LCHS Assistant Principal Kathleen Kearney and Headmaster Bob Schaffer enjoyed afantastic lunchtime picnic with some awesome junior-high scholars last Wednesday.

FERRVM ACVIT FERRVMIron Sharpens Iron

LCHS Class of 2019 Motto

Liberty Common Sense“A weekly account of our revolutionary journey”

Volume 22, Issue 4- September 14, 2018

This week at Liberty Common School is Polykleitos Week.

Polykleitos was a 5th century BC sculptor and a major force in thedevelopment of the classical era of Greek art. While Polykleitos was bestknown for his masterly bronze sculptures of young athletes, he was alsoone of the most significant aestheticians in the history of art. His treatise onachieving artistic perfection by adhering to mathematically derivedproportions continues to influence artists today.

All-Liberty NewsInstructors Sharpening Instructors

By: Bob Schaffer, Headmaster

Next Wednesday, all Liberty faculty and administration willmeet together to discuss best instructional practices, andteaching approaches in each major subjectarea. Historically, we’ve convened these meetingsquarterly.

This year, I’m initiating even more interaction betweenelementary and high-school instructors in an effort totighten the school’s K-12 curricular sequencing, and tofurther extend the academic leadership of key facultythroughout both campuses.

For example, on September 26th, Foreign-LanguageDepartment Chair Mr. Marques Kem will head to theelementary school to lead a session on linguistic morphology relevant to the book we’reworking through, Maryanne Wolf’s “Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of theReading Brain” (specifically focused on topics introduced on page 38, if you’re readingthis insightful book, too).

In March, elementary-school Principal Mr. Casey Churchill will team up with a high-school instructor to lead a session for the entire K-12 faculty related to the mysteriouswritings of Crete, the dark ages of Greece, our understanding of oral culture, memory,brain function, and how children learn to read.

Inspired by this year’s school-wide motto Ferrum acuit ferrum (Iron sharpens iron), allLiberty students will benefit from our heightened efforts to concentrate the sharpesttalents of our professional faculty to hone the teaching expertise of one another.

Public-Info Night. Do you know anybody interested in sending their kids to Liberty(either campus); or just learning more about the school's history and philosophy? Pleaseurge them to attend our Public-Information Night this coming Monday September 17,6:30PM-8:00PM at Liberty Common High School. These are informative presentations forall parents wanting to know more about why we teach what we teach, and why we dowhat we do. For hopeful families waiting on the Liberty lottery list for any grades K - 11,attending one of these presentations puts you into the "upper tier" of those waiting forthe next open-enrollment spot.

LCHS exchange student, Roberto, fromItaly needs a host family ASAP.

Italian Needs New Host Family. One ofthe most awesome foreign-exchangestudents in LCHS history needs a new hostfamily. Roberto, from Italy, is loving theU.S.A., loving attending LCHS, has madelots of friends already, is adored by histeachers, and we need a different family totake over for his current “welcome-host”family. Learn more by contacting Roberto’sprogram coordinator Melissa Gardner at(720) 759-8650, or by email – CLICKHERE. The situation is bordering onurgent, so please act soon.

Top-School Breaking News. One ofColorado’s leading news organizationsreleased a story last night featuring

members of Liberty Common School’srecord-breaking graduating class. CLICKHERE to see how our excellent K-12institution is being portrayed todaythroughout the state, and nation, and howLiberty students responded to questionsabout their outstanding achievements.

LCHS seniors Micaela McConahy, ColeGoeltl, and Kayiyn Shoemaker werequoted in a breaking story about settingColorado’s latest academic record.

School Messenger Notification System. Tuesday, Sep 18, we are sending a test ofthe emergency-contact system used to communicate school closings, late starts, or earlydismissals, etc. Watch Liberty Common Sense for instructions on making changes to oropting a phone number out of our SchoolMessenger contact system.

