Late Bus: Attention parents, Liberty bus 16 is running approximately 15 minutes behind. Early dismissal was at 10:45 and students are waiting supervised at Liberty.
Reminder to Liberty parents. Today at Liberty, staff and students will be participating in ALICE training from 8:00-10:45am. Students will be viewing a presentation from Officer Garcia and participating in scripted scenarios to practice the ALICE techniques.
6th grade reading classes are engulfed in the novel Esperanza Rising. Emmeline Sovinski brought in a yarn doll, she made, to show Mr. Burda’s Advanced Reading class. The doll is exactly like the one described in the book. Emmaline talked to the class, explaining the basic steps taken to make the doll. Emmeline is also able to crochet and knit, so she is using her skills to inspire others to make a yarn doll of their own.
Liberty 5th and 6th grade students participated in Open Mic night at Bourbonnais Public Library. Mrs Edmonson was instrumental in the organization of the event. Those in attendance had a fun night with original and famous poetry, stories, and jokes. Many families came and listened to their children read aloud and deliver performances. Even a few siblings joined in on the fun!
The 5th Grade Math Team competed in their first competition of the year! They were amazing! They LOVE MATH!
6th Grade Girls Volleyball Camp ($15)
November 4th 4:00-5:30 pm
BBCHS North Gym
Attention 6th Grade Parents: Signs of Suicide Prevention Programs
Build it and they will come.... Liberty PE Classes are building hula huts to develop problem solving and team building skills.
Red Ribbon Week Spirit: Mrs. Coughenour's class Teaming Up Against Drugs and Mrs. Regas' class pledging to Keep Their Hands Off Drugs.
Liberty students show off some of their art skills by creating designs to paint on the wall inside the PRIDE Room.
Students in 6th grade are working in small groups to find textual evidence from their novel Bud, not Buddy. It's incredible to come down the hallway on various days and see them strewn about engaged in learning.
Students in Mrs. Edmonson’s class engage in a Socratic Seminar. In a Socratic Seminar activity, students help one another understand the ideas, issues, and values reflected in a text through a group discussion format. Students are responsible for facilitating their group discussion around the ideas in the text.
2018 6th Grade Boys Basketball: Congratulations to the newest members of the Liberty Tigers basketball team.
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Practices will begin Thursday October 11th
10/11 (Thursday): 3-5pm
10/12 (Friday): 3-5pm, Parent meeting at 5pm
10/13 (Saturday): 8-10am
*We will practice each day after school from 3-5pm (4:30pm)*
**We will only practice the first Saturday of the season, 10/13**
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Final Notice! 5th Grade Parents: Camp T permission slips are due TOMORROW (10/10/18). If you have not done so, please send your completed forms in with your student tomorrow. If you have any questions, please contact your Camp T sponsors Mrs. Coughenour or Mr. Ruberry.
Happy Custodians Day! Liberty staff and students thank you for keeping our building beautiful! Tom, Randy, and Henry... you’re Incredible!
Last year, 5th grade students at Liberty in Mrs. Laskey's and Mrs. Wilkie's science classes have benefited from the ESP Energy grant. The Energizing Student Potential Program is designed to infuse energy into the STEM classroom. The STEM project was centered around hydroponics. The students grew plants from seeds in water. While the hydroponic system was successful, we never saw vegetables. Students took home the plants and these two girls returned this fall with the fruits of our labor. ESP is sponsored by: The Exelon Foundation, ComEd, Pepco, Nicor Gas, Peoples and North Shore Gas, and BP.
Camp T Parent Meeting
When: Tonight, Monday September 24th @ 6:00PM Where: Liberty Multi-Purpose Room
Who: 5th grade parents
Attention 5th Grade Parents: Camp T- Parent Meeting Change
The parent meeting will take place in the Liberty Multi-Purpose Room on September 24th @ 6:00 PM. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Coughenuor or Mr. Ruberry.
Learning Stinks Sometimes...6th grade Science Potato Lab. One potato was touched with dirty hands, one with sanitized hands, and one touched with hands washed with soap and water. The soap potato was not much change, hand sanitizer had bacteria, and dirty potatoes were smelly and full of bacteria...eww!
2018 Liberty Boys Basketball Tryouts
(6th Grade)
Tuesday, October 9th 3-5:30pm
Wednesday, October 10th 3-5:30pm
** Athletes need to be present both days **
*Multi-sport athletes are encouraged, but Liberty Basketball will take priority over other sports**
In order to tryout you must:
1) Turn in a signed insurance waiver form which you can be picked up in the PE and/or Main office.
2) Must have an up-to-date physical on file with the school. A physical is good for one year from its date.
**Please fill out the google registration form below prior to tryouts**
https://goo.gl/forms/Tn7NrbRxr4b5ED2o1
Practices start Thursday October 11th, a schedule can be found online. There will be a MANDATORY parent meeting Friday October 13th after practice from 5-5:30pm
***Tryouts and practices are closed.***
Liberty Basketball Website with information: https://sites.google.com/besd53.org/liberty-basketball/home
Coach Arlis
arlisp@besd53.org
(815) 929-5265
Coach Chamernik
chamernikd@besd53.org
(815) 929-5066