Congratulations to the following students who competed in this past weekend's SKILLS USA competition in Dunbar:

Jordan Preston--Gold Medal--Graphic Communications

Ryan Elkins--Gold Medal--Technical Computer Applications

Dustin Sowards--Silver Medal--Extemporaneous Speaking 

Troy Wallace--Bronze Medal--Job Interview

Brad Hammond--Bronze Medal--Prepared Speech

Jordan Preston and Ryan Elkins will travel to Kansas City in June to compete for a national title!  Congratulations to these excellent and award-winning students!  If you are an employer looking for good workers, we know five young men who would definitely fit the bill! 

The students and staff at Wayne High School wish to express their condolences to the family of Josh and Shawn Harless, who were tragically and unexpectedly taken from us in an accident April 3.  Josh was born September 6, 1989, and graduated Wayne High School in 2007.  He was employed by Portech Rail.  Shawn was born April 9, 1991, and was an active member of the Class of 2009.  They were the loving and cherished sons of Charles and Jenny Harless of East Lynn, WV.  They are survived by their parents, two sisters, Alyssa and Amanda, and a host of uncles, aunts,  cousins, and various relations.  Two dogwood trees will be planted on campus tomorrow in memory of these two wonderful and popular young men. 

Congratulations are in order to the Wayne High Pioneer Track Team, who dusted the competition last night in Poca! 

1st place--400 m--Rodney Endicott
               400x200 Relay--Shannon Rutherford, EB Ferguson, Ellie Stapleton and Alex Amorim
               4x400 Relay--Shannon Rutherford, EB Ferguson, Ellie Stapleton and Alex Amorim

2nd place--100 m and 200 m--Rodney Endicott

3rd place--200 m Bradley Fry
               400 m and 800 m Shannon Rutherford
               4x100 Relay--Sammie Jo Stapleton, Bradley Fry, Alex Amorim, EB Ferguson

4th place--High Jump  Sammie Jo Stapleton

5th place--300 m Hurdles Haley Reed
               200 m EB Ferguson
               Shuttle Hurdles--Haley Reed, tasha Adkins, Sammie Jo Stapleton, Bradley Fry

Overall, our girls' team finished 5th!  Congratulations ladies!  Go track team!

Our ladies and gentlemen in Skills USA will be competing this weekend, April 11-12, at the Ben Franklin Career Center in Dunbar, WV.  We are currently slated for seven events.  Watch this space for updates, pictures, and more!

Attention Wayne High School Artists!  WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Have you recently completed a really lovely piece of artwork?  Don't you think the school library could benefit by your brightening the place up?  We would especially appreciate seeing more pictures like the ones from Ms. Katie Webb's class, with their "Winter Trees" theme.  We know it isn't winter anymore, and that's why, if you have pictures of trees, flowers, birds, or anything else bright and cheerful, you should bring it by the library so Mrs. Heck can post it on the two fabric boards above the non-fiction section.  See Mrs. Heck for more details.