Congratulations to Principal Brenda Arthur-Miller!
This summer Brenda Arthur-Miller was awarded administrator of the year for the Ag division of Career and Technical Education at the Iowa Ag Teachers Conference!
Just announced today...she is the Iowa Career and Technical Education Administrator of the Year representing all CTE Areas.
She is now a National Finalist for Administrator of the Year!
Thank you Brenda for your support for Agricultural Education/FFA, Family Consumer Science/FCCLA, and Business/FBLA.
Just under $1,000 to produce 2 shows and help dozens of students experience acting.
Consider helping the WLHS theatre department.
I bet we can get this list handled! Many hands DO make for light work!!
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Calling all Junior Parents! An After Prom Meeting will be held next Wednesday in the High School Commons at 6:00 pm. All Junior Parents are invited to attend!
Classes are about to start! Here are the school start dates for this year! Please remember that there will be a 1-hour early release on Wednesday, August 23rd.
Four amazing ensembles played on Saturday at the Iowa State Fair, including our drum line, acapella trio, guitar/singer duet, and mariachi band!
Thank you to Sra. Saucedo and everyone who helped us with our performances!
Click the link below to shop our newest Comet apparel! Adult, youth & toddler sizes available. This store will close on 8/20/23. West Liberty Community School District GO COMETS!!💙🤍 https://classical-graphics.printavo.com/merch/wlboosterfall23/
Congratulations Addyson Lehman for earning premier sheep exhibitor at the Iowa State Fair!!
This reminder is being sent to all families in the district: the deadline for registering your children for the 2023-2024 school year is this Friday, August 11th.
Our 4-year-old preschool classrooms are full and we have started a waiting list. If you wish to have your child added to the list please call the ELC at 319-627-5089.
To learn more about online registration please visit this page: https://www.wl.k12.ia.us/page/school-registration
Attention Seniors! Senior parking spot painting will take place Saturday, August 19th at 9:00 am! The cost is $15, scan the QR code on the flyer below to see the rules.
Attention High School students we have a Silver Cord opportunity! Sign up to volunteer at the PTO Back to School Bash this Sunday, August 13th from 4:00 - 7:00 pm! Please email or call Veronica Rivera by Friday at 12:00 noon to sign up vrivera@wl.k12.ia.us or 319-627-2115!
What a day for West Liberty FFA! Not one...but two national proficiency award finalists. Blaze Maas and Morgan Hodge are top 4 in the United States in their respected areas! Projects that started even before high school! They will interview this fall for national winner in Indianapolis!
Blaze Maas - Wildlife Production and Management
Morgan Hodge - Outdoor Recreation
You are invited to the Kids First Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser on Friday, August 25th from 7-9 am at Crossroads (1424 Houser St, Muscatine). On-site dining and pre-orders will be available. To place an order in advance, please call 563-263-5963. Your order will be ready at your designated pick-up time.
The Kids First Fund is designed to eliminate barriers to education and participation in extracurricular activities. In 2022, the Kids First Fund provided $30,340 in support to 1,049 kids in Muscatine County. Last year, the fund helped purchase things like weather-appropriate clothing, shoes, backpacks, eye exams, glasses, clothing for band concerts, calculators, activity fees, sports equipment, music books, alarm clocks, caps and gowns for graduation, testing fees, college application fees, bus passes, and so much more.
Here is another Back to School Health Clinic opportunity from our friends at Muscatine County Public Health! This FREE clinic will be held on August 8th from 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm at 1609 Cedar Street in Muscatine. See the flyer for details:
Our friends at the U of I Mobile Clinic will be holding a FREE Back to School Clinic on Saturday, August 12th from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at First Church United, 1100 N. Calhoun St, West Liberty! In addition to their regular services, they will also be offering Sports Physicals!
We spotted Comet early risers helping out at the West Liberty Fine Arts Boosters/Lugo's Banana Crunch Wrap stand! They are helping to welcome 30,000 RAGBRAI friends to West Liberty this morning!
Get ready for a great Comet Marching Band season! Check out this link to add any of these dates to your Facebook events calendar:
https://www.facebook.com/WLHSCometBand/events
The Comet Cheer apparel store is open until August 6th! Order your today! Go Comets!
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Thank you for the great response on filling out Free and Reduced forms! Before submitting your application please be sure to sign and date the waiver on page 2. The signed waiver extends benefits to other fees like registration, instrument rental, driver's education, etc.
Just in case you missed the 2023 WLCSD Newsletter in the West Liberty Index last Thursday you can find it on our website (Parents and Students>Yearly Newsletter) at this link: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1630/WLCSD/3298164/2023_Newsletter.pdf
Some WLHS percussion students traveled to Muscatine today with Señora Saucedo to assist with the Mama Katambwa Workshop at SPARK! SPARK is an Elementary summer school program. Their next performance as a group will be on Sunday at 1:00 at the Muscatine County Fair!
