Wirt County High School

Wirt County Schools and Wirt County High School offices will be closed Friday, December 23, 2022, due to impending inclement weather.

Tomorrow is the final day for our canned food drive! Make sure to bring in cans to block your classroom door so you can enjoy the hot chocolate bar, movie, and gym time in the morning. We will wrap up the day with our LiveSchool reward 6th-9th period. 241 students have qualified! It's also PJ day tomorrow!

Our Holiday Spirit Week kicked off with a band concert and stuffing stockings for the nursing home! Thank you to Metanu for donating $250 to our stocking stuffer drive. Student Council members used the donation to purchase stocking stuffers last week.

Tiger Athletics Update: Wrestling: On 12/17 the Tiger Wrestling team travelled to Point Pleasant and participated in the Jason Eades Duals. The short handed Tigers finished in 14th Place. Boys Basketball: 12/13- The Tiger's travelled to Wood County Christian winning 61-15 12/16- The Tiger's defeated Parkersburg Catholic at home by a score of 76-25. - Braylan Dawson scoring 19, Connor Hoover 18, & Aiden Cheuvront 15. JV Won 79-31 with Tyler Smith scoring 20 pts and Alex Bevel scoring 16 Girls Basketball: 12/14- The Lady Tigers lost at home to Wahama 51-28 12/16- The Lady Tigers lost a road game to Ritchie County 48-32 Upcoming Games: 12/19- Girls Basketball travels to Williamstown- JV at 6:00 PM, Varsity to follow 12/20- Boys Basketball hosts Wahama- JV at 6:00 PM, Varsity 7:30 PM 12/21- Girls Basketball at Magnolia- JV at 6:00 PM, Varsity to follow 12/22- Boys Basketball at Ritchie- JV at 6:00 PM, Varsity 7:30 PM 12/27- Wrestling Tri with Sissonville and Shady Springs 1:00 PM 12/28- Girls Basketball hosts Clay- JV at 4:00 PM, Varsity to follow 12/28- Boys Basketball at Calhoun Varsity Only 7:00 PM 12/30- Boys Basketball hosts Williamstown- JV at 6:00 PM, Varsity 7:30 PM Go Tigers!

We are excited for a fun week before winter break filled with rewards and community service activities! Check the flyers for all the information.

WCHS School Activities for December 19 - 22: Monday: Theme: The Claus’ vs. The Elves – Dress up as Santa, Mrs. Claus or an Elf Final day to bring in Nursing Home Stocking Stuffers During Lunch – Student Council will be stuffing the stockings for the nursing home. Tuesday: Theme: Ugly Sweater Day During lunch, purchase a ticket for $1.00 to attend the Ugly Sweater Contest (students and teachers may sign up to be in the contest - email coming soon) Club Time: Ugly Sweater Contest Final day to make Holiday/Well Wishes cards during DG for the Senior Citizens and the Nursing Home Wednesday: Theme: Holiday Movie Day – Dress up like any character from your favorite Holiday movie! 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Student Council trip to the nursing home Club Time: Club Meetings Thursday: Theme: Polar Express PJ Day - Wear your School Appropriate PJs! 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. – Pick up your Golden Ticket for the Polar Express in the commons 1st Period – Can stacking for the block-the-door contest 1st – 4th Period – The Polar Express, Open Gym, and Hot Chocolate Bar sponsored by Student Council 6th – 9th Period – LiveSchool Reward Event If you have earned at least 25 points this semester you can choose to attend the following rewards. There will also be a Coffee Bar from Roots to Wings in the concession stand in the cafeteria MakerSpace in the Library eSports Tournament National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (Auditorium) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey version) – Cafeteria Open Gym

WCHS students enjoying the Pop Up Hot Chocolate Bar today! Thanks to our cooks who made this possible!

