7th graders had special guest judges for their Amazon rainforest land conflict debate. Ken Brooks and Ms. Russell determined winners based on claims, counterclaims, and rebuttals. Students had opportunity to ask Mr. Brooks land use questions for West Liberty.
Hot off the press....and the Comets are on top! 🏆🏆🏆
West Liberty FFA is ranked the #1 Program in the State of Iowa for the National Chapter Award! We are also the top program in the areas of Growing Leaders and Strengthening Agriculture!
Thank you to all of the students who work countless hours on personal development and helping our community! Also thank you to local busineseses and supporters who make things happen for students!
The strong culture is built upon facing challenges, growing as individuals, and working together!
GO COMETS!
Salad lettuce supply in our buildings is limited and of poor quality due to storms, excessive rain out west, and our recent break/upcoming spring break. We will still offer fruit and other vegetables on the Middle and High School salad bars but may run out of lettuce this week.
Fifth graders enjoying Dr. Suess books with the elementary today. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go," Dr. Suess.
The CDC and Iowa Department of Public Health have announced that COVID isolation guidelines are now the same as the common cold. We have updated our Illness Guidelines to align with this, and will no longer require a 5-day quarantine following a COVID diagnosis.
Get ready for Monday's All-District Band Concert in the High School Gym at 7:00 PM featuring band students in 5th-12th grade! If you can't attend in person it will be livestreamed via Hudl TV via the link below:
https://fan.hudl.com/.../9085/west-liberty--high-school
8th graders analyzed fossils from the Paleozoic yesterday.
8th grade art explo is making paper mache animals. These are balloons covered with newspaper and glue then painted with acrylic paint.
5th grade art classes are writing 4 page comic books. they are learning about the parts of a comic, speech and thought bubbles and writing storylines. A few are writing in spanish or english the comics are drawn and illustrated using a variety of materials
Sixth graders in Coding/Science Enrichment explored the design process the last two weeks by creating new board games in small groups. This week they got to play each other's games.
Join us for a night of performances by 5th-12th grade band students! It's truly amazing to hear the progress achieved as different grade levels take the spotlight, it's like walking through time!
5th graders have been learning about the colonies and slavery. They learned that people that were against slavery helped slaves by making freedom quilts to help escaping slaves know a secret code . They made freedom quilts! Here is each class with their completed quilts.
Dress alike day!
8th grade paleontologists in action! Identifying and inferring shark species and their size.
6th graders sent Valentine's Day e-cards to children being treated at St Jude's Children's Hospital today to spread some love.
Students shared their appreciation to the middle school staff by providing coffee, tea, or hot chocolate on this Valentine's Day.
Today is "Dressed To Impress Day" at the Middle School! #WLcomets #Dressedup #Dressedtoimpress
6 of our 8th Grade Algebra students attended the 2024 Math Counts Competition in Muscatine and placed 3rd in the teams round! HUGE thank you to Mrs. Henderson for getting them prepared and arranging to have the students compete!
Today was Day 1 of our Ancient Egyptian Mummification Process Demonstrations. Students took the whole class through the mummification steps used in Ancient Egypt.
Ms. Fernandez's seventh-grade Spanish class traveled to the Elementary today to read picture books they wrote and published to several classes! They are pictured here with Mrs. Shimmin's third-grade classes. #reading #books #sharingiscaring #WLComets
