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RAIDERS WIN BABY!! Electric atmosphere and a great win against a tough Alexandria team. Final score Wapahani 49 Alexandria 46

Stats Continued... H. Rodeffer 4 pts 6 reb C. Lewis 4 pts 1 reb Conner Bell 1 reb

Your Wapahani Raiders defeat the Alexandria Tigers 49-46 to improve to 3-3 on the Season. Next Game: Tues @ Frankton youtube.com/live/jCCPJ0JtV… Stats: Camden Bell 15 pts 14 reb E. Andrews 10 pts 4 reb Carter Bell 10 pts 1 reb Q. James 6 pts 2 reb Stats Continued->

Good Morning, Raider Country! Please join us this evening for Coaches vs. Cancer Night as your Wapahani Raiders travel to Wes-Del tonight LIVE on youtube.com/whsnetwork for their 1st MEC Game of the Season. JV starts at 6 & Varsity to Follow. Please Share & SUBSCRIBE for FREE!🏀

🏀Good Morning, Raider Country! 3 consecutive nights of Basketball on the WHS NETWORK starts tonight as we kick things off with your Wapahani Lady Raiders taking on the Cowan Lady Blackhawks starting with the JV at 6:00 & Varsity to Follow LIVE on youtube.com/whsnetwork. 🏀

Our elves are busy at Boot Camp! Today they had to help Santa stuff the chimney with as many presents as possible. What’s the catch…the chimney had “grinches” inside throwing all of the presents back out! #mhepe #risdmoves #physed #risddreambig

GRINCH TAG is always a student favorite heading into Christmas Break! Using an RC car and a pool noodle, the Grinch tries to tag students moving around on the scooters! So much fun and so much laughter! Activity inspired by @physedreview!

Event Reminder: (H) Basketball (Girls 7th/8th) vs Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School - Selma Middle School 12/18/25 5:30 PM

Event Reminder: (H) Basketball (Girls 7th/8th) vs Daleville Jr-Sr HS - (Daleville Jr-Sr HS 12/17/25 5:30 PM

Good Morning, Raider Country! Good Luck tonight to our Wapahani Lady Raiders as they travel to Frankton for a VARSITY ONLY game starting at 7:00 pm. No Broadcast tonight!

Happy Sunday X Family. I hope something good happens to you today ☕️💚❤️☕️

SMS Weekly Athletics Schedule - Dec. 15-20

Event Reminder: (H) Basketball (Boys 7th/8th) vs Muncie Southside Middle School - Selma Middle School (Selma Middle School) 12/15/25 5:30 PM

🚨Good Afternoon, Raider Country! Just a reminder that tonight Boys & Girls Basketball Games have been Postponed. Girls play @ Hagerstown on January 24th at 6:00 pm. Boys play at Home against Hagerstown on January 27th at 6:00 pm. Stay safe and Stay warm Raider Country! ❄️

News: 7/8 Boys BB Tourney @ South Cancelle elweb.app/yhsgant

Good Morning, Raider Country! Join us tonight for a Big 2A Showdown as your Wapahani Raiders take on the Lapel Bulldogs LIVE on youtube.com/whsnetwork. JV starts at 6:00 & Varsity Game to Follow. Please Subscribe for FREE and Enjoy the Game! 🏀

