Liberty Elementary School Eagle Info
November 30, 2018
RECOGNITIONS:
Thank you to each of you who donated items for the annual PTA Dressed to Learn campaign assisting LISD students in need! Thank you to each of you who have adopted an Angel to help those less fortunate in our school district community!
Thank you to our recent WATCH D.O.G. volunteer Mark Bigelow!
Thank you to Stephanie Powell for all of her work on the PTA Directory and PTA Membership for this school year! Thank you to Sherriee Cole for her coordination of the PTA student birthday celebrations! Thank you to the fifth grade field trip chaperones to the Dallas Arboretum! Thank you to the Kindergarten field trip chaperones to the Crayola Experience! Thank you to each of you who attended Costa Vida and to Chrissy Clark for her coordination of restaurant days!
NOTIFICATION:
NEW 2018-2019 Attendance Policy: The district will accept no more than eight (8) parent/guardian notes in a school year to excuse an illness, personal, or pre-approved absence. No more than six (6) notes may be used in a semester. Any additional absences will require a note from a health care provider or documentation of an absence exempt from compulsory attendance, in order to be excused.
ACTION INFORMATION:
Be sure to vote for the 2019-2020 LISD Academic Calendar at lisd.net.
The annual LISD student transfer window is open for all families until TODAY. Go to lisd.net for more information.
Please be sure to keep clear the accessible crosswalk on the west side of Liberty where dismissal for grades second through fifth takes place as it is an actively utilized crosswalk by a student and parent who needs it at that time. Thank you.
Submit your reservation form and payment for Pancakes with Santa no later than Wednesday, December 5, to the main office.
Our annual Angel Tree gift tags are located on the main office door display tree. Simply select an ornament of your choice and sign your name beside the Angel number you select on the roster in the main office. Feel free to choose a tag of items that you would like to provide and bring your items in gift bags with the Angel attached to the outside to the main office by Wednesday, December 12. Thank you to those of you who can help and to counselor Marinell Clark for coordinating the effort.
If your student is in one of the following Liberty organizations, please note the taking of our official group pictures on Wednesday, December 12. Each student will receive an order sheet on Monday, December 10. So that you may plan ahead, each group picture will cost $13.00 with form and payment due at the time of the picture.
EVENTS:
Fifth grade students will attend a Fine Arts showcase at McKamy or an Exploration session at Shadow Ridge on Tuesday, December 4, from 9:00am to 11:30am.
The Student Council School Pride Committee will meet from 3:00pm to 4:00pm on Tuesday, December 4.
We will conduct our monthly evacuation drill on Wednesday, December 5, during the school day.
The Liberty Eagle Choir will take its annual tour of senior care facilities on Wednesday, December 5, from 3:30pm to 4:30pm to Avanti and The Oaks.
The annual PTA Board and Chairpersons holiday social will be Thursday, December 6, at 6:00pm.
The Friday, December 7, spirit theme is Pajamas Day with everyone wearing school appropriate pajamas.
Our Liberty Belles will perform at halftime of the FMHS girls basketball game on Friday, December 7, around 7:00pm.
A display of Liberty students artwork will open at Point Bank on Monday, December 10.
The annual Liberty Spelling Bee will be held in the cafeteria on Tuesday, December 11, at 8:00am.
Liberty student group picture and student individual retake pictures will take place Wednesday, December 12.
The monthly PTA student birthday celebrations will be held during the lunches on Thursday, December 13.
The spirit day Friday, December 14, will be Holiday with everyone encouraged to dress in ugly sweaters, antlers, jingle bells, holiday themed shirts, etc.
The Student Council School Pride Committee will have a one day collection of donations to benefit the victims of the recent wildfires in California before school at the apex on Friday, December 14. Donations of any amount are welcomed.
Ho Ho Ho! Santa is back! Save the date December 15, from 8:00am to 11:00am. Skip the lines at the mall and come take your picture with jolly ole St. Nick. Join us for Pancakes with Santa where you can enjoy breakfast with Santa and your Liberty friends.
The Liberty Belles holiday party will be Monday, December 15, in room 502 from 11:001m to 12:00pm.
The Liberty Belles will have a clinic from 12:00pm to 6:00pm Saturday, December 15, in the gym.
The Student Council appreciation event will be held Tuesday, December 18, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
Grade level classroom holiday parties will be held Wednesday, December 19, according to the schedule on the printed calendar and Liberty website calendar.
Please join us for the midyear PTA membership meeting at 6:30pm in the Jack and Donna Clark Auditorium at FMHS on Thursday, December 20. Attendance at the meeting will secure you a great seat for the holiday concert!
Our entire community is invited to attend an All School Holiday Concert featuring every student at Liberty and a surprise visit from Santa on Thursday, December 20, at 7:00pm in the Jack and Donna Clark Auditorium at FMHS.
On Friday, December 21, we will have Reindeer Games during enrichment classes, mark the end of the second nine weeks of school, and celebrate early release for students at 11:45am and Discovery Academy students by 3:30pm.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The December newsletter from our school nurse Regina Miller: https://www.smore.com/pe5ba
Please drive safely at all times while on our campus. Do not cut in front of others, please stay in line, park in appropriate spaces, etc. This includes picking up from after school activities and ESD.
PTA Directories and membership cards were distributed this week to paid members.
The storage POD container in the west parking lot is only temporary and is being utilized by UPS for the busy delivery season.
The last Eagle Folder distribution prior to winter break will be Tuesday, December 18. All items will need to be submitted for inclusion by noon Thursday, December 13, to the main office.
If you are planning to present items and gifts of appreciation to staff members prior to break (which are greatly appreciated), please do so by Wednesday, December 19, as the staff has been asked to clean up and prepare their areas for winter break by then. As stated earlier, the staff is welcomed to leave early Friday and we want to help them to do so.
In order to best meet any needs prior to break and to allow all of us an opportunity to spend uninterrupted time with family and friends, please wrap up any communication between school and home by noon Thursday, December 20. Thank you.