FIRST Lego League Jr. Learn more about science, technology, engineering, or math.Join our student-teacher coached FIRST Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.) team for grades K-4.It will be a fun-filled 8-week program, hosted at LCHS, on Monday evenings, 6-7 pm,starting Monday, October 8, and ending Monday, November 26. This exciting season willend with a FLL Jr. Expo on December 1st at Liberty Common High School. You and yourteam will transport to a place where you make the rules, learn to thrive in a newenvironment, and explore all that is around you in this year's theme of Mission Moon. An$80 contribution to the team is recommended to help cover the costs of registration andLego kits. Please fill out the Google Form if interested. Feel free to send this link to otherparents whose kids would enjoy this program. We are only taking the first 30 studentsthat sign up, so reserve your spot quickly by filling out the form. Email Taylor Reinke ifyou have any questions.

Love and Logic Returns to Liberty. Mark your calendars for November 14, 6-7:30 pm.at Liberty Common elementary school and join Jason Clarke, PhD, in an Introduction toParenting the Love and Logic Way. In this workshop, parents and caregivers will learnpractical and proven strategies for raising respectful, responsible and happykids. Families will learn specific parenting techniques to use with their children toestablish and enforce boundaries in a loving, positive and effective way.

From Torgun Lovely, LCHSPrincipal

Because It’s BeautifulBy: Torgun Lovely, LCHS Principal

“When are we ever going toneed this?” It’s a commonquestion students pose tomath teachers on a fairlyroutine basis. As a mathteacher myself, I absolutely love when students tee this question up for me. My favoriteresponse is to simply reply, with a twinkle in my eye, “You won’t.” The wait is not long forthe inevitable chorus of retorts. “Then why are we learning it?”

There are, of course, other answers. Students will acquire logical acumen, and will needthe knowledge, processes, algorithms, concepts, etc., for future levels of mathematicalstudy like calculus, or for careers in engineering, computer science, or quantumnanophysics. I delight in the exchange, however, and it’s a conversation I relish.

At first, students don’t share my delight, but I love my students, and I love to help themnavigate this particular stage in their educational journey. Students beginning my Pre-Calculus class are typically just acquiring a sense of academic maturity, and an acuteawareness of what Liberty hopes they’ll achieve in thirteen years of education. Dispellingthe notion that students are in school solely for the purpose of preparing themselves forfuture careers is both a joy and an incredibly meaningful conversation. It was a drivingfactor for Liberty’s founders in establishing a school running counter to the modernprogressive-romantic ideals dominating American education today.

Simply put, what we do here at Liberty is not job training. We are in the business ofmoving young people toward independence and assisting parents in guiding childrenforward on the path of freedom, which is only obtained by having an educatedmind. This is achieved by successfully teaching a contextual body of organizedknowledge, the values of a democratic society, and the skills of learning. I certainly hopethat sounds familiar to you, but if not, reviewing the school’s mission statement andaccompanying principles is of utmost importance. Seriously. Like now.

In an effort to remain true to our founding philosophy, and to belife-long learners ourselves, the faculty and staff at both theelementary and high schools read a book each summer. As oflate, it has been chosen from within one of the school’s keyprinciples (found HERE). This past summer we read MaryanneWolf’s provocative book, Proust and the Squid: The Story andScience of the Reading Brain about how “[h]uman beings werenever born to read,” but how our brains have been rewiredthroughout history to accomplish this strikingly complexprocess. The book was insightful as well as cautionary.

It is isightful because, as Dr. Joel Penning, our new high-school history instructor, noted during a staff meeting that:

“When Wolf is bemoaning a society of decoders, she is contrasting her description withthe final stage of reading development – fluency. Fluent readers do not merely decodethe letters and syllables to determine which word is on the page, but rather are able to

place the words in their full context to take into account multiple meanings, metaphor andallegory, uncertainty, and ambiguity. These senses all depend on a wide range ofinformation – of ‘core knowledge’ – that lets readers make connections within and acrosstexts.”

Dr. Penning nicely captured the exact essence of developing mature literacy in ourstudents, even before teaching a single day at Liberty.

