Liberty- Choir Concert at BBCHS
Tonight at 7pm is the choir festival at BBCHS. It is a great experience for all students and the talent is pretty amazing. All are welcome!
Our 6th grade choir students will be bused over to BBCHS today at 11:30am for rehearsal. Due to this our 6th grade choir students will be eating lunch at 10:51am.
Liberty - Track Try-outs regarding ALL 6th grade students interested in trying out for track. Students have been instructed by Coach Chamernik to respond to the Google form he sent to their email, if interested. The first try out date for 6th grade is Tuesday, March 9th at BUGC from 2pm to 4:30pm. Students will take the activity/shuttle buses to BUGC. Girls on bus 1 and boys on bus 7. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Chamernik at chamernikd@besd53.org
Special note: ALL students that are trying out for track must have an up to date physical and signed insurance waiver turned into the office prior to the first try out date. The waiver can be found on the schools web page. In the search box on the upper right, please type "insurance waiver" and it will bring it up to print and sign.
Liberty announcement - Camp Tecumseh's registration has been closed since December 20th, 2019. If your child is signed up for camp, as in, the down payment of $41 and monthly payments of $23 to date have been met or the full $110 has been paid, your child is on the list and as long as the final payment plan payment of $23 totally the full fee of $110 is paid by February 24th, your child is good to go. There will be no new registrations accepted. If no monies have been paid to this point, we unfortunately cannot register your student. We have a lot of parents calling to sign up their student and make the first payment. We just want to let everyone know that unless you are on the payment plan that started in December or you have made other arrangements with the office, your student is not registered and will not be able to register. Always feel free to phone the office to check your students registration. 815-929-5000
Liberty - Team Steam tryouts are today after school until 4:15pm. Students can be picked up at the main entrance. Thanks!
Liberty - Wrestling has been cancelled for tonight. All students will be told to take their regular way home. If you would like to give other direction, please call the office before 2:45pm. 815-929-5000
Liberty care closet - The care closet is canceled tonight due to impending weather conditions and advisories. If any family has a need, please reach out to Ms. McGowan or Nurse Monica
Liberty - Our 6th grade math team is heading to Momence 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 Momence for the competition, then bring them back to BUGC. Students are expected to be done in Momence at approximately 7-7:30pm. Students will call their parent when they are on their way back to BUGC from Momence, 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 - Author of Too Much for Human Endurance, Ron Kirkwood, “talked” with Mrs. Rozak’s 5th grade ELA classes today about the Spangler Farm in Gettysburg. They are learning about the Civil War in preparation of their new novel, A River Between Us. We learned so much, and are so thankful that he took the time to bless us with his rich knowledge!
Congrats Brandon on being selected as another Liberty MVP! Brandon was noticed going above and beyond in his DARE classes to support his peers as they were learning about some new topics. He even stayed back on more than one occasion to push in chairs. Way to go Brandon!
Liberty - Friday, January 31st is decade day at Liberty! We encourage Liberty students to dress as their favorite decade!!! Dress codes still apply. We are excited to see which decade you choose. See you tomorrow!
Congrats to William for receiving the MVP office referral. William went above and beyond to help out one of his fellow peers by giving up his own spot in a game so that the other student would get a chance to participate. Great job William!
Liberty- Girls robotics applications are due tomorrow!!!.Please remind students to bring them with them if they are applying. Thanks so much!!
Liberty - All 5th grade parents; all medication authorization forms are due to the nurse by March 2nd, 2020 for camp T. Remember this MUST be done for ALL medications that your child may need at camp. This includes existing medication in the nurse's office. There is a separate form for camp medications (pink). Medication must be in a bottle labeled with current dose and administration directions from pharmacy to be administered. If any forms are needed for camp, pick up in from office at Liberty. Thank you.
Liberty Music - Just a reminder: 5th graders in Explore Music this quarter need to have recorders by this Friday, January 31st. If your child needs to buy one, he or she can bring $7.00 to Mrs. Zastrow by Friday to purchase one at school.
Attention 6th Grade Parents/Guardians: Liberty Intermediate is offering depression awareness and suicide prevention training as a part of the SOS Signs of Suicide® Prevention Program on Friday, January 24th and Tuesday, January 28th. This program will be presented to 6th GRADE ONLY.
Our goals in participating in this program are straightforward:
-To help our students understand that depression is a treatable illness
-To explain that suicide is a preventable tragedy that often occurs as a result of untreated depression
-To provide students training in how to identify serious depression and potential suicidality in themselves or a friend
-To impress upon students that they can help themselves or a friend by taking the simple step of talking to a responsible adult about their concerns
-To help students know whom in the school they can turn to for help if they need it
Parents, please check your email to find more information on this program. You may also check out Elyssa's Mission website which has provided all the materials for this presentation at http://www.elyssasmission.org/
Liberty Intermediate - Tuesday, January 21st
Fingerprints for 5th grade Camp Tecumseh chaperones will be held from 2pm to 5pm today. If you have a balance for the $60 chaperone fee, it must be paid before fingerprints are done.
Checks to be made payable to Liberty
Please be sure to bring your drivers license
District Office 281 W. John Casey Road, Bourbonnais, IL
Liberty Announcement - Parents that are attending Camp Tecumseh as a chaperone are required to have fingerprints taken. We are conducting fingerprints on the following days at District Office:
Thursday, January 16th @ 8am-10:30am
Tuesday, January 21st @ 2pm - 5pm
Bourbonnais District phone app -
Parents, if you haven't done so, please download the district app and choose to receive notifications. This is another great way to find out information. Look for Bourbonnais Elementary BESD 53. Under settings, choose the schools you would like to receive notifications from.
Sign language class - Liberty MPR
There will be a sign language class on Wednesdays at Liberty from 6:15pm to 7:15pm. You may arrive as early as 5:45pm. There is no cost for this and all are welcome.
Tiger Care Closet - 1/8
Tonight from 5 to 7pm at Liberty, we welcome all families to visit our care closet. Whether you are donating or in need, we look forward to seeing you. There is no cost.