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  

No lunch will be served, no microwaves available. Please pack a sack lunch and a drink.

Your Attention Please!  Volunteers Are Still Needed for Olympic Day.  Click Here to sign-up.

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

• Yearbooks will be distributed.
• No lunch served.
• No bus service provided.  Please pick up your child at their home school.
• Free Dress Day 

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

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.

Lego Robotics at Liberty is open to students in grades 4 through 8. If your student is interested in joining a Liberty Lego Robotics team next Fall, please send an email to [email protected] to express interest. Please include your name, your student's name, and the grade your student will be in next Fall. This will place you on a list to receive more information about Liberty Lego Robotics, including how to apply for a spot on a team. The Lego Robotics season starts in late August, so teams will need to be formed before school starts.

Attention Parents:  The PowerSchool Parent Portal will be closed to access on June 13th.  Student accounts and final grades can be viewed until June 13th.   

Congratulations to 2014 PSD Track and Field Competition 1st place Shuttle Relay Race winners - 4th Graders:  Tanner Johanson, Dario Gonzalez,  Zachary Bayens and Eric North.

Liberty Makes the Coloradoan Thumbs Up 

"I would like to give a huge thumbs-up to Liberty Common School second-graders and the Fort Collins Olive Garden. Liberty Common students recently competed in a penny war to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As a school, they raised a whopping $3,238.91. Students were competing against the other grade levels to collect the most pennies. The second-graders won and were awarded with a free pasta party from Olive Garden. Thank you to the students for their giving spirit and to Olive Garden for their generous donation."

It's Been A Great Year At Liberty

By: Principals Casey Churchill and Bob Schaffer

Another fantastic Liberty school year is coming to a happy ending, and along with it, a chance to look back upon a year of solid academic achievement for our students. The Liberty Board of Directors and administration could not be happier with the accomplishments of our students, instructors, support staff, and parents. 

Liberty Common School has become a premier school in northern Colorado due to the proper partnership of parents, professional staff, and hardworking students.  We are thankful to all who helped make this year so successful.

The elementary school continues to thrive with 612 students and 60 staff.  Liberty Common Elementary school is a model example of how a school should operate. This past year, the Core Knowledge Foundation showcased our school to the nation more than ever.  Schools visited and teachers have been calling to see and hear about all that great things we are doing. 

Liberty hosted the first ever Core Knowledge Colorado Network this year. On February 7th, about 200 teachers came to Liberty to share ideas and learn about the rich Core Knowledge content. This was a great opportunity for us to show off our school and begin a yearly tradition of networking for all CK schools in Colorado. Networking provides our teachers an opportunity to meet and learn from other CK teachers. We thank the teachers for their teamwork throughout this process as this accomplishment has again placed Liberty on the map.

At the beginning of this year, we chose a new data-mining system.  Teachers have embraced Pearson Inform. Inform integrates with our grade book system, Powerschool providing teachers with a one-stop venue to analyze student test data. This provides teachers with the information we need to help intervene with students that are struggling.  The teachers have found the Inform interface easy to use and easy to access testing data. The quicker we can learn about student skill deficits the quicker we can deliver the interventions students need to be successful.

Lastly, the TCAP 3rd Grade reading scores were recently released.  As usual, Liberty scored above average.  Our 3rd graders scored 97.7% Proficient or Advanced.  We were 2nd place among other schools in the district.  We are very excited to see how the rest of the school does on these tests come August.  This is the last year that we will take a paper pencil state assessment. From here on out we will be testing on computers.

Liberty's mission is to provide a contextual body of knowledge which will in turn provide students with a rich domain vocabulary.  This rich vocabulary, along with strong phonetic instruction, allows our student to both decode and comprehend what they read.  Literate students make quality citizens. Quality citizens make for a more democratic society.  Liberty elementary is on track with our mission.

At the high school, we're more than enthusiastic about the way our fourth year is finishing out.  Liberty's second senior class is graduating in style, and they've set the bar high in our second year with a full high-school roster. They are the first to have received their entire high-school education at the high-school campus.

This year's seniors can remember the first Torch Trek, bare hallway floors and classrooms before carpeting, no lockers for the first few weeks of the 2010-11 school year, Mr. Lavin, Domus Virtutis and Domus Scientiae, the first-annual Grandparents Day, Guys and Dolls, Affy. These seniors have blazed the trail toward Liberty's institutional maturity in many impressive ways.

As a parent-run school, Liberty's high expectations have pushed students and staff alike.  This was a year of particularly hard work, expansion, and invention.  It's hard to imagine it turning out much better.  

On behalf of the faculty, staff and administration, we offer our sincere and humble thanks to all Liberty parents.  Your leadership, guidance, volunteerism, financial support and prayers have contributed mightily to what we're convinced is the best public education Colorado has to offer. 

To all students moving on from Liberty, we wish you a fond farewell. To all returning Liberty students, we're already looking forward to seeing you again on Monday morning, August 25th.

In the meantime, enjoy the summer break. You've earned it.

Liberty Common Schools' generous parents, grandparents and supporters raised $154,000 at the annual Spring Gala, held on April 4th, while celebrating the schools' successes.  Proceeds from the event will benefit Liberty Common Schools and help purchase an additional school bus.  Thank you to all that attended, volunteered and contributed.     

An awesome photo spread of this year's Spring Gala appears in this month's edition of STYLE Magazine. Click Here to view.     

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)