The book is cautionary because it also warns of thedanger of not pushing students past the stage of merelydecoding. Mr. Jared Dybzinski, the LCHS EnglishDepartment Chair, summarized a warning by noting that:

“So many students think the goal of a readingassignment is to get through the material, be able tosummarize it, and thus excel in any sort ofassessment. When asked, such a student might saythey did the reading, they understood it. If this is thegoal of reading, I should encourage more and more useof Sparknotes. Socrates, contrastingly understoodknowledge is relational. There is a give and take withinformation in the midst of community – a dialoguemeant to facilitate true examination and growth beyond mere recall or retrieval. One ofmy main goals must be to model and require reading that is an experience, an entry intoa world, an opportunity to go through the portal of the text to a place of confrontation, ofreflection, of action, of growth. Thus, my discussion of a text cannot be merely aboutwhat happens to whom in what order. It must include vulnerable honesty of where I let atext take me – my success or failure with the portal, the invitation, the opportunity. Ibelieve when students get a taste of this, they will be discontent with mere decoding.”

Mr. D and the other English instructors are not merely focused on preparing students toventure from their classrooms to become copy editors or the next Grammar Girl,although many of them would do a fine job. Rather their focus is more classical in nature– helping students understand and be inclined toward beauty, truth, goodness, andperfection.

It wouldn’t be fair for the English department to be the only one with an opportunity tosuck the marrow out of life. Other teachers throughout the building feel the same way,including those in the history, science, art, physical education, computer science, foreignlanguage, and math departments. In the math department, we don’t just studymathematics to assist students in getting good jobs in order to fulfill some mission to thestate, as in a Prussian educational system. Rather we teach them to know, tounderstand, and to be mesmerized by math.

The equation to find the nth root of acomplex number in the image at thebeginning of this article introducesstudents to mysteries of rotationalaspects of complex numbers which in turn

develops the groundwork for students to be able to grasp the most elegant equationever written (known as Euler’s identity in the image nearby). We don’t just teach math tohelp students become engineers (although that’s a valuable byproduct should they sochoose). We teach math because it’s beautiful.

High-School News - Newsworthy NoticesPrudence Lyceum. This year's Prudence Lyceum will be held on Wed 19 Sep 2018 at2:00PM in the LCHS Colosseum. The leaders of Domus Prudentiae have arranged forMr. Evan Todd, a survivor from the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999,to be the keynote speaker. He will be speaking about his experiences that day and howprudence has guided him throughout his life. Additional information about Mr. Todd canbe found by CLICKING HERE.

Picture Retakes. Skillman Photography will be at LCHS Sep. 28th 11:00AM-12:30PM inthe Stoa for retaking pictures. Please CLICK HERE to print a retake form. You may bringa change of clothes for the pictures only. CLICK HERE for information.

Liberty-2-Liberty 5K. This year, the Liberty-2-Liberty 5K will be held on Saturday, April13th, rather than in October during Homecoming Week. The two events are no longerlinked. More information will be coming soon. If you have any questions, please contactDomus Justitiae House Captains Gillian Clouser or Sidney Shifflet.

Please click on the image above to link tothe school’s “Thank You Daniels Fund”video showing gratitude for the Fund’srecent grant to LCHS.

Daniels Fund Grant Wrap-up. Lastyear, we reported on a generous grant theschool received from the Daniels Fundsupplementing the costs of new science,computer science, and engineeringequipment. Over the summer, theadministration reported back to theDaniels Fund accounting for allexpendatures and explaining how thegrant was put to good use. Part of ourreport included a fun video in whichstudents and faculty described the manyeducational benefits made possible by thegrant. CLICK HERE or on the nearby linkto see the school’s “Thank You” video.

Key Club. Liberty Common High School's chapter of Key Clubmeets non-block Thursdays at lunch in the Acropolis. In Key Club,we focus on service projects in our school and community. Comecheck it out.

In 2016, LCHS alumna Halley Miklos(LCHS ’17) celebrated her 18th birthday byregistering at school to vote in her firstelection.

Register To Vote. With the ColoradoGeneral Election only weeks away(November 6, 2018), it’s a good time forunregistered voting-aged citizens to getregistered to vote. There’s an officialLarimer County voter-registration center inthe Aristotle Room at LCHS, and a handfulof County Deputy Registrars amoung theschool’s administration. There’s no excusefor eligible LCHS students to beunregistered, and to sit out anelection. Don’t wait until the deadline ofMonday, October 29th, 2018. Registernow. Parents can also register at theschool, file a change-of-address notice,switch party designations, or otherwiseupdate voter-registration status.

