form from Mrs. Neer in the office. Homecoming Spirit Week themes are: Monday: Favorite Rock Star or College Day Tuesday: Neon or 80s Day Wednesday: Red, White and Blue Day (also picture day) Thursday: Group Dress-up Day Friday: Orange and Black Day 6. The HS Guidance Office will be collecting money for the PLAN test that will be given to sophomores until Friday, Oct. 5. Any sophomore who plans to attend a 4-year college post- graduation is encouraged to take this practice entrance examination. The cost is $11.75. Please bring your check made out to WL-S Schools or cash into the Guidance Office by 11:30 am when Ms. Tennant is here. Seniors- If you are interested in applying to Otterbein-if you apply online prior to November 1-they will waive the application fee. If you wait and apply after November 1, you will have to pay the $25 application fee. Otterbein accepts their own online application or the Common Application. There is an essay, recommendation, and counselor form that is required with the application. Jim Bisenius, who spoke to all HS and MS students on Tuesday, will be speaking to WLS parents next Monday evening from 6:30-8:00pm in the cafetorium. All parents and students are invited to attend. The Colors Joy 5K Run will take place on Oct. 14th at Bellefontaine High School at 3:00pm. All proceeds from this race will benefit Joy DelaPena’s family. Early registration fee is $25 if submitted by Sept. 27th. Registration forms are available in the office. Reminder – No school for students this Friday, September 21st, due to teacher in-service. Picture Day will be next Wednesday, September 26th for students in grades 6-11. Athletics West Liberty-Salem achieved our first conference championship of the school year yesterday. Our Varsity Golf Team won the OHC Tournament by 27 strokes, which gave them enough points to overtake Northeastern as OHC season champions. Nick Sims shot a 74 and was the tournament medalist. Other scores for WLS were Jake Rutan-82, Ethan McBean-88, Casey Gay-94, Matt Kauffman-110 and Zach Smith-114. In addition to the OHC Team Championship, Nick Sims and Jake Rutan received first team OHC recognition, Ethan McBean was 2nd team OHC, and Casey Gay was selected as Honorable Mention OHC. Congratulations golf team! Our golf team will play next Tuesday in the Sectional Tournament at Beechwood. The JV Football team beat Northeastern by a score of 34-20 on Tuesday. Scoring for the Tigers were Austin Secor, Dylan Leopard and Dusty Moell. Brandon Upton threw three touchdowns in the win. The team is now 5-0 for the season.