Important Dates
Friday, October 5--Parent Coffee at 8 am to meet new Principal
Monday, October 8-No School for students
Thursday, October 11--Parent Coffee at 8 am to meet new Principal
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Liberty’s 2018-2019 School Musical:
Audition Information Workshops: Thursday, Sept. 27, after school, Lecture Hall
Auditions: Thursday, Oct. 11, and Friday, Oct. 12, after school, Lecture Hall
Performances: April 2 (3:30 PM) and April 4, 5, 6 (7:00 PM)
For more information, contact Ms. Jody Scott, LMS Theatre Director, djscott@fcps.edu.
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7th Grade MWEE (Meaningful Watershed Education Experience) Field Investigation Trip
Seventh grade students will be participating in a MWEE Field Investigation Trip on October 2, 3, 4, or 5 through their science classes. Students will spend the day (rain or shine) at Burke Lake Park assessing the health of the local watershed. Want to spend the day with us? Chaperones are needed to make the field experience a success. No science experience is needed! Chaperone time frame is approximately 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM. If you are able to chaperone, please contact your student’s science teacher.
Anti-Bullying Lessons
7th and 8th grade Anti-bullying
lessons are being presented through science classes beginning September 17
through October 15, 2018. The
presentations are focus on the appropriateness of Digital Citizenship with
reminders of the “Do’s and Don’ts of what to do in situations of Bullying and
Harassment. We encourage you to discuss
with your child what they learned during this lesson.
Volunteers
Needed for Book Fair
We’re gathering volunteers to help out at our
upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. Please take a moment to view our sign-ups
to see in what way you can help out. You can sign up through Sign-Up
Genius here, or you can email Tricia Lude at pklude@fcps.edu.
We really need the most help setting up on October 19th during the
hours of 8 AM to 2 PM and during take down from noon to 2PM on Friday, the 26th.
Any amount of time you can help would be appreciated.
Career Day at Liberty
We invite you to join us for
Career Day on Wednesday, November 7th to share your work experience
and career path with our 8th grade students. Please click the
link to let us know that you can participate and to provide some brief
information about the work you do. If you have any questions, please
contact Scott Steele at srsteele@fcps.edu.
Furniture Needed
If you happen to have some gently used and lovely living room furniture, our Family and Counselor Science area is in need of some updated items. Contact Janet Powers (via the main office) to see if your items might be a good fit for our needs!
Family and Community Engagement Conference
In a new effort to welcome and encourage all families throughout Fairfax
County to become active participants in their school community. The Council PTA
and Fairfax County Public Schools are hosting F.A.C.E.ing the Future
Together Conference. It will held on
October 20, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM at Thomas Jefferson for Science and
Technology. For additional and registration information please click this link
World Languages Credit Exam
The 2018 Credit Exam for World Languages will be administered November 6th, 7th and 8th. Twenty-nine languages will be included: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali/Bangla, Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit/Samskritam, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog/Pilipino, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinia, Turkish, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Registration opens Monday, September 10, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. Late registrations will not be accepted. For Greek, Portuguese and Turkish exams please contact your student’s school counselor. Credit exam information can be accessed at this link.
Free and Reduced-Price Meal Regulations
Parents are required to complete a new application annually. Free and reduced price meal eligibility carry-over of the prior year extends through the 30th operating day of the new school year and provides eligible students meals based on the status of the previous June. This provides parents adequate time to reapply for continued free and reduced-price meal coverage. Parents should be sure to have this year’s application submitted by October 1, 2018. Click the following link for more information and to apply online.
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