School Picture Retakes
LIBERTY COMMON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAKEUP DAY
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015
TIME - 7:45 am to 8:30 am 

Communications Commission. This policy forced all television networks to only show "family friendly" television shows during prime time hours (7-8 PM). The Family Viewing Hour was over turned in 1977 after the courts declared this policy unconstitutional. After  the political drama ended, television stations voluntarily offered family friendly shows such as the Cosby Show or Happy Days.

This tantalizing television trivia brings a few Liberty beliefs to light. The first of which is that we do not condone television watching. As a literacy school, we believe that our students should be reading and studying each night. To become a better reader, one needs to read. The more we can reduce watching television, the better. Our 4th grade team even goes as far as to conduct a "no television/computer games challenge" to see how many kids are able to go without the television. If our students are going to be good readers, they need to practice reading. Please make sure students are completing their nightly reading from the reading lists. Reading lists are published here.

Daniel Willingham, a cognitive psychologist and author, discusses knowledge in the digital age in his new book, Raising Kids Who Read. He points out the tremendous hourly use of digital media and the effects it has on our children. He encourages parents to find ways to motivate students to read since the draw to brainless digital media is so tempting.

The entire family could sit down in the living room to share their day. Simply ask, "What did you learn?" No more, "Nuttin" from the kids. All family members engaging in a high level conversation about what happened throughout the day and exciting new content learned will reinforce subjects taught here at Liberty. This will allow students to implicitly learn newly learned vocabulary words. For example, "I know you are reading Robin Hood in your class. What happened between Friar Tuck and Robin Hood today? What vocabulary words did you recognize while reading? Did you learn any new vocabulary words while reading?" These specific questions will only enhance and reinforce the work done at school.

We have a very big battle to fight for our children. The brain can become lazy if we allow ourselves to sit and zone out in front of the tube. As parents, we need to build a new culture around reading and create an everlasting impact on our children's literary future.

Hello Liberty Families!  By now, most families will have received their official invitation to Grandparents Day (GPD), 2016.  The invitations have been sent to all families on Liberty's roster at the elementary and the upper schools as well as to all grandparents who have previously attended the function and submitted their address.
 

If your family or grandparent has not received an invitation, please  email Erin Mihulka to be added to our address list.  However, grandparents do not need an invitation to attend, nor do they need to RSVP.  There are extra invitations in the elementary-school front office.
 

This GPD is the sixth-annual event and promises to be a unique, special day for students and their grandparents.

The part-time kindergartners have their own GPD event on Monday, November 23rd.  All other students (both the elementary and high school) will spend time with their grandparents on Tuesday, November 24th.

Please keep in mind that beyond volunteering for a select number of positions, we ask that this day be reserved for only grandparents and their grandchildren who are students at Liberty.  If children do not have a grandparent able to attend, an older, influential person in their life may be a good alternative, but we ask that parents do not attempt to fulfill that role.  We host and serve a hot breakfast to 500+ grandparents alone at the elementary and simply cannot support parents as well.