The Liberty Ledger
Providing students and parents with the important updates and report of events happening at LMS.
- Monday, January 22 - The Scripps National Spelling Bee Written Test
- Wednesday, January 24 – LMS Curriculum Night for rising 7th and rising 8th grade parents
- Thursday January 25 - End of the Quarter and Early Release
- Friday, January 26 - School Closed (Teacher Workday)
LMS Curriculum Night for Rising 7th Grade and Rising 8th Grade Parents
Rescheduled for now date: January 24, 2024
You are invited to join us for our Curriculum Night on Wednesday, January 24th. This is a great opportunity to learn about course offerings and the course selection process as students prepare to select classes for the 2024-2025 school year.
Liberty PTA
Thank you for attending our January meeting. We extend a special thanks to our presenters, Dawn Browder, and Sean and Afrodita Foster, for their valuable contribution. Liberty's work towards creating awareness about opioid abuse and helping our students and families is vital. Please keep an eye out for more amazing presentations in the future.
Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee competition is coming up. The first round of the competition will be a written test held on January 22nd, 2024. The finalists from the written test will then advance to Liberty's Final competition, which will be held during the last week of January 2024. The final oral competition will be at 6:00 p.m. on January 31st. The winner will advance to the Fairfax County Spelling Bee and represent Liberty MS with a chance to advance to the National round.
Interested in helping? Follow the link to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B45A4AE2FA4F58-47006723-liberty#/
Spelling Bee Final Prizes:
Winners will receive the following prizes:
- 6th to 10th place: a certificate, a small gift, and a $10 gift card
- 4th and 5th place: a certificate, a small gift, and a $15 gift card
- 3rd place: a certificate, a small gift, and a $20 gift card
- 2nd place: a certificate, a small gift, a $30 gift card, and an extra encyclopedia subscription (for early bird registration)
- 1st place: a certificate, a small gift, a $75 gift card, and an extra encyclopedia subscription (for early bird registration)
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Annual Liberty MS vs. Stone MS Basketball Game!
The Liberty Basketball Game against Stone Middle School is scheduled for February 9th, 2024. This is our biggest fundraiser event that helps us raise funds for the 8th Grade End of The Year Celebration.
How can you support this event?
Check back here next week for our Sign-up Genius for volunteers and donations.
Valentine's Day Candy Grams
Valentine's Day Candy Grams will be sold during lunches February 7th-9th. Purchased Candy Grams will be delivered during Unity Time during the week of February 12th. Sales from Candy Grams help support programs for students at Liberty. Sign-up will be going out soon for candy donations and volunteers.
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Track and Field season will begin soon at Liberty Middle School
- Interest Meeting for Students – Wednesday, January 31st during Unity Time
- Practices will begin on February 21st and will be held A Block on Mondays and Wednesdays.
- Track and Field Meets will be on Saturdays starting on April 13th on high school tracks.
- All participants must have a current physical form submitted for the 23-24 school year before they begin practice.
- All participants must have health insurance. Health insurance for students is available at reasonable cost through K & K Student Accident Insurance.
- Families must complete the Participant Registration Form that includes concussion education and permissions. Last day to register and join Track will be mid-March so don’t delay.
Taren Suraci (tasuraci@fcps.edu) is returning as our Athletic Coordinator and Emilia Rastrick (erastrick@fcps.edu), Liberty PE teacher, will be head coach of our track team. We are looking for coaches with experience in track events. These are paid staff positions. If you have experience and would like to support our program at Liberty, please contact Sandra Donlon at sldonlon@fcps.edu.
MEET AND GREET WITH THE THEATRE CENTREVILLE PROGRAM
The Theatre Arts Department at Centreville High School and Theatre Centreville invite current 8th grade students and their families from Liberty Middle School and Rocky Run Middle School to join us to learn about the Theatre Arts classes, Technical Theatre Arts classes, after school productions and theatre clubs. Talk with current students, take a tour of the theatre spaces, and meet the Theatre Arts director.
Pizza will be provided free of charge and each family that attends this meet and greet will receive two free tickets to the Theatre Centreville Presents Winter Production, CVHS Night Live! A Night of Sketch Comedy.
Please fill out the google form to reserve your spot for this event:
https://forms.gle/EPKvVEYwD5iNtqNJ6
Scholastic Book Fair:
Dear Parents and Families:
Get ready! This year's Book Fair is going to be epic! We've turned up the
volume with more fun, more choices and more excitement, so kids will
arrive curious and leave bolder, prouder, and stronger than ever before.
Here's what you need to know about our upcoming fair:
■ Every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly
■ You can sign up for Book Fair eWallet, a convenient digital
payment account, so your child can shop the Fair cash-free.
Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to the
eWallet to help build your home library.
■ We will not accept $100 bills on purchases if the total
purchase price is less than $75.00.
Save these dates and view our school’s Fair site:
Fair Dates: FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 – FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
Evening Event: January 17th from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Book Fair Homepage:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/libertymiddleschool7
We can’t wait to see your child at the Fair!
Margaret Wickham
Liberty’s Book Fair Chair & Librarian
mpwickham@fcps.edu
Order your 2024 yearbook today!
Take advantage of the sale price of $20.00 until January 1, 2024. After January 1st, the yearbook price will increase to $25.00 through the end of April, or until supplies run out.
Payments/preorders can be submitted through MySchoolBucks school store. Please select “School Store” and select the item you would like to purchase (i.e Yearbook 23-24)”.
Attendance:
Regular attendance can help students be successful in the classroom, graduate on time, and achieve their life goals. If students miss too much school, school staff may contact families to work with them to support improved attendance. Visit our website for more attendance resources. Over the next few weeks Liberty Middle School will be sending out 'State of Attendance Letters' for all students. The purpose of these letters is for awareness. We feel it is incredibly important for all students to be at Liberty Middle as much as possible. If you have any questions please reach out to Adam Erbrecht at AWErbrecht@fcps.edu
TALKING POINTS
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The Office of ESOL Services continues to support the use of the enhanced version of TalkingPoints, a multilingual text-messaging service. This service is available to all FCPS schools and sites. The enhanced version provides:
- 2-way text messaging service, translated into 125+ languages
- Training for all stakeholders: staff, school leadership, families, and district leadership
- A school-wide analytics dashboard that allows school leaders to track usage
Join us for one of the following refresher sessions on how to use TalkingPoints to build meaningful partnerships with families that support student success. Please join via the Zoom links included below:
- Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Liberty Library Makerspace:
Our library makerspace could use a restock on items that students use often! Here are some of the items that we need:
- Crayola crayons (16-count)
- Crayola markers
- Duct tape
- Glue sticks
- Bottles of glue
- Masking tape
- Ballpoint pens
- Scotch tape
Feel free to reach out to our Liberty librarian, Maggie Wickham, with any questions: mpwickham@fcps.edu. All donations can be brought to the main office or brought directly to the library.
Thank you for your support!
Attendance FYI:
As students transition to middle school, one aspect that can sometimes be confusing is that each period has its own attendance. If a student arrives to school after 1st Period, their attendance will show an absence from all class periods they missed entirely and a tardy to the period they arrived during. They will not receive an all-day absence unless they were absent from all class periods.
To avoid receiving an automated attendance call, please submit the Attendance Form, or call our 24/7 attendance line at 703-988-8181 to report your student’s absence, late arrival, or early dismissal before 8:00 a.m. (i.e. before the end of 1st Period).
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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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
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