2018-2019 Important DatesImportant Dates.

Sep 17 | Public-Information Night, LCHS, 6:30PMSep 18 | 8th-Grade Volleyball Spirit Game, 4:00PM, LCS GymSep 19 | Open Campus, seniors onlySep 19 | All-school Character Ed Lyceum, Prudence, 2:00PM, ColosseumSep 19 | 7th-Grade Volleyball Spirit Game, 4:00PM, LCS GymSep 21 | JH Glow Down Dance, 6:30PM, Great HallSep 22 | College-Application Work Session, 9AM-12PM, Great HallSep 22 | HS Volleyball Spirit Game 4:30PM, ColosseumSep 24-Oct 8 | October Student Count (state funding is based on attendanceduring these 2 weeks)Sep 24 | JH Soccer Spirit Game, 4:00PM, LCS Everett FieldSep 24 | Public-Information Night, LCS, 6:30PMSep 27 |Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30PM, LCS Teacher Break RoomSep 28 | Liberty/College T-Shirt DayOct 8-12 | Homecoming Spirit WeekOct 12-13 | Homecoming WeekendOct 4 | High-School Lyceum, 2:15PM, ColosseumOct 4 | National Junior Honor Society Induction, 6:30PM, Great HallOct 6 | Powder Puff and Peach Fuzz, 4:00-6:00PM, ColosseumOct 10 | PSAT Test (juniors)Oct 13 | Homecoming Dance, 8:00-11:00PM, Great HallOct 17 | Character-Ed Assembly, Justice, 2:00PM, ColosseumOct 19| JH Fall Dance, 6:30PM-9:00PM, Great HallOct 25 | HS Movie Night, 6:00PM-10:00PM

CLICK HERE for school calendar.

CLICK HERE to view school bell schedule and block-day schedule.

2018-2019 School Holidays and Intermissions Oct. 26 | Parent/Teacher ConferencesNov. 21-23 | Thanksgiving Break Dec. 24-Jan. 4 | Winter Break Jan. 21 | Martin Luther King DayFeb. 15 | Professional-Development DayFeb 18 | Presidents' Day March 18-22 | Spring BreakApril 19 | Good Friday

From Mrs. Kearney, AssistantPrincipal

Get Your Glow On! On Friday, September 21, 2018,

7th-and 8th-grade students are invited to come to theGlow Down Dance, presented by the Order of Delphi.This is the first JH event of the year, and there will befood, fun, and lots of glow. The dance is from 6:30 to 9 atLCHS in the Great Hall. Students must adhere to FreeDress Day dress code, and neon and/or white colors aresuggested for the biggest “glow” effect. For questions,ask order captains Elyse Furuiye and Jonathan Chan.

This is a JH-only event. Hope to see you there.

Cardistry Club. A new club that was just approved forWednesdays during 9th Hour is Cardistry Club. Cardistryis a broad spectrum of playing-card maneuvering thatrequires intense dexterity and practice. Come learn thebasics of cardistry, including shuffling and bridging cards,flourishes, slights, and other tricks and moves.

Student Election Judges Needed for Election Day. LCHS juniors and seniors ingood academic standing have been invited to apply to participate in the Student ElectionJudge Program through the Larimer County Elections Department. The program allowsqualified high-school juniors and seniors an opportunity to serve as election judges at aVoter Service & Polling Center (VSPC) on Election Day. Students are paid for theirservice while they learn first-hand about the voting experience. If you are interested inapplying, please contact Mrs. Kearney for more information and to get an application.

What to Wear:Featured for the School-Wide Dress Code (grades 7-12) this week is Marcus Jauch,Class of 2023:

Featured for the Choice Dress Code (grades 9-12) this week is Antonella TorresPeralta, Class of 2021:

As a reward for their great style, Antonella and Marcus will receive a delicious food/drinkvoucher to use at a business in our community as well as a “Best Dressed” nomination. If you know of a student who shows great style and should be featured in future editionsof “What to Wear,” please contact Mrs. Kearney.

What Not to Wear: Sandals without a heel strap (yes, this includesBirkenstocks). String, duct tape, and other makeshift solutions do not “count” to makethe sandals dress code-compliant. If the shoe did not come with a back strap/heel strap,it is unfortunately not in dress code.

