Amazing Seniors go on Field Trip to VT Library

Mrs. Nikaya Smith, Mr. Williams, Mr. Olson, and I had the opportunity to chaperone 30 seniors to Virginia Tech on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. The program was totally in Newman Library. The VT librarians were gracious and enthusiastic about our visit. They gave us tours of the library and the Special Collections Department. (The Special Collections inspired one student to rethink her career choice in librarianship—she wants to look into being an archival librarian.) They taught the students website evaluation, research techniques and tips. Then the students had time to do research on their own topics with the multitude of resources that Newman Library has.

I’m sharing this because we, the staff and students, had a great day!!! The kids really liked it and worked diligently. They were courteous, well behaved, and fun!!! LHS does have awesome kids!!! If you have one of those students, ask them what they thought about the trip and the work!! Mrs. Smith and I are so excited about it we plan to make this an annual trip!!! The kids were amazing.

New HSTW Funds Awarded

Thanks to collaboration between Liberty High School and Bedford Middle School, LHS has been awarded an additional $5000 in HSTW funding to help transition our middle school students to high school. Liberty High School used HSTW funds to purchase math software for Bedford Middle School this year. A committee of VDOE and SREB personnel was extremely impressed with our generosity, and they offered us the additional funding!

Liberty Administration and PTSA Celebrating Teacher Week!

My sincere compliments and praise to all the "elves" who worked so hard to make "Teacher Appreciation Week" such a success! After having come from a school where the SGA brought in one tray of cookies one day out of the week and calling that demonstrating appreciation-- I think they need a trip to Liberty to learn some lessons! There was something very special every day from breakfast to lunch to treats in mail boxes to gift certificates (I even won one of these!) and it demonstrated to me a lot of work done by a lot of wonderful people both in school and community who appreciate what we as teachers do on a daily basis. It takes hours of planning, purchasing and organizing events like the week we celebrated. My appreciation to each of you for this celebration!... and while I am passing out compliments...Thanks to everyone of you for making my first year at Liberty High School such a warm and inviting time. I feel so blessed to have already made many good friends and look forward to learning to know more of you in the years to come. Drop over to 213 and say hi! any time, there is always something exciting happening!

Janet Murray

Prom and Seatbelt Checks

Many of our duties are tedious and very tiresome. As students left the prom Saturday night, I worked in the parking lot area. I used the opportunity to coordinate a seatbelt check. There were 18 students who were made to put on their seatbelts before they were allowed to leave. When corrected, the students were very respectful and even thanked us for reminding them. The students just needed to be reminded and I am so glad we went the extra mile and did!