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
This week is National School Counseling Week and we would like to thank our AMAZING West Liberty School District Counselors for always being there for our Comets! #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek #schoolcounselor #CaringComets
6th graders continue their study of the newspaper as part of their informational writing unit.
On Friday, February 2nd the West Liberty Middle School participated in a spelling bee that was sponsored by the Knights Of Columbus. Students in grades 5th, 6th and 7th had the option to participate. There were a total of 38 students who elected to participate. The top three students in each grade can advance to the regional bee which will be held in Cedar Rapids on February 18th. In 5th grade the winner was Jordan Escobedo with 2nd place going to Daniel Seemuth and 3rd place was David Anderson. In 6th grade the winner was Paola Acosta Rivera, 2nd place was Alex Simon and 3rd place was Iver Dong. In 7th grade the winner was Georgia Clark, 2nd place was Lili Anderson and 3rd went to Rachel Tharp.
Sandy Pistole of the WL Index came to 6th grade art to introduce advertisements and talk about the newspaper. 6th graders are researching local WL businesses then drawing. #WLMS
Hands-on Cooperative STEM Learning: Thanks to the Ryan Memorial Trust, students have been enjoying building with these kits since 2017! #WLMS
8th grade science fair exhibition - great job to all our Comets for their hard work! #WLMS
7th graders showing off their basketball skills! Go Comets!! #WLMS
8th graders have started working on their four year plans! Ms. Ramsey is coming over during Careers to help students plan for their high school years and beyond.
Neither snow, nor wintery mix, nor school delay will keep our Backpack Program from getting food out to students. Huge thanks to West Liberty Foods for delivering it to our district and 7th-grade Character Ed students for delivering it to the buildings.
Just a reminder to families, you may qualify for free or reduced-price internet! Click on the link below to learn more!
https://www.wl.k12.ia.us/o/elementary/article/1063228
Save the Date for the West Liberty After Prom Cornhole Tournament, March 2nd at 5:00 pm at JJ Nichting! All proceeds benefit the West Liberty After Prom.
