Liberty Intermediate

Liberty- Camp T Group M-W is in route. We are expected to arrive on time at 2pm. Please remember, students and chaperones will be let off at the bus garage, and you can head straight home from the bus garage. Group W-F has arrived safely and have started their fun!

Liberty Math Team- Math Team will be competing with Bishop Mac tonight. Bus 7 will get the team at Liberty and bring them to BUGC right after school. The match is at 4pm. At about 3:30pm students will brought to Bishop Mac and should be back at BUGC to be picked up at about 7pm. Thank you!

Liberty - Returning student form Parents, a form is going home with your child this week. Please fill it out and return it with your student by March 13th. If you did it on Skyward already, thank you! This letter is to let us know if your student will be returning to Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 next year. There is going to be a new registration process. Please call Liberty main office, if you have any questions. Thanks!

Liberty parents who have students going to camp next week - IMPORTANT! Drop off and Pick up procedures for Camp Tecumseh Due to construction and the lack of parking at Liberty, we are forced to make some changes to these procedures. Students need to be dropped off and chaperones need to arrive in the MPR(multi-purpose room) at Liberty by 8:00am. Procedures for chaperones and their student(s): The procedure for drop off is: 1. Parents will park at Liberty and then bring in all luggage to their table in the MPR as discussed in the chaperone meeting. (tables will be marked with the homeroom teacher) 2. Parents will bring their cars to the bus garage and will be shuttled back to Liberty. The bus garage is located southeast of the building. You can access the road to the bus garage by using the gravel road on the east side of the parking lot. Then travel south to the bus garage. Please park along the north side of the lot or the far east side of the lot. The procedure for pick up is: 1. Buses are due to return at 2pm. Buses will go directly to the bus garage where students and chaperones will be dropped off and can leave from there. Procedures for parents that are just dropping off and picking up their child who are attending Camp T: 1. Students are to have everything they need for camp. (Don't forget a sack lunch for when you arrive to camp on day 1) 2. Students will be bused to camp and are expected to return by 2pm. Updates will be made on Facebook, the web page, and through the BESD 53 app detailing the return time back at the bus garage. 3. Pick up for students will be at the bus garage and parents may leave from the bus garage to go home. It is not necessary to come back to Liberty. If you have any questions regarding this procedure, please feel free to call the Liberty office. Thank you!

Liberty - Student Council There is a student council meeting in Mr. Elroy's room on Thursday, March 5th at 7am.

Liberty - Intramural Basketball-- 5th Grade Boys and Girls The program is open to all 5th grade boys and girls. It will be an opportunity to work on the fundamentals and have fun. During the program we will spend time performing ball handling, dribbling, passing, and shooting drills. Towards the end of the program we will be playing games. There are no cuts and everyone plays equal time. Where: Liberty Intermediate School Gym When: Two days a week from Monday-Thursday, after school from 2:45pm to 4:15pm. There will be two groups: Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday. Date: March 16-April 14th (3 weeks) Equipment: Wear PE shoes, students can change into athletic clothing, if they choose. Cost: FREE Students can get a permission slip from the main office. The slip will have the exact dates of the program and parents can choose which one. Permission slips must be turned into Mrs. McKenzie by March 11th. Parents will have to pick up their students at 4:15pm

Liberty - There will not be any RTI next week. The week of 3/9/2020. This is due to it being Camp Tecumseh week. Thank you!

Liberty staff enjoyed participating in some drums alive with Mr. Chamernik

Liberty - These are the 2021 Rebecca Caudill titles the library will have for all Liberty students. Huge thank you to the PTA for helping us buy books and participate in the 2021 Rebecca Caudill Awards. Respectfully, Eileen Boucher

Liberty Track - All 6th grade students interested in trying out for track need to reply to their email that was sent from Mr. Chamernik. All students trying out for track must have an up to date physical and a signed insurance waiver turned into the office prior to the first tryout date. The first try out date for 6th grade is Tuesday, March 10th at BUGC from 3pm to 4pm. Students will take the activity / shuttle buses to BUGC. Girls will ride bus 1 and boys will ride bus 7. Any questions can be emailed to Coach Chamernik at chamernikd@besd53.org

Liberty - Boys Robotics Liberty Boys robotic club is taking application at this time. Students can pick up an application in Mrs. Laskey or Mrs. Riegels room to try out on March 17th from 2:45pm to 3:45pm. To try out, applications must be turned by March 12th. Students have an email with more details.

Students in Mrs. Lyle's science class participated in a program called Skype a Scientist. Students were able to interact with a scientist who studies microscopic ecosystems in Antarctica. The scientist shared pictures from her trips to Antarctica, discussed how she became interested in her work, and also shared information about how they conduct research in small ecosystems formed beneath the surface of Antarctic glaciers.

Liberty - Camp T parents, this is the working link for camp T. You will find the dates of the trip and what to bring and what not to bring. If you hover on the Camp Tecumseh drop down, it has all of that information. Thank you! https://www.besd53.org/o/liberty/page/information-with-dates

Liberty Announcement - Camp T mandatory chaperone meeting is March 2nd at 6:30pm. It is located in the MPR at Liberty. Thanks!

Liberty Announcement- Parents are welcome to the Genius minds invention fair being held at Liberty School in the MPR. The following homerooms are scheduled for the following days: Thursday, February 27th 8am-9am Mrs. Coughenour Mrs. Lyle Friday, February 28th 9am-10:30am Mrs. Lohse Mrs. Laskey Mrs. Wilkie We hope to see you there!!!

A big thank you to our local Starbucks on Main St. for donating both coffee and a variety of treats for our staff to enjoy on Valentine's Day!

Liberty 6th grade math team ---- Revision for math team competition today. The competition today vs. Bishop Mac has been cancelled as of 10:33am.

Our 6th grade math team is heading to Bishop Mac today for their competition. We wish them good luck! Go Tigers!!! Details: Bus #7 will bring the math team from Liberty to BUGC at dismissal. The bus will then bring them to Bishop Mac for the competition, then bring them back to BUGC. Students are expected to be done at Bishop Mac at approximately 7-7:30pm. Students will call their parent when they are on their way back to BUGC from Bishop Mac, parents are responsible for picking up their student at BUGC when they return. Mrs. Peterson has mentioned to the students this week that they can bring money for the concession stand at the competition or bring food with them.

Liberty Announcement - It is time to order your yearbook!!!! The deadline to receive orders is this Friday, February 14th. The price is $18 There are a couple of ways to order: 1.Your student was sent home with an order form. Cash/CC/Check or MO (make out to image group) 2. Order online by visiting ImageGroupPhotography.com/schools and use access code b3sd#53. Online ordering is available until midnight on 2/14 **We will have a small amount of extra yearbooks for sale when they are delivered, just please know they sell out very very quickly.

Liberty - Spirit day is this Friday, February 14th. Students are encouraged to celebrate by wearing red and pink.