Audience and purpose. Develop ideas. Grammar, usage and mechanics. All this and more were reviewed in a seventh-grade language arts class about on-demand writing. The prompt was remembering a playground experience to which Jordan wrote about playing hide-n-seek and how when she hid, no one could find her. “People went past me but didn’t find me. It was lonely but funny,” she wrote.

West Middle School student, William Pumphrey, has taken the first place prize in this year's Letters About Literature writing contest for Kentucky Level 1(Grades 4-6).

West Middle band earned sixth and seventh grade Distinguished rating, according to Kevin Osborne, director: Seventh grade... Summer Barnard, Wayne Garza, Samantha Harris, Aryn Head, Seth LeMaster, Rhianna Lloyd, Dylan McIntyre, Blair Nethery, Victoria Osburn, Anna Pearcy, Savannah Perry, Kayla Quijas, Kayla Reeder, Brooke Rodgers, Thomas Royse, Payton Ruddy, Kirsten Smith, Tristan Suggs, India Trowell, Marvin Villartoro, Samuel Walters, Gracie York. Sixth grade... Isaiah Beitz, Julia Belcher, Nicole Belcher, Shaun Bohnert, Evan Caspar, Hannah Cleary, Stephanie Cowherd, Isaac Crumbacker, Daeona Dillon, Perla Duante, Luke Drury, Ben Ferguson, Alexandria French, Brayden Glass, Bryce Glass, Rachel Goodwin, Hailey Hayden, Ethan Howell, Isaura Jeronimo, Nicole Kubica, Brennan Maharrey, Abby Mattingly, Sarah McDowell, Emma McGuire, Paige McLane, Daniel Mendez, Mary Moore, Maggie Morrow, Matt Munsterman, Logan Noel, Melissa Palmer, Alan Powers, Elizabeth Quinn, Brittany Roberts, Chris Schupp, Jetta Sierakowski, Nyla Smith, Savanna Stroupe, Brittany Taylor, Billy Gene Tennill, Noelle Thompson, Taylor Townsend, Allison Vogt, Bethany Welch, Isaiah White, Tori White.

West Middle cheerleaders competed at Eastern Kentucky University and won first place in their division!  They are National Champs and first overall in Choreography for all the elementary/middle schools that were competing. WMS Cheerleader Coach, Lauren Rice, won the National Coach of the Year award. Members of the squad are Ryan Goodlett, Kaitlyn Goode, Lauryn Romine, Kailyn Locklear, Livia Thompson, Makiah Jackson, Emma Pumphrey, Meghan Wood, Emily Fields, Dalaney Eden, Sadie Garner, Myah Rice, Selena Stiles.

Congratulations to the following West Middle students for their wins at the District Governor’s Cup competition: Composition - Abbey Willgruber- 3^rd place; Social Studies- Matthew Hawkins- 5^th place; Language Arts- Sabrina Hance- 2^nd place, Abbey Willgruber- 3^rd place These students will be moving on to Regionals in February.