West Noble Middle School

The final week of school is already exciting, and now it's going to get better! Next Tuesday, Turning Point's coffee trailer will be set up on the West Noble High School campus to serve drinks to students and staff! After a pair of successful stops in the Ligonier community in recent weeks, the coffee trailer will now be brought to campus for the Chargers to enjoy! Turning Point Coffee Company is the crown jewel of Turning Point's outreach mission, not just providing a premier coffee experience, but also giving back to individuals and organizations in need.

It's graduation season and West Noble Elementary celebrated it's three students from Mrs. Nelson's class who are moving to the middle school next year. A room full of supporters saw Valentin Calderon, Dimitri Gomez and Brayden Huffine get their certificates in a short ceremony Thursday afternoon. All three were praised for their hard work, their positive attitudes and improved work in the classroom.

History was made at West Noble Wednesday evening. It wasn't quite the backdrop of Notre Dame Stadium under a sunny September sky, but Charger Field and West Noble Unified Track and Field hosted its first-ever Unified meet, welcoming in Wawasee for the historic dual. Wawasee would win four of the five events to secure a 98-81 win, but as the rain began the drive sideways as the final 4x100 relay runners came home, it was a site to see as West Noble has now hosted a Unified sporting event. Top times for West Noble included Dominic Miller in the 100 dash (15.99) and in long jump (8-7), Riley Barth in the 400 dash (1:34.07), Lilyen Lindsay in the shot put (19-7.5), and the Charger 4x100 relay won with a time of 1:11.88.

West Noble Middle School continued to celebrate its success in the classroom as 19 individuals who passed their WIDA tests were rewarded with a pizza party this afternoon. Each of the students were able to bring a friend to the party, which was held to highlight a 5.0 overall proficiency of the WIDA testing, which began in late January. Typically taking 5-7 years to master, these students were primarily fifth graders and were a touch ahead of schedule per EL Instructor Danielle Long. All of the students tested at or above levels which cover all content areas in all forums. Very well done, we are proud of our latest WIDA success students!

Piggybacking on a post we had up yesterday, West Noble Middle School also traveled to Fort Wayne last week for their Charger Reading Challenge reward, and we have the group photo ready to share! Three dozen students from WNMS earned the trip, which was sponsored in part by the United Way. We thank them for their continued support of our students, and congratulate our young readers on their persistence.

West Noble School Corporation is very proud to formally introduce our new K-12 website! The site, still located at westnoble.k12.in.us, is revamped and simplified to make your West Noble experience better! You can find virtually everything here, from school calendars and staff listings (with pictures!) to social media feeds and organic news from our campuses. You'll also be able to find all of the school board materials in one place, information from each of our departments, lunch menus for each building, links to athletics for the high school and middle school, club offerings, and much, much more. Take a minute to look around at all the great things we have going at our West Noble schools, and bookmark the page so you don't miss anything!

West Noble School Corporation is very proud to formally introduce our new K-12 website! The site, still located at westnoble.k12.in.us, is revamped and simplified to make your West Noble experience better! You can find virtually everything here, from school calendars and staff listings (with pictures!) to social media feeds and organic news from our campuses. You'll also be able to find all of the school board materials in one place, information from each of our departments, lunch menus for each building, links to athletics for the high school and middle school, club offerings, and much, much more. Take a minute to look around at all the great things we have going at our West Noble schools, and bookmark the page so you don't miss anything!

A great opportunity for our middle schoolers! Hurry, registration ends on June 2nd! Register here: https://www.worknoble.org/manufacturing-experience

Having absolutely no idea of what to expect, and really, nothing to lose, Xavier Viera traveled to Orlando, Florida, earlier this month to take part in the BPA Nationals. A very quiet kid nearly made a lot of noise in his series' of competitions. Find out how he did, and the confidence it brought to our WNHS senior here: https://www.westnoble.k12.in.us/article/2221724

It's still a long drive to Angola. Might as well be like the girls and win some hardware. Maybe a team title! Let's go Charger track and field!

It's a long drive to Angola. Might as well win some hardware. Let's go Lady Charger track and field!

It could be a year of firsts for West Noble Unified Track & Field. Let's make some memories this Saturday in Fort Wayne! Go Charger Unified!!!

