WJHS is the home of the lions.🦁 We take pride in intentionally serving with passion and consistency while equipping our students with a growth mindset.
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Coach Perry who is graduating today with his Bachelors degree 📜 from the University of Tennessee at Martin. Coach Perry’s is influential, a coach, a mentor, and a leader. We appreciate your dedication to West Junior High School!
We are proud of West Junior High School’s Teacher of the Year, Ms. Chris Ann Hobson! Her commitment to our scholars and the WJHS community is highly valued and appreciated!💜🦁💛
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West Junior High School’s Teacher of The Year, our incredible band instructor, Mr. Harrison, and our Lions brought some holiday spirit today to Oakland’s Christmas Parade.💜🦁💛
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Today, it was great meeting with Coach Hahn to discuss this upcoming school year for our Football and Boys’ Soccer Lions. We are looking forward to greatness from our Lions and their coaches.
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We genuinely adore and appreciate our Data Clerk, Ms. Pugh! She always goes above and beyond for WJHS! Today, she is celebrating her birthday, and we wish her a great and happy birthday!💜🦁💛
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A MAJOR congratulations are in order for Dr. Chris Ann Hobson, Dr. Clarissa Arnold, Mr. Takedrion Perry, M.Ed., and Coach Corderro Blade, M.Ed. on receiving their degrees today! We are extremely proud of you! 💜🦁💛
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It was a pleasure having the district’s Athletic Director and FWCHS Wildcats Football Head Coach, Coach Lowe, in the building today. His presence meant a lot to our students.💜🦁💛💙💛
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One day in and 179 more to go! WJHS’s first day is in the books and was a success. We look forward to making this an excellent year for our students and the school community! 💜🦁💛
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We enjoyed honoring our incredible School Counselor, Ms. Turnley, during National School Counseling Week! She has done a magnificent job since coming on board at WJHS, and we truly appreciate her!💜🦁💛
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It was great meeting with our Lion PTO Committee this afternoon! We look forward to collaborating this school year with our students, staff, and the overall school community’s best interest at heart.
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Awesome job, Lions and WJHS Band Director, Mr. Harrison! We are proud that you all represented our school community during the Oakland Christmas Parade!💜🦁💛
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A major Lions shoutout goes to our PTO at WJHS! A big thank you goes to Mrs. Hahn and Mrs. Winget for their intentional commitment to designing and bringing the shirts to campus!
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It is always a pleasure to have men that are pillars in the community to take the time out of their day to come on campus. We indeed thank Pastor Hester and Pastor Rivers, and their presence today was greatly appreciated.💜🦁💛
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We truly love Ms. Dickerson and her thoughtfulness. Ms. Horton is pictured after receiving a surprise gift from Ms. Dickerson for her perfect audit for bookkeeping.💜🦁💛
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are thrilled to present to you THE 2023-2024 TMSAA Class A State Champions, our West Junior High School Lions!
A MAJOR shoutout goes to these young men and their coaching staff for the excellence they exhibited on and off the floor all season.
After serving for over 12 years in a district that I know as home it's bittersweet to transition, but I am trusting God. Yesterday was my last day as an educator in Fayette County Public Schools. I am grateful for all of the great relationships and moments that were created. 💙💛
Congratulations to the magnificent 8th-Grade Class of 2023! We love and will miss you! We wish you the very best in your future endeavors! Once a Lion is always a Lion!💜🦁💛
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Congrats to these four West Lions, Hunter Malena, Elijah Lowe, Markylon Terry, & Cash Williams, on being selected for the Mid-South Middle School All-star game on February 18th.
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We truly appreciate our cafeteria staff! They make sure that the WJHS community gets taken care of daily with nutrition. 💜🦁💛
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Way to go, Lions! They did a great job this evening representing our school community, and we're victorious against Tipton-Rosemark Academy 32-0. 💜🦁💛
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Our Lions were successful in defeating Three Oaks Middle School this afternoon! Monday, February 6th, we will be playing against Martin Middle School at Martin Middle School at 7:30 p.m. for the Sectional Tournament Championship. 💜🦁💛
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Jarron, a 5’10, 210-pound 8th-grade student who plays RB/LB/DE for our Lions, recorded a 350-pound squat today in the Lion’s Den Weight Room! A special shoutout goes to him, Coach Tank, and his teammates! Hard work and dedication always pay off!💜🦁💛
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Today, we had the privilege to honor an educator who retired from the system, and I gratefully had the opportunity to see him initially as my teacher and coach as a student to now my colleague. We greatly appreciate your years of service to the many students and families of FCPS!
A MAJOR shoutout goes to our Lady Lions and Lions basketball teams! Both teams won the Section 4 Area 21 district championship tonight and have clinched a spot in the sectional tournament! We are so proud of these Lions and their amazing coaches!
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A big thank you goes to Mr. Hill for going above and beyond for our basketball Lions! You are awesome, and again, we truly thank you for your generosity!💜🦁💛
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We are proud to state that we have a published poet that is a Lion at WJHS! Way to go! We are so excited for you! A special thanks go to Dr. Young for her leadership in this student-centered project! 💜🦁💛
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A special thanks go out to Ms. Turnley and Ms. Floyd for facilitating and the parents who attended today’s session at the Coffee and Conversation in the Lion’s Den!💜🦁💛
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Our Honors Award Program was a success! We are thankful for all the hard work our students have put in to be recognized amongst their peers and family members. A special thanks go to the teachers and family members because none of this is possible without you!💜🦁💛
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OUR WJHS TRACK LIONS ARE STATE BOUND!!
