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Principal’s Message

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2013-2014 Calendar 1st Quarter Events

Walk-Thru

July 22 - 24, 2013

(see pg 6 for

grade level date &

time)

School Starts

July 30, 2013

(Students attend all

8 classes today)

Back to School

Dance August 2 (7:30 - 11 pm)

Back to School

Night

August 13

Labor Day

No School

September 2

Homecoming

Rally, Parade, &

Game

September 13

Homecoming

Dance

September 14

Honor Roll

Assembly

September 19

Fall Break

September 30 -

October 11

School Back On

October 14

Dear Fellow Lions:

As the school year comes to a close, I would like to take a

moment to thank all those who volunteered their time, money,

and services to Liberty High School. Everyone here is so

appreciative of all of the various booster organizations that

help us provide an excellent education to our students.

Parent and community support is a vital ingredient of our success.

We are grateful for the long hours you put in working snack

bars, driving students, washing cars, baking cookies, hauling equipment, selling tickets, buying

spirit items, and in general going above and beyond the call of duty.

One of the great aspects of Liberty High School is the strong sense of history here.

All of us understand that we walk in pathways that were paved by those who came here

long before us. Our Scholarship Program provides over $100,000 each year to very deserving

seniors. Those funds are donated by parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, business

owners, and alumni from LHS who wish to help the next generation in their transition to

post-secondary life.

In addition, teachers also spend many hours outside of the classroom tutoring students,

attending sporting activities and other extracurricular events, and in evening and weekend study

sessions preparing students for exams. They come in before school to help students who have

missed class for sports or other activities.

Our students themselves have made many donations. Canned food drives, clothing drives,

tutoring, volunteering for local charities, helping at elementary schools, blood drives, raising

money in the memory of classmates who have died, and participating in Relay for Life are all

examples of ways in which our students give back to their community.

We practice charity. We give back to our community. We are neighbors and friends.

We invest in our future. We are a family.

We are Liberty High School.

With Lion Pride,

Patrick M. Walsh Patrick M. Walsh

Principal

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Liberty High School Newsletter

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Achievement Night - May 20th

Reclassification Celebration

Reclassification

Celebration 2

Achievement Night 2

Playmakers Get Ready

for 2013-2014 3

Scholarship Night 3

College & Career

Center 3

11th Annual TLC

Academy 3

Announcing New

Athletic Director 4

Fashion Design

Students

4

Class of 2014

* Senior Events * 4

Summer Reading 4

Student of the Month

May 2013 5

Walk-Thru Date &

Time 6

Academy Name

Center

6

Registrar’s Office 6

ROP Student

Excellence Award 7

School Clothes

Shopping 7

Migrant Education

Students 7

Liberty Sports 8

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE On April 5, 2013 at the Brentwood Community Center, the Liberty Union H.S.

District awarded certificates of Reclassification to 45 Liberty students who

were formerly considered English Learners. In all 101 students from across the

District were honored.

Parents, students, friends, staff and District personnel were in attendance when

each student was recognized for this outstanding achievement. To earn this

award an English Learner must score a level 4 or 5 on the State CELDT test,

must earn C’s or better in all core subjects for the grading period, and must

score a 325 or higher on the Star Test in English Language Arts OR pass the

English Language Arts portion of the CAHSEE. When all of these criteria are

met, a student is reclassified as English fluent and truly bilingual.

After the awards ceremony, those attending enjoyed light refreshments and

took many pictures to commemorate the event. We hope this will be the first

of many such annual celebrations to honor our Reclassified students.

Congratulations to the 255

students who received 361

Achievement Awards for grades

9th - 12th on May 20th. Awards

were given out from fifteen

departments for Most Improved

and Most Outstanding. Other

honors included 20 President

Education Awards from President

Obama, Top 10 students, students

with 4.0 and above , US Maine

Corps Distinguished Athletic

Award, U.S. Marine Corps

Distinguished Musical Excellence

Award, U.S .Army Reserve Award,

U.S. Air Force Math Award,

U.S. Army Reserve Science Award.

Also honored were the Boy’s &

Girl’s State Delegate that represent

Liberty High School.

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The Playmakers Club is pleased to announce its season for the 2013-14 school year. In

September, the club will be producing one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies, The Taming

of the Shrew. Over forty students auditioned for the coveted 30 roles. You don't want to

miss out on the fun. In February and March, you won't want to miss Shrek, the Musical,

based on the first movie featuring the lovable ogre. Additionally, you can count on some

traditional favorites to grace the Liberty stage:

A Christmas Story, the Senior Play, student-directed One-Acts and more. To keep up to date with what we are doing:

subscribe to get e-alerts when we update our website - http://libertyunion.schoolwires.net/playmakers

"like" us on Facebook: LHS Playmakers

follow us on Twitter: @lhs_playmakers

Playmakers Get Ready for 2013-14

11th Annual TLC Academy

TLC Academy

Seniors, teachers,

mentors and education

partners at the 11th

Annual TLC Academy

Senior Send-Off on

May 1st.