More celebrating as we wind down the school year! West Noble Middle School students who passed their WIDA testing were rewarded with an ice cream sundae party, acknowledging a bigger goal. Each student had a goal set in one of the language domains of reading, writing, speaking, or listening. The goal is to improve by 0.5 or more in that specified domain, and we had 84 students meet their goal this year! The ice cream party, cool, but bigger cheers for so many of our kids reaching and exceeding their goals in the testing circuit.

It's been a long and fruitful year, perhaps, for the West Noble Middle School Jr. Master Gardener Club. A total of 15 middle school green thumbs completed the club season and were recognized Thursday at the year-end awards program. Since last September, the students worked through eight chapters and 44 concepts of gardening and horticulture. One of the highlights of their year was getting the hydroponics grow tower to finally take and produce, and it produced in droves from herbs to leafy greens. A huge thank you to Mrs. Anderson for seeing the kids through on a wonderful club that teaches life lessons in so many ways!

In a season of fast times, West Noble Middle School continues to set standards for future runners to chase. Three more records were rewritten on the track. Keep up the great work!

Prom is just around the corner, and West Noble has announced its court for the 2025 event. Our Queen court are, in the photo from left, Stefany Dominguez, Mia Becker and Ava Green. The King court are Chris Silva, Gavin Baxter and Drew Burns. West Noble's prom will take place Saturday, May 10, beginning with the Grand March at the HS at 4 p.m., followed by the formal event at 7 p.m. at the Mid America Windmill Museum in Kendallville.

Next up visiting the outdoors were sixth graders from West Noble Middle School. The class made the annual trek to Quaker Haven south of Syracuse for a two-day experience on the sprawling campground. There were a variety of activities to keep the kids busy, both indoors and outdoors. Inside the main gymnasium was a bounce house, rock climbing and jewelry making, and outside were basketball, crafts and canoeing opportunities, just to name a few.

Taking advantage of a picture perfect day, Bailey Showalter and a host of sixth graders from West Noble Middle School continued a tradition of service. Honoring some of the West Noble community that has passed on, the current students cleaned up and beautified the West Noble Memorial Garden on the WNMS campus. Pulling weeds, trimming bushes, planting flowers, spreading mulch and general maintenance, the Garden looks as good as it ever has. In its 19th year, the Memorial Garden commemorates West Noble community members that have passed away, but also individuals who have served major roles in the fabric of the community as well. The Garden is a self-funding project and donations are accepted and appreciated. If you wish to contribute to the West Noble Memorial Garden please contact West Noble Middle School at (260) 894-3191. Memorial Garden Commemorative brick orders may be placed at any time as this is an ongoing project. Brick orders will be held until 10 or more bricks are ordered.

Noble Early Learning is a new service for our West Noble families looking to grow our children! NEL will host an open house on Wednesday, May 7, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to meet teachers and learn more about the program. The early learning center is located inside West Noble Elementary School. Please enter at Door 12 on the east end of the building. NEL is a nonprofit child care center which will become licensed and open to the public this spring. A partnership between Thrive by 5, the Community Foundation of Noble County, the City of Ligonier, and West Noble School Corp., this center will create 38 new child care seats. NEL will serve children from 6 weeks to 6 years old, and provide full-time early care and education during the hours that fit the schedule parents need most. Once licensed, the center will accept child care vouchers and Tri-Share funds. Learn more at www.nobleearlylearning.org.

Catching up with the West Noble FFA! This past Saturday, the West Noble FFA Poultry team competed at the state competition, placing fourth, at the state FFA Leadership center. The team consisted of Layne Targgart, Jacob Coats, Nathan Troxel and Anthony Ruiz. Connor Jett also competed as an individual. Saturday, April 26, the West Noble Small Engines team of Jacob Coats and Layne Targgart competed at their state competition. The greenhouse will be opening to staff and faculty on Thursday, May 8, after school until 5 p.m. It will be open to the public on Friday, May 9, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The high school Ag department will be hosting the West Noble Primary on Thursday, May 15, for Ag Day. There will be a petting zoo, and high school students will be teaching the primary students about agriculture. And to cap it off, the FFA Banquet is on May 20.