"My kid came home from school talking about the weird lunch lady. "Mom, she's so strange. She memorizes everyone's name by the third day. Like, all 600 kids." I figured she was exaggerating. Teenagers do that. Then parent-teacher night happened. I was running late, hadn't eaten, saw the cafeteria was open. Grabbed a sandwich. The lunch lady, older woman with gray hair in a hairnet, was cleaning tables. "You're Zoe's mom," she said without looking up. I stopped. "How'd you know?" "Same eyes. She sits table seven, always picks the apples nobody wants because they're bruised. Drinks chocolate milk even though she's lactose intolerant. Hurts herself rather than waste food." I stood there, stunned. "You know this about my daughter?" "I know it about all of them." She kept wiping tables. Started talking, not to me exactly, just... talking. "Marcus, table three, his dad left last year. Always takes double servings on Fridays because there's less food at home on weekends. Jennifer counts calories out loud to punish herself. Brett throws away lunches his mom packs because kids make fun of the ethnic food, but he's starving by sixth period. Ashley's parents are divorcing, she stress-eats in the bathroom." "Why are you telling me this?" She finally looked at me. "Because you're all at parent-teacher conferences talking about grades. Nobody's talking about this. About who's eating, who's not, who's hurting." "What do you do about it?" "What can I do? I'm the lunch lady. I make sure Marcus gets those extra servings without asking. I tell Jennifer the calorie counts are wrong, lower than they are. I pack Brett containers of his mom's food labeled as 'cafeteria leftovers' so he can eat it without shame. I bought Zoe lactose-free chocolate milk with my own money, tell her we're trying a new brand." I felt like I'd been punched. "Does anyone know you do this?" "The kids who need to know, know. That's enough." I went home and couldn't stop thinking about it. Started asking Zoe questions. She confirmed everything. "Yeah, Mrs. Chen just... sees people. She stopped my friend from... she helped when nobody else noticed." Turns out, Mrs. Chen had worked at that school for 22 years. Made $14 an hour. Knew the story of every struggling kid who came through her lunch line. Never reported it, never made it official, just adjusted portions, swapped items, paid for things quietly. Teachers didn't know the extent. Administrators had no idea. She just showed up, served food, and saved kids in ways nobody measured. Last year, Mrs. Chen had a stroke. Had to retire. The school hired someone new. Efficient. Fast. Didn't learn names. Within three months, the guidance counselor's office was flooded. Kids breaking down. Nobody could figure out why. Until one kid finally said it: "Mrs. Chen knew when we were drowning. She threw life preservers disguised as extra tater tots. Now nobody's watching." The school brought Mrs. Chen back. Part-time. Not to serve food. Just to be there. They called her position "Student Wellness Observer." She's 68 now, walks with a cane, can't lift heavy trays anymore. But she still memorizes all 600 names by the third day. Still knows who needs what. Still saves kids during lunch periods when everyone else is just serving food. My daughter graduated last month. In her speech, she thanked Mrs. Chen. "Some people teach math. Some teach history. Mrs. Chen taught us that being seen is sometimes the only thing standing between surviving and giving up." The whole cafeteria stood up. Turns out, weird lunch ladies who memorize names? They're the most important people in the building." . Let this story reach more hearts.... . Ai image is for demonstration purpose only. . By Grace Jenkins

@CrazyVibes_1 They are wonderful. I love them. He is doing a great job.

My son hasn't spoken at school in four months. Complete selective mutism since the kids started calling him "the weird craft boy" who makes things instead of playing sports at recess. He's eleven and autistic, and art class used to be the only place he felt safe until his teacher told him his projects were "too babyish for middle school." He stopped making anything, stopped talking about his ideas, just came home every day and disappeared into his room with the door closed. Last week he was watching me work on snowman decorations for my online shop, these whimsical couples I make and sell for people's holiday mantels. Didn't say anything, just sat on the couch observing while I hot-glued fabric scarves and painted faces. Then two days ago I came home from work and found him in the garage surrounded by foam balls and fabric scraps he'd pulled from my supply bins, hands covered in paint, completely absorbed in creating these two figures. He'd been working for six hours straight without stopping, something he hasn't done since his teacher destroyed his confidence. He made himself and his little sister. The boy snowman has the same serious expression my son gets when he's concentrating, the same careful attention to detail in every button and hat decoration. The girl snowman is wearing pink because that's all his sister will wear lately, has flowers on her scarf because she picks dandelions for him every day after school. This is his first complete project since September, the first thing he's made that wasn't for a grade or an assignment, just pure creation because he wanted to express something he couldn't say with words. When he finished he asked if people would think they were stupid, if kids at school would make fun of them like they make fun of everything else he makes. I told him they were incredible and he needed to see that I wasn't just saying it because I'm his mom. He finally agreed to let me post this after two days of me begging, but he's been refreshing my phone every ten minutes checking for comments, needing to know if anyone besides me thinks he's talented. I buy a lot of my supplies from other crafters online, and I keep showing him their work trying to prove that handmade art matters, that people value things made with this much heart and skill. So what do you think? He's reading over my shoulder right now, hands still shaking slightly, waiting to see if anyone else sees what I see. Credit - Katie Thomson

Your Wapahani Lady Raiders are back in action tonight in a Varsity Only Game at Winchester starting at 6:30 pm. No Broadcast Tonight, Good Luck Ladies! 🏀

The Liberty-Perry School Board has established the Taylor Legacy Scholarship thanks to the generosity of Bob and Eileen Taylor. Their gift will support Wapahani student athletes for years to come. Thank you, Mr. Taylor, for your lasting impact. @LPSelma1 @wapathletics