Boys 100m
Boys 4x100m
Girls 400m
A MAJOR shoutout goes to Coach Tank and our Lions for all of their hard work and dedication!
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We want to thank and recognize our wonderful building engineers during the week of National Custodian Day! We are truly grateful for you and all that you do!💜🦁💛
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Yesterday, our Lady Lions played a hard-fought game against McNairy County. We did not win, but we displayed great sportsmanship and the ability to compete and improve. We had a chance to collaborate and scrimmage with McNairy County more after the end of regulation.💜🦁💛
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Congratulations and way to go Sydnei! We are so proud of you accomplishing a major milestone (over 1,000 career points)! Keep up the outstanding work on and off the court!
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We truly appreciate everything these two do day in and day out at WJHS! They are excellent building engineers and good people, and for that, we are grateful.💜🦁💛
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Super proud of Layquan for making the All-Region team his freshman year! Congratulations! Once a Lion, always a Lion.💜🦁💛
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Our Lions represented the Lion’s Den this morning during their scrimmage against FACS and were victorious 24-0! Way to go, Lions!💜🦁💛
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We are so excited and proud to announce that two of our Lions, Elijah Lowe and Hunter Malena, have been selected to also play in this All-Star game! Keep up the great work on and off the court, guys!💜🦁💛
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We greatly appreciate Fayette County’s very own Turn Me Up YC, a super-gifted music producer who works with some of today’s biggest names in Hip Hop, for taking time out of his busy schedule to speak with our Lions about drug awareness and the importance of being drug-free.💜🦁💛
WJHS Lions’ band and cheerleading team were live and in full effect this evening at the game. They both did a fantastic job!💜🦁💛
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More photos from our Veterans Day Program! A special thanks go to our PTO for assisting us by paying for our veterans so they could eat for free!
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Our Teacher of the Month is a WJHS teacher who is always consistent, caring, amazing, heart-working, and a great colleague. Mrs. Todd is exemplary in every way, and she has a heart for our Lions, and they absolutely adore her.💜🦁💛
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We would like to thank these two young leaders for assisting with the filming of yesterday’s 8th-grade Promotion Ceremony.💜🦁💛
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Students in Ms. Pope’s Physical Science class recently completed and are displaying their 3-Dimensional Element Atom Bohr Model projects in the Lion’s Den.💜🦁💛
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Today our Lady Lions wrapped up a historic season as they fell short to Rogersville Middle. We are extremely proud of them for the excellence they have displayed on and off the court. A HUGE shoutout goes to our coaching staff!
The WJHS Lady Lions’ Volleyball team was victorious tonight against EJHS in our first-ever home volleyball game and the last game of the season!
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We are excited for and proud of our very own Mrs. Horton’s son and Fayette County Public Schools alum, Phil Horton on winning the NAIA National Championship this evening with the Freed-Hardeman University Lions!
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We appreciate our Lions who participated in yesterday’s Unity Walk in honor of National Bullying Prevention Month. A special shout-out goes to our counselor, Ms. Turnley, for coordinating this event!💜🦁💛
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The resourcefulness, selflessness, and dedication of Ms. McGarrh are truly exemplary. She is pictured conducting an after-school training on iReady with some of her colleagues. 💜🦁💛
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FW Wildcat Eric Neal traveled to Louisville, KY for the BETA
Club National Convention where he will be performing with a group of his peers!!
This is such an honor!! We are so proud of you Eric!! Thanks to Mr & Mrs Massey for making this happen!!
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Our Lions Boys’ Basketball team was victorious and will play in the semifinals of the TN Sectional Tournament on Tuesday, January 31st, at 6:00 p.m. against Three Oaks Middle. The game will be held at Martin Middle School in Martin, TN.💜🦁💛
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Grandparent’s Game Night was a success! The environment was very welcoming and pleasant. A special thanks goes out to our school counselor, Mrs. Turnley, for planning and facilitating this wonderful event!
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We are proud to announce that our Librarian, Mr. Gleeton, and Art teacher, Ms. Haddad, will be our Teachers of the Month! We truly value and appreciate their heart work and all they bring to our Lions!💜🦁💛
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A MAJOR SHOUTOUT goes to Chase and Jarron for being selected amongst the top middle school football players in the country to participate in the FBU National Championship tournament! Way to go, guys! 💜🦁💛
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Tonight’s game was great and a nail bitter, but the Lions displayed perseverance and pulled it off with a touchdown with three seconds remaining. The final score was 14-8. Way to go, Lions!💜🦁💛
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Yesterday, we celebrated the three classes that scored the highest percentage of students at Mid or Above and at Early Grade Level during the iReady Universal Screener. Great job, Lions!
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Last night, our Lady Lions and Lions basketball teams won good games against EJHS. The sportsmanship from the players, coaches, and fans from both sides was remarkable.
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We wish our outstanding Assistant Principal, Ms. Dozier, a Happy Birthday! We hope that your day is as fantastic as you!💜🦁💛
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Tonight the Lions came, saw, and conquered. Our Lady Lions played a terrific game as well. Excellent job representing in the Lions’ Den!💜🦁💛
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