Daily Announcements
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
***Spring Pictures are due in the Main Office. Please drop your pictures or money for your pictures in the BLUE portrait box.
Tutoring is offered after school from 3:10 – 4:15pm, Monday through Thursday. Students must sign up in the office before 1:00. Students should meet teachers in the hallway outside the Media Center. Bring your agenda with all assignments written down and all materials needed to work on assignments.
Students when you are out due to illness and your parent will be calling in your absence – please be sure to have your parents request your homework at the time of reporting your absence. Homework is not automatically given just because you are absent.
Washington D.C. – Please plan on attending the Washington D.C. Parent Meeting, March 25th, 6:30PM, Liberty Middle School Auditorium. If you cannot attend, please email Sallie Clark at www.sclark@ecusd7.org.
Rockin' for Relay – 6th,7th, 8th grade - join us for the Rockin' for Relay Dance on Friday, March 19th from 7-9pm, cost is $5.00. Tickets may be purchased during lunch periods. This dance will benefit the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon chapter for Relay for Life.
Friends of Kids with Cancer Hat Day-This week, students will be selling stickers during lunch to benefit Friend of Kids with Cancer. Students may purchase these stickers for $1.00 and wear a hat next Friday. Also, there will be a contest during lunch to judge the craziest hat and biggest hat. Winners will receive a “head of the lunch line pass” and free ice cream for a week. All students are encouraged to join in the fun and help raise money for this great cause.
G.O./F.I.T. Team Leader Outdoor Adventures- G.O. and F.I.T. Team Leaders interested in attending this year’s leadership trip to the Eagle Crest Outdoor Challenge Course should turn in all paperwork to Mr. Tschudy in the Prevention Office. There are limited slots available, so please turn in your forms as soon as possible.
Pizza
Party Meeting-
There will be a F.I.T. Pizza party TOMORROW during lunch in the auditorium.
Students that pay $3.00 will receive 3 slices of pizza, soda, and chips. ALL F.I.T. members are welcome to bring their lunch and attend the meeting for
free. Agenda items include: Friends of Kids with Cancer Hat Day, Team Leader
Trips, the 2010-2011 School Theme, and more.
After School Volunteering- Students interested in providing childcare Tomorrow Afternoon at the LeClaire Market Day from 4:00-6:00 p.m. should sign up in the Prevention Office.
Liberty Panther 8th grade Volleyball - We would like to wish the Lady Panthers the Best of Luck as they depart for Bloomington this afternoon for the Class 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP match. The Panthers with a record 24-2 will face the undefeated Normal Parkside Pythons with a record of 23 and 0.
On behalf of the Edwardsville School District, Liberty Middle School, your parents and Coaches, we wish you the best of luck tonight. Bring home the State Championship!!
Congratulations to the 8th Grade Lady Panthers who beat Southwestern last night in the Sectional Championship! The Lady Panthers will now advance to the State Tournament this weekend in Clinton!!
Ecology Club – we will be meeting tomorrow, Thursday, March 18th, from 3-4 in room E105 for popcorn and a movie.
Computer Club – meeting is cancelled for today.
Scholar Bowl – Liberty’s Scholar Bowl teams played their first home matches last night. Girard Middle School and Lincoln Middle School visited but left without wins. The varsity team defeated both Girard and Lincoln using the mercy rule yet again. These were the fifth and sixth times in a row the varsity team has scored in excess of 300 points. The JV team easily won their tow matches as well. One of their wins included their first ever 300 point game. The JV squad has a season record of 9-1 while the varsity team remains perfect at 10-0.
Spelling Bee - Congratulations to Emma Ash, Erin Bailey, Wes Schoenthal, Hannah McLaughlin, and Eric Gray for their participation in the District-wide Spelling Bee last night. Erin Bailey placed 2nd in the District-wide Spelling Bee!
St. Jude’s Research Hospital Fundraiser – the ice cream sundae party for the St. Jude’s Research Hospital fundraiser has been moved to Wednesday, March 24th during 6th grade lunch.
Intramural Tennis – Any student who is interested in
playing intramural tennis this spring, please pick up an informational packet,
fill out the attached forms, and sign up with Mrs. Padgett in the main office.
Practice starts the week of April 5.