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Local Scholarship Night: on May 28

* Approximately $208,000 given away in local

community money.

* over 190 individual scholarships given away

* over 100 students recognized/awarded

College & Career Center 2013~2014 (Beginning of year events) MOCK ACT/SAT Combo Test:

*8/24 at 9:00 am (11th & 12th grades)

Fee: $20.00 MOCK PSAT : *9/7 @ 9:00 am (9th & 10th grades)

Fee: $5.00

* Please Note Tentative Dates

Scholarship Night

Congratulations

to all the

students who

received scholarships at

Local Scholarship Night!

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Announcing New Athletic Director

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Liberty High School is pleased to

announce the new Athletic Director for

the 2013-2014 school year.

“I am honored to be selected as the Athletic

Director starting our 2013-2014 school year,

replacing John Ambrose after 9 years of dedicated service.

We are planning to have a preseason parent meeting for each

of our Fall, Winter, and Spring sports seasons. This will be a

great opportunity to receive important information about

eligibility, our LHS Athletics Boosters, post-secondary athletic

opportunities, and to meet our coaches.

The Fall Athletics Parent meeting will take place in the first

couple of weeks of school. The specific date and time will be

communicated in August. Have a great summer!"

- Curtis Cunningham, Athletic Director, 2013-2014

Summer Reading Help your student be prepared for school next year by

encouraging him/her to read for pleasure this summer.

Just 15 minutes per day adds up to about 31,500

words per week, and studies show that for every

100,000 words the reader’s vocabulary grows by 50%.

All good reasons, but the best one is that it is fun! The

library has a list of titles that the students are enjoying.

Encourage your student to stop by and pick up one.

GOOD TITLES:

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson. Before Wendy

came into Peter Pan’s life there was Tiger Lily.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jessie Andrews.

Greg and Earl are forced to spend time with a

classmate recently diagnosed with Leukemia. Will

their lives change for the better or stay the same

The Diviners by Libba Bray. New age, old magic.

Call the Shots by Don Calame. Sean, Matt and Coop

try to make a low budget horror film.

Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison. Obsessive compulsive

Disorder is not all Lo must deal with when she

accidentally witnesses a murder.

Scarlet by A. C. Goughen. Scarlet, a spunky lady-thief,

had made a home in Sherwood Forest with Robin

Hood and his bank of thieves, but a face from the past

may put her forest life and people she loves in

jeopardy.

Every Day by David Levithan. How can love survive if

each day you wake up as a different person?

Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Cyborg Cinder, a mechanic

in the chaotic street market of New Beijing,

threatened by disease and aliens, meets Prince Kai

when he brings a beloved robot in for repair.

Dodger by Terry Pratchet. Dodger is the

canniest cove in all of London, scheming with

Dickens, glad-handing Disraeli, and even getting

the upper hand over Sweeney Todd in his quest

to protect an anonymous girl.

Class of 2014 *Senior Events*

SENIOR TRIP

The class of 2014 has been busy planning some of the

Senior events for next year. Be ready to find out

how to get involved and to help out. We will have a

table at Walk-Thru this year that will be not only

selling our class shirts but also the tickets for the

senior trip to Six Flags Marine World. The trip will

cost $60. for the entry, bus, and lunch, and there will

be a permission slip required by all students who

attend. The trip will be on August 16, 2013.

SENIOR BALL

Senior Ball (Class of 2014) will be on May 3, 2014.

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Fashion Design students made 34 children’s dresses and shorts

for their charity project, which have been mailed to help orphans

in Haiti, as part of the “Little dresses for Arica” nonprofit

organization.

Fashion Design Students

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Student of the Month Subject Category

Kirsten Tablizo AHA Academy Outstanding

Raquel Taylor Art Outstanding

Joey Gliedt Art Improved

Josh Polido Art Outstanding

Julian Navarro Art Improved

Kaylee Pererya CTE Outstanding

Iris Romero CTE Improved

Katie Kelly Earth Science Outstanding

Andrew Maldonado Earth Science Most Improved

Clara Burton Math Improved

Samantha Welch Math Outstanding

Jordan Gaudette Math Improved

Chelsee Ballif World History Improved

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Student of the Month May 2013

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Front Row (L to R): Chelsee Ballif, Katie Kelly, Raquel Taylor

