March 17, 2024

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LET 1 Cadet of the Year

Congratulations to Cadet Private First Class Jaylah Mark of Liberty Magnet High School, 1st place winner of the Leadership Education Training Board-LET I JROTC Cadet of the Year Board 2024. PFC Mark is an exemplary student maintaining a 3.5 Culumative GPA, in her Freshman class. She is a member of the Liberty JROTC Raider Team, Color Guard Team, and Drill Team. Also, she is the Superior Freshman Cadet of the Year and is an Honor Student at Liberty Magnet High. PFC Mark plans to attend college to earn a Bachelor's of Science degree.

The categories of this competition are JROTC curriculum knowledge, ACT sample test, knowledge of current events, uniform appearance, military courtesy, as well as the cadets overall academic achievements.

Core Values: Integrity, Service, Community, Opportunity

Yoga in the Library

Yoga in the Library was so much fun! A huge thanks to Mr. Matthews teaching us how breathing helps with our concentration and relaxation while leading us through yoga poses. Be on the lookout for our next yoga event!

Shoutout to Ms. Short and Ms. Gyorgy who work to make sure the library is more than a place to get books, but is the heart of the school community.

Core Values: Opportunity, Community

District 4-5A Honors

Young Entrepreneurs Academy

Each year we encourage students and families to take advantage of the Young Entrepreneur's Academy (YEA). Each of the past three years, Liberty students have had their business plans funded with seed money.

This year, congratulations to Mohamed Turay who secured funding for his startup: Wonderstar.

The Community Pitch, a Shark Tank-like pitch event for YEA BR students, hosted over 250 people at the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business. Special guests included Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and LSU College of Business Dean Jared Llorens.

Check out the pitch on Youtube.

Important Information

Message from the Principal

Patriot Community, as many of you are already aware, a phenomenal week of ACT testing was overshadowed by the choices and actions of a few individuals. I want to take time to assure you of a few things as we move forward:

The actions being shared online are not indicative of our school's culture, our student body as a whole, or our tolerance for disruption. No school is immune to the poor decisions of individual students, however, we can confidently say that these decisions and isolated actions of a few do not represent the actions or attitudes of the 1220 member student body.
All actions have consequences and disruptive actions have no place on a school campus. Please understand that this includes more than just altercations and extends into the hallways and classrooms. It also includes: refusal to follow directions, talking back to teachers, being in off-limits areas, the use of improper language, and not being on time for class.
Our data shows that while we are blessed to rarely have major disruptions, we do have a few issues that you at home can help us with:
1. LATE ARRIVAL - Arriving late to school is far to commonplace, which impacts a teacher's ability to start the class with consistency and settle students into the day. Additionally, regardless of being afforded 7 minutes for class change, this school year has seen more students tardy between class change than any previous year.
2. PICK-UP AND DROP OFF
  1. 1. Students are NOT allowed to be dropped off at school before 6:40 am during unsupervised hours. We understand that there are work conflicts, however, LMHS administration already opens the school 10 minutes early for drop-off and students must be supervised while on campus.
    2. Too many students are waiting after school - unsupervised for rides. If a family cannot arrange for a student to be picked up before 3:00 pm, the student needs to get on their assigned bus to ride home.
3. DRESS CODE - Students are arriving to school outside of dress code and failing to/refusing to properly wear their school IDs throughout the day.
4. CELL PHONES - The use of cell phones and earbuds during class time provide consistent distractions. Over the ear headphones (such as Beats), are still showing up despite being prohibited at any point during the day.
5. LANGUAGE - Anecdotally, we have captured that our staff are having to address inappropriate language in the hallways throughout campus. There is a school-appropriate standard for acceptable language that all - students, staff, and visitors - are expected to uphold.

Updated COVID 19 Guidance

EBR has recently updated their guidance for school-site absences (students and staff) related to COVID that align with the updated CDC and LDH Guidance.

An individual diagnosed with COVID may return to school only after all of the following are present:
- - Symptoms are improving
  - Individual has completed 24 hours fever-free without the use of medicine
A doctor's note with the diagnosis is still required for the student's absence excuse.

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Liberty Library Women's History 2024.pdf

seniors (and juniors)

SENIORS

FASFA is required still for graduation this year. LOSFA will provide Liberty families with help completing the FASFA on Early Dismissal Day (3/20) from 12-2.

SENIORS

Jostens will be on campus THURSDAY to pass out Senior Supplies for students that made orders and have their balances paid in full.

JUNIORS & SENIORS

Junior/Senior Prom is Saturday. Ticket sales are now closed. Only those who have purchased tickets will be admitted to the event. Guests must have a completed date form on file with Ms. Calcagno in order to be admitted and guests must be present with their Liberty date. 9th and 10th grade students may only attend as the date of a Junior/Senior and must also have a date form on file.