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Theater club chooses spring play LIGONIER — Theatre33 at West Noble High School will perform “Rumors” as its spring play. Performances are May 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. and May 9 at 2 p.m. at the high school. Middle school musicians earn gold LIGONIER — West Noble Middle School’s seventh and eighth grade orchestras each earned gold awards at the Indiana State School Music Association’s competition. Shaina Liv Lescano directs both bands. Seniors named to All-Academic Team LIGONIER — West Noble seniors Lauren Baker, Kacee Click, and Erin Shoemaker were named to the 2020-21 NECC All-Academic Team. The team consists of 25 young men and women from northeast Indiana. Team membership is determined by a combination of a student’s grade-point average (grades in all academic subjects are used to calculate the grade point average) and a standardized test score (SAT or ACT).

School board applies for technology loan

LIGONIER — West Noble School Corporation will apply for a Common School Loan to upgrade its technology. School board members agreed to the application at Monday’s meeting. Technology director Mike Burke said that three phases of infrastructure improvements will happen if the loan application is approved. An aging main server in the data center will be replaced at an estimated cost of $59,000; 70 desktop computers at West Noble Middle School will be replaced at an estimated cost of $913 each; and new Chromebooks with licensing fees will be purchased for all 180 teachers at an estimated Cost of $80,000. Schools may apply for a Common School Loan twice a year, and may receive funds equal to $100 per student. There is no guarantee that the district’s application would be approved. Superintendent Galen Mast said West Noble has received a Common School Loan twice.

WNMS Students of the Month — March

Entering second half, West Noble had limited COVID-19 cases

LIGONIER — As far as the official numbers go, West Noble School Corp. made it through the first half of the 2020-21 with relatively few cases of COVID-19.