May 12|5th/6th Grade Band/Choir Concert, 6:30 p.m. 

May 15|LCS Awards Ceremonies

Times                    Grade                    

8:15-9:15               K                             

9:30-10:30             1-2                           

11:00-12:30           Lunch (wood side)

12:30-1:30             3-4                           

1:45-2:45               5-6    

                        

May 16|Liberty T-Shirt Day

 

Lego Robotics Demonstration

May 22|Olympic Day

11:30-12:00 Lunch-In classroom
12:00-2:00   Participate in Stations     
2:00 Clean-up stations    
2:10-2:55 Watch dodge ball- In Gym  

May 23|Last Day of School, 1/2 Day, 11:00 release.  

No lunch will be served  

Please note: Kindergarten students do not have school on May 23rd.

The Liberty Common Board of Directors has approved the 2014-2015 School Calendar.  Please mark your calendars for the following: 

First day of school: Aug. 25, 2014

Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26-Nov. 28 

Christmas Break: Dec. 22 - Jan. 2

Spring Break: March 16 - March 20   

Last day of school: May 22, 2015 

Enrollment for 2014-2015 School Year

Please contact the office, 482-9800, ext. 3114, if your child will not be returning to Liberty for the 2014-2015 school year.  We are preparing for next year's enrollment and like to give new students and their families as much notice as possible.    

 

Liberty Common MayFest, held May 2nd, was a great success. MayFest involves students 4th-6th grade creating activity booths focusing on topics learned in the Core Knowledge Curriculum.  Students in younger grades visit each booth and participate in the activity.  Booths are judged on presentation of CK subject, organization and preparation, originality, creativity, student participation and behavior. The following booths the were voted winners:

1st Place- Mrs. Galeener's class(5th grade),The Secret Garden.

2nd Place-Tie between Mrs. Schupp's class(5th grade),

Wild West and Mrs. Rickett's class(6th grade), Immigration Station.

3rd Place-Tie between Mrs. Canfield's class(6th grade),
Journey Under the Sea and Mr. Huey's class(6th grade), Liberty Labyrinth.

Mrs. Canfield's 6th grade class posing at the Journey Under the Sea Mayfest Booth

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students from Mr. Huey's 6th grade class assembling the Liberty Labyrinth Mayfest Booth

   

  

A few of Mrs. Trout's students enjoying a Mayfest Booth.

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

Free Language and Speech Screenings.  In recognition of May being Better Hearing and Speech Month, Aspen Speech Therapy is offering free language and hearing screenings.  CLICK HERE for more information.

Exchange Students Add Character to Liberty

By: Bob Schaffer, LCHS Principal

Liberty's experience with high-school foreign-exchange students over the past four years has been wonderful. Exchange students have added quite a lot to the school's character, and they have enriched the learning experience for all our students.

Hopefully, over the past year, everyone has had a chance to meet Anugraha (India), Berit, Ingvild and Ida (all from Norway), and Vincent (Denmark). We're sure going to miss them when they return to their home countries in just a few weeks.  

Liberty's 2013-14 foreign-exchange students Ida Fredriksen (Norway), Vincent Kortenbach (Denmark), Berit Skogvang (Norway), Ingvild Vibe (Norway), Anugraha George (India)

The U.S. State Department initiated the exchange programs we utilize at LCHS to improve diplomatic ties with important countries around the world. In the past four years, Liberty has received exchange students from eight different international coordinating programs that work directly with the U.S. State Department.

Students chosen for these programs have competed against tens of thousands of others to win scholarships necessary to become exchange students. They must be fluent in English. They spend one full academic year at our high school.

Not only do they attend school, they volunteer and learn about US culture, politics and society. Their scholarships provide all travel, orientation, health insurance, local support, reimbursement funds for school expenses and a monthly stipend for incidentals and spending money.

We're grateful for the local host families who have stepped up over the years to provide meals taken in the home, a bed, a place to study, and adult guidance. These generous families often say they receive much more in return.  

Exchange students become active members of the host families and the Liberty community. At home, they help with chores, with little ones, and with other family endeavors. At school, they participate in sports, extracurricular activities, the House system, and more.

If you think you might want to consider being a host family, any family configuration is okay - single parent, retired couples, empty nesters, families with young children as well as high-school age children.  It is not required that host families have a direct connection to Liberty in order to host a Liberty exchange student.

For our regular Liberty students, lifetime bonds and friendships have been formed with the 16 exchange students we've educated so far. By accepting so many exchange students, Liberty's students have learned much about many other cultures.  

They also now have friends and homes that are always open for them in many far-flung parts of the world.  Liberty's exchange students have been true blessings. They have not only enhanced the character of LCHS, but of the greater Fort Collins community.

LCHS 7th graders Mikey Werst and Isaiah Jonas hold up an award Liberty received last Monday from the U.S. State Department for active participation in State-Department-Sponsored foreign-exchange programs.  Liberty is recognized as a "Partner for Global Diplomacy."

Liberty's local coordinators are currently looking for new host families for next year's exchange students. We need yearlong hosts, as well as short-term "Welcome Families" who commit to hosting the student for only the first six weeks or so of the school year - enough time to get settled at LCHS, make some friends, and connect with a longer-term host family.  

Our list of students identified for LCHS next year includes Thea (female/Norway), Christian (male/Norway), Frida (female/Sweeden), and Xi (male/China). I'll be adding more to this list in the coming weeks.

The sooner we have host families for next year, the quicker we can get students enrolled, establish their schedules, and get them ready for school. If there's a specific international interest, host families may also request students from countries other than the ones represented, or with certain characteristics. Just let me know.

To Anugraha, Berit, Ingvild, Ida, and Vincent: We love you all, and wish you well as you move onward. Thank you for being such outstanding LCHS students. Thank you for teaching us so much about your home countries. Your hard work, happy times and many friendships are now a permanent part our school's legacy. You will always be part of the Liberty family, and Liberty will always be "your school."

Farvel. फेर्वेल. Farewell.

Dear Parents:

As we are coming to the end of the school year, we want to remind parents to pick up all medications from the Health Office.  

We know the last day of school is a busy day for you and your students, so if their medication isn't a daily essential, you may consider picking the medication up earlier in the week. Medication may be picked up between 7:40-3:40 (Monday -Thursday) and 7:40-10:30 (Last day of school).

Thank you for your cooperation,

Jen Hopkins (Health Tech) & Natalie Dybzinski (RN)