The past few weeks have been busy for Tiger Athletics. Wrestling: On Tuesday December 6th our Wrestlers hosted and knocked off 3 of the top ranked teams in Single A. - Wirt 48 (#5) Ritchie 30 - Wirt 69 (#3) Doddridge 6 - Wirt 53 (#10) Williamstown 21 On Saturday December 10th, Our Wrestlers also competed at the Rick Link Duals at Union Local High School (Ohio) The team placed 9th out of 25 teams. - Phillip Balis placed 2nd - Chase Lowe placed 3rd - Channing Lowe and Xzavier Wells placed 4th -Grant Boyce placed 6th -Matthew Balis place 8th Boys Basketball: 12/6- The Tigers travelled to Gilmer County and beat the Titans 44-38 12/8- The Tigers fell to the #2 Ravenswood Red Devils at home 64-40 Girls Basketball: 11/30- The Tigers fell to the visiting Roane County Raiders 73-33 12/3- The Tigers fell in overtime at South Harrison by a score of 56-54 12/9- The Lady Tigers beat Magnolia at Home by a score of 46-36 12/12- The Lady Tigers lost to host Ravenswood 71-22 Upcoming Games: 12/13- Boys Basketball at Wood County Christian 6:00 PM 12/14- Girls Basketball Home vs Wahama (Varsity Only) 6:00 PM 12/16- Boys Basketball Home vs Parkersburg Catholic 6:00 PM 12/17- Wrestlers at Point Pleasant (Jason Eades Duals)

As a reminder, WCHS is collecting canned goods and stocking stuffers for the nursing home throughout the month of December! Please bring in donations for both of these community service projects. The flyers for these events can be viewed online at https://5il.co/1l9tw and https://5il.co/1l9tv.

Over the next two days, members of our FFA chapter will be competing in Winter Career Development Events @ WVU! Along with competitions, they’ll be attending workshops and taking campus tours. We are so proud of the following members for taking the time to study, practice, etc for their teams: Rayne Church, Kaelyn Robinson, Mikayla Moore, Cole Wager, Makenzie Bennett, Braelyn Slack, Baylee Dennis, Alexis Dennis, Kaylee Copeland, Kari Cummings, Amelia Nulton, Harley Boyce, Brianna Canterbury, Landon Casto, Harlee Williams, Lucas Pahl, Trevor Jones, Lucas Sims, Holden Siers, Baylee Sims, Brody Ewing, Val Shearlock, and Hailey Noland.

Tonight in The Den the Tigers will host the 2nd ranked Ravenswood Red Devils for the home opener. JV starts at 6:00 PM with Varsity to follow at 7:30 PM. 🐅 🏀

On December 6th, our Senior Class President, Trinity Sears (pictured on the left) and Student Body President, Kayleigh Murray (pictured on the right), delivered a $250 donation from MetaNu. LLC to The Hope Shop. MetaNu is one of our educational partners through Project Aware that offers programs promoting a positive proactive approach to mental wellness and wellbeing. Thank you for giving back to our community and partnering with WCHS Student Council! Later this month, Student Council will be donating canned goods to the Hope Shop as part of the December community service activity.

WCHS is excited to announce two community service projects for the month of December. Student Council will be hosting a Block the Door Canned Food Drive ( https://5il.co/1l9tw) and a Stocking Stuffer Collection (https://5il.co/1l9tv) for the nursing home. Click on the links to view the flyers for each event.

Upcoming Event! There will be a FREE food decorating hobby night sponsored by Coplin Clinic and Project Aware on December 8th from 6-8 p.m. in the Wirt County Primary Center Cafeteria. To register, scan the QR code below or visit https://forms.office.com/r/SF0ysB5K0C.

Wirt County's PATCH program is hiring students! Work after school from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. starting at $9.00 per hour. Students should apply by scanning the QR code or picking up an application in the office.

Students at WCHS have spent the last week creating door decorations in their DG classes. The theme was "What are you thankful for?" Mrs. Dye's DG took 1st place, Mrs. Starcher's DG took 2nd place, and Ms. Adam's DG took 3rd place.

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all of those who have served. Mrs. Lemley's classes designed posters this week to hang around the school in honor of our veterans.

WCHS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES - Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm.

As a reminder, in order to receive class rings and letterman jackets from Jostens before Christmas, you must place your order by November 11th!

Cheer Regional Information Saturday, November 4, 2022 at Parkersburg High School The performance order this year is AAA, AA, A. All fans must enter and exit through door #1 (FH6). The cost is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. AAA Competition will begin at 10a.m. The doors will open at 9a.m. for the spectators. A Competition will begin at 2p.m. Projected time of doors opening will be 1p.m. AA Competition will begin at 6p.m. Projected time of doors opening will be 5p.m. The field house will be emptied between AAA, AA, and A. You must purchase a ticket to re-enter. Fans are to sit on the visitor’s side of the gym and are not permitted to save seats. Tickets will be sold at the door or you have the option to pre purchase tickets online. Online tickets will be on sale starting Wednesday November 2nd at 9am. The website is www.bit.ly/parkersburghs-tickets *Online tickets do have a small surcharge added to the price*