Back Row (L to R): Principal Pat Walsh, Kirsten Tablizo, Jordan Gaudette, Andrew Maldonado

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DATE GRADE LEVEL LAST NAME TIME

Monday, July 22 Seniors A - L 12:30 - 3:30 pm

Monday, July 22 Seniors M - Z 3:30 - 7:00 pm

Tuesday, July 23 Juniors A - L 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Tuesday, July 23 Juniors M - Z 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Tuesday, July 23 Sophomores A - L 4:30 - 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 24 Sophomores M - Z 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Wednesday, July 24 Freshman A - L 2:30 - 4:45 pm

Wednesday, July 24 Freshman M - Z 4:45 - 7:00 pm

Note: Please be advised a week before walk-thru your student will need to pick up their

walk-thru packet. More information will be sent out prior to Walk-Thru dates.

Registrar’s Office

With the end of the year and summer

vacation approaching ……. before you know it

walk-thru will be here,

Incoming Freshman Parents:

If you have not turned in your students

enrollment packet and or address

verification now is the time to do that.

For returning students:

If you have moved since the last walk-thru,

please bring address verification to the

registrar.

The offices at Liberty will be closed

June 24th – July 5th.

Have a safe summer!

Walk-Thru Date & Time

Academy Name Change The Arts and Humanities Academy (AHA) is officially changing

its name starting with the 2013/14 school year. We will now

be PADA, the Public Art and Design Academy! The academy

feels that this name more accurately reflects our mission and

purpose. Our students work for 3 years to learn how to be an

artist capable of creating a work of art for a public space. Our

seniors work directly with the city of Brentwood to design and

create a public work of art. Check out this year’s Electric

Utility Boxes they have painted in the downtown area!

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ROP Student of Excellence Award Anastasiya DeWolf was awarded the Contra Costa County Student of Excellence award in ROP Desktop Publishing. She received a scholarship and plaques and the annual Contra Costa County ROP Student Excellence Award at the Celebration on May 9, 2013. Students are recognized in a variety of categories. The process began with a nomination from her ROP Desktop Publishing Teacher, Sharon Johnson. In this process, the student writes an essay and the teacher submits a letter of recommendation. A panel of county industry partners selects the winner for each category based on the essay and teacher recommendation. Each winner has a picture and summary printed in a program. The following is what was written for Anastasiya:

Anastasiya’s work ethic is beyond compare and she has perfect attendance. She is a member of the Business and Technology Academy and will complete all requirements for certification before she graduates in 2014. She has the ability to follow directions and works wonderfully by herself and in a team. She seeks out “real assignments” which are documents Liberty teachers and staff members request with very little information provided about what they want for the final product. She creates documents and publications that are far superior than the requestor dreamed. Anastasiya plans to major in Business Administration with a minor in accounting and graphic design.

Parents of Migrant Education Students, We wanted to share with you how our school year 2012-2013 ended. During Spring break, we continued with our tutoring program and we had Two University Excursions. We visited St. Mary’s College in Moraga, CA and National Hispanic University in San Jose. CSU Hayward was visited and provided information on several different post-secondary institutions as well as vocational schools and financial assistance resources. All three events provided exposure to post-secondary education to Migrant students and parents in attendance. We will also be having two fun learning outdoor education programs during summer. One is the Inter-Act Camping trip and the Mini-Corps Camping trip. For our summer one week trip to Washington D.C. (Close-UP ) program we will be sending, Junior, Magaly Arias from Liberty HS and Junior, Ana Celaya from Freedom HS. - Thanks and see you all next school year

Migrant Education Students

School Clothes Shopping Just a reminder when shopping for school clothes, take a moment to review the Liberty High School Dress Code

guidelines in the LHS Student Handbook. The Dress Code is available at the school website: www.libertyunion.schoolwires.net.

School appropriate clothing creates a positive school environment for all learners.

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Overall Record: 16-8 (16-9 including NCS playoffs)

League Record: 7-3, First BVAL title since Liberty has been a member of the BVAL

Made 2nd consecutive NCS playoff appearance

Individual Honors: Junior Mitchell Zamora earned BVAL Most Valuable Player (nominated by BVAL

coaching representatives). Senior, Tristan Prybylinski earned second consecutive 1st Team All BVAL selection.

Congratulations to: Logan Abreu on his Champion FFA Market Goat and 1st place in first year goat showmanship! And Ian Lasher on his Reserve Champion FFA Market Goat and 1st place in Advanced goat showmanship. Great Job Boys!!

Varsity Baseball Congratulations on a great season! Way to win the BVAL!

Brentwood FFA Goat Showmen If you are planning on participating in fall sports,

please remember to get your sports physical from

your physician over the summer.

Sports Physical Reminder