From Dr. Robinson, AssistantPrincipal

PSAT Opt-In. All 11th graders will take the PSAT on October 10th during the school dayat no charge. Younger students may opt-in to the test, but will be asked to pay a $20fee. Additional testing slots for non-juniors are limited, so please register soon if you areinterested in that opportunity. CLICK HERE to register. The final deadline for registrationis September 21.

PSAT Pre-Administration. All 11th graders should plan to participate in one of twoPSAT pre-administration sessions on September 25th in the Acropolis at 6:45 AM, or tothe Great Hall at 2:50 PM. Contact Dr. Robinson with any questions.

From Mrs. Campbell, CollegeCounselor

Planning and Paying for College Night. Colorado State UniversityColorado State University Alumni Center is hosting a college night September 12th 6:00pm -7:30 pm. This event is open to all 9-12th high-school families. Join us for aninformative event in learning how to navigate the process of applying for college. Whenand how to apply for financial aid and scholarships and how to determine college costsCLICK HERE to register. CLICK HERE for more information.

LCHS College Fair. Attend the LCHS College Fair on October 2nd during 9th Hour inthe Great Hall. This is a mandatory event for Juniors. 9th and 10th graders areencouraged to attend to learn more about prospective colleges. Here is a list ofattendees at the college fair: U of CO, Boulder CSU Butler University, George MasonUniversity, Grinnell College, Carroll College U of Arizona, St. Louis University, HastingsCollege, Colorado Mesa University, U of Tennessee, U of Wyoming, Marist College, U ofOregon, and more.CLICK HERE for more information.

Upcoming College Visits.Please sign up in Naviance and check for list updates under "colleges" tab.University of Tennessee, Sept 21, 11:05 amWestern State, CO, Sept 25, 10:15 amBaylor, Sept 25, 11:05 amUniversity of Tulsa, Sept 26, 2:45 pmWhitworth, Sept 28, 1:10 pmLipscomb University, Sept 28, 2:45 pm

AST Tip Of The WeekNo Cramming. Some of you are now taking your first round of tests, others will havetheir first test of the semester next week. Unless your test is tomorrow, and you haven’tstarted studying, don’t do all of your studying the night before the test. Instead, reviewyour class materials several times a week, focusing on one topic at a time. Spacing outyour studying will help you know the material better for this test as well as your final.

For more tips, check out the AST Website: CLICK HERE

From Dan Knab, Athletic Director

This Week In Jr.-High Sports:Cross-CountryFri, 9/14, 4pm, Home, at Monfort ParkSat, 9/22, 8:30am, Away, at Platte Valley High School

SoccerMon, 9/17, 4pm, Home vs Lincoln Middle SchoolWed, 9/19, 4pm, Home vs Estes Park

7th VolleyballTues, 9/18, 4pm, Away, at Ft. Lupton Middle SchoolWed, 9/19, 4pm, Home, vs Frontier Academy (Spirit Game)

8th VolleyballTues, 9/18, 4pm, Home, vs Ft. Lupton (Spirit Game)Wed, 9/19, 4pm, Away at Frontier Academy

JH Basketball Open Gyms:Saturdays, 2pm - 4pm, High School Gym

Contact Jr.-High Coaches Directly:Basketball - Contact Coach ArendCross Country - Contact Coach KissaneSoccer - Contact Coach ReevesTrack - Contact Coach Reeves or Coach WilcoxVolleyball - Contact Coach Krueger (8th); Coach Busick or Coach Lanciotti

This Week In High-School Sports:Cross CountryFri, 9/14, 4pm, Away, at Monfort Park, GreeleySat, 9/22, 9:30am, Away, at Platte Valley High School

SoccerSat, 9/15, 11am, Away, at Dawson SchoolTues, 9/18, 4pm, Home, vs Sterling High SchoolThurs, 9/20, 4pm, Away, at Valley High School (JV game played before varsity)

VolleyballThurs, 9/20, 4:30pm, Away, at UniversitySat, 9/22, 4:30pm, Home, vs Vanguard High School (Spirit Game)

Contact High-School Coaches Directly:Baseball - Coach BissellBