The Liberty Ledger: September 28, 2022

The Liberty Ledger

Providing students and parents with the important updates and report of events happening at LMS.


Important Dates:

  • Wednesday, October 5th- School Closed (Religious/ Cultural Observance) Liberty Middle School Offices will be closed.
  • Thursday, October 13th- PTA MEETING: Substance Abuse
  • Friday October 21st- Make-up Picture Day

PTA Meeting: Evening with Centreville Pyramid’s Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist

Let’s Talk Vaping and Drugs

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 AT 7 PM at Liberty Middle School Library.

Liberty Middle School’s PTA will be hosting Dawn Brower, Centreville Pyramid’s Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist to talk about current trends in the community. The presentation will go over popular substances with adolescents, vaping, social media concerns, talking to your child(ren) about substances, and how to obtain support if needed.

This presentation IS FOR PARENTS ONLY

 

Please click here for FLYER (ENGLISH)

Please click here for FLYER (SPANISH)


7th Grade Vision and Hearing Testing

7th Grade Vision and Hearing Testing will be on Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13 during P.E. classes. 


Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST)

We will be hosting Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) for their info session for students.

It will be October 12th , in the Library between 2:30pm-3:30pm.

Below are important dates for Families and the link to their website for contact and other important information.

Website Link: www.fcps.edu/tjadmissions

Student Services Blurb

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener

​​​​​​Liberty Middle School students will take the screener during their Unity Time advisory period on Tuesday November 1st (make-up: Thursday November 3rd). If you do not want your student to take part in the SEL screener, please return the attached opt-out form to the Student Services office or complete the opt-out via your SIS ParentVUE account by Friday October 21st.

More information, including a short video about the SEL screener in FCPS and the screener questions, can be found on the SEL Screener webpage (https://www.fcps.edu/node/43892). Please contact your student's school counselor or the school's test coordinator with questions.

 

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener OPT OUT  FORM

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Make-up Pictures!

Make-up Picture Day is scheduled for Friday, October 21st.

Parents can contact the photographer directly at underclass@vosphoto.com with questions.  If it is a school-based question, please email Sarah Letina at scletina@fcps.edu


World Language Credit Exam

Is your student fluent in a language other than English? Can they write proficiently in that language? If it is one of the 30 languages listed below, consider registering your student for the World Languages Credit Exam! This exam could help your student potentially earn World Language credits for their high school diploma.

The 2022 World Language Credit Exam will be administered on the following dates:

Thirty languages will be included: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese

 

Registration opens on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 8:00am and closes on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 4:00pm. Late Registration will not be accepted.

 

Please contact your student’s school counselor to register for the exam.

 

Credit exam information can be accessed at:

 https://www.fcps.edu/index.php/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/world-languages/credit-exam-world-languages 


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Superintendent Community Conversations

Dr. Michelle Reid is hosting Community Conversations across the division to get to know our communities. Each Community Conversation will be held in person, allowing Dr. Reid an opportunity to better connect with participants. Our pyramid date and Registration information for families and employees is listed below. If you are unable to attend our pyramid's event, please consider attending another one. We look forward to seeing you!

The event will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Centreville High School, 6001 Union Mill Rd, Clifton, VA 20124. 

Superintendent Community Conversations RSVP Link!

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Liberty PTA News: 

Support

We need your help!

Open Positions: VP of Membership, Library Volunteers, Family Resource Volunteers, Supply Drive Leads, Teacher Appreciation committee, Concession Leads.

Big or small, all help is appreciated. 

 

Our First Restaurant Night 

Chipotle Fundraiser for Liberty Middle School PTA

10/04/2022

5:00pm-9:00pm

6317 Multiplex Dr Ste A, Centreville, VA 20121-5327

 

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Join the PTA CLICK HERE 

Spirit Wear CLICK HERE

PTA Website CLICK HERE

 

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CVHS Wildcat Athletic Boosters:

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Liberty Korean Family Liaison:

My name is Jinyoon Bae and I am a Korean Family Liaison at Liberty. I am excited and enthusiastic about the road ahead to build Korean family engagement at Liberty for this year again. If you would like to receive newsletters in Korean with updates of important dates and events happening in Liberty, please click the link ( Form for Korean Family Email Addresses ) and fill out the quick form. For those who complete the form, I will be sending out emails in Korean once a month regularly and once there are important updates and events in Liberty. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

 

리버티 한국 가족 여러분안녕하세요저는 리버티 중학교의 한국가족 연락인 배진윤입니다.  리버티 중학교에서 여러분과 함께 하게 되어 반갑습니다작년에 이어 올해도 매달 한번 혹은 두번 한국어로  뉴스레터가 제공될 예정입니다한국어 뉴스레터의 수신을 원하시는 가족분들은  링크 (한국 가족 이메일 주소 작성 양식 이메일 주소를 제공해 주시면 감사하겠습니다다른 궁금한 사항은 다음의  연락처로 문의주시기 바랍니다.

 

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jbae@fcps.edu

703-988-8234(사무실 - 학교 가족자료실)

571-314-1551(휴대폰)


Free and Reduced-Price Meals: 

Learn more about the criteria and process to apply for free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch.

If you have children eligible for the federal Free and Reduced-Price Meals program, they may also be eligible to participate in other Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) fee-based programs without paying a fee or by paying a reduced fee (e.g classes with a student fee).

To learn more and apply online click here : Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FRM) | Fairfax County Public Schools (fcps.edu)

The free and reduced-price meals application also includes a section where you provide consent to share information allowing FCPS staff (School Principal, school counselors and other FCPS program staff) to share information about your children's meal eligibility status.

Information received by FCPS staff will only be used for the purposes described in the application.


Liberty Food and Clothing Pantry:

Many of you probably know that we have a food and clothing pantry at Liberty MS.  We use this area for numerous different needs for families and students.  If you would like to donate, the items needed are below.

Click here for a list of food and items we will need for our pantry!


Food Resources from FCPS:

For the most up to date information on meal distribution locations and schedule, please click the link below!

FCPS Meal Distribution

Meal Distribution

Questions or Concerns?

If you have any questions regarding resources like food and family assistance, please contact Angie Huber, School Social Worker at aahuber@fcps.edu

Or visit our Social Worker Page HERE

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LMS Administrative Team

Admin team

Principal: Adam Erbrecht  |  AWErbrecht@fcps.edu

Assistant Principal: Gregory Hall |  GHall3@fcps.edu 

Assistant Principal: Jennifer Filsinger | JLFilsinger@fcps.edu

Assistant Principal: Sarah Letina |  SCLetina@fcps.edu

Director of Student Services: Renee Pete |  ERPete@fcps.edu

After-School Program Specialist: Sandy Donlon | SLDonlon@fcps.edu

L-R Sandy Donlon, Jennifer Filsinger, Adam Erbrecht, Greg Hall, Sarah Letina, Renee Pete