Indoor Field Hockey – information has ARRIVED!!! Please see Miss Harris in E108 during your activity period or passing period to get information.
Intramural Golf – starts Monday, April 5th after Spring Break. You must have a current physical on file with Nurse Kim. Sign up outside Room C113 and pick up the athletics medial release form. Turn in the release form to Mrs. LaBoube by April 5th.
GEMS Conference – The GEMS Conference brings 6th-8th grade girls, parents, teachers, community leaders, and professional women together in an effort to increase young women’s knowledge and awareness of math, science, and technology careers in a fun, hands-on setting. Saturday, March 20th, 8:00am – 1:00pm, Mc Pick Complex, Lewis & Clark Community College. Cost $15.00. If questions, please see Peggy Emling in C118.
AMAZON RAINFOREST ADVENTURE 2010 – Join Bev Schaake, Science Educator, on her final expedition to the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. The Missouri Botanical Garden has called this area one of the most diverse biomes on Earth. This is truly the adventure of a lifetime! All ages welcome. If questions, please email Mrs. Schaake at bschaake@ecusd7.org.
Check Cashing Policy
Neither the Main Office nor the Cafeteria has funds available for cashing checks for students. Students should bring separate checks for payment of lunches, PE uniforms, Activity Fees, FIT and/or Team collections. If you have any questions, you may contact our bookkeeper, Mary Emerick, in the Main Office. Thank You for your cooperation.
Pick Up and Drop Off
IF you pick up or drop off your student at school, please use the north side of the building. This is the designated pick up drop off area.
Security Measures
In an effort to keep our school safe, any visitor to our school needs to show photo I.D. when entering the building. Please be aware of this security measure. Also, once school begins for the day, all doors entering our building are locked with the exception of the main door. This is the door you must use to enter our building.
Electronic Devices
REMINDER: STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THEIR CELL PHONES ON THE BUSES TO OR FROM SCHOOL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. Please remember that no electronic devices are allowed in school. Cell phones must be kept in lockers. Cell phones taken out during school or that rind during school will be confiscated. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE CELL PHONES I N PURSES OR POCKETS. Even on “vibrate” they are still a distraction in class.
Before School Rules
Please remember that 6th and 7th grade students are to be in the large gym until the bell rings at 8:05. The 8th graders need to have a seat in the Commons until the bell rings at 8:05. NO STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE ANYWHERE IN THE BUILDING, INCLUDING THEIR LOCKERS, UNTIL 8:05. Students who wish to eat breakfast should report the Commons and stay there until the 8:05 bell rings.
Lunch Menu –
Tuesday – Bar B Q Chicken w mac n cheese, broccoli, applesauce, milk, juice
Wednesday – Pasta Bar, cooked carrots, pineapple bits, milk, juice
Thursday – Chicken soft taco, golden corn, mandarin oranges, milk, juice
Friday – Tuna & noodles, sweet peas, apple crisp, milk, juice
ACTIVITY BUSES
Activity buses are available for students needing transportation from after-school activities. There are runs at 4:20 and 5:20 run. The four buses arrive at school at the above mentioned times and leave 10 minutes later at 4:30 & 5:30. Please note that the activity bus drop-off points are not necessarily the same as on the regular after-school runs. Students should go to one of the buses, inform the bus driver of their address, and he/she will tell them which bus to board.
YMCA – Review the Y Procedures
1. Must have a note on file.
2. Must be escorted
3. You may not return to Liberty to ride the activity bus.
YMCA
If you are planning to go to the Y after school, please pay attention to the following rules.
- Parental permission will be required. Students, who want to attend, must have a note from a parent. The note must be turned into the office by 1:00 PM on the day the student is requesting to attend.
- You must be a member of the YMCA to attend.
- The crossing guard will check students off a list prior to escorting them across the street. Students who are not on the approved list will not be allowed to cross to the YMCA.
- Students are not allowed to return to Liberty Middle School when they are finished at the YMCA. They may not come back to ride the 4:30 or 5:30 Activity busses. It will be your parent’s responsibility to provide transportation from the YMCA.
The YMCA will provide a great opportunity for you; however, I am very concerned about the safety of all of our students as they cross the street to attend the Y. These guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure that all students can safely cross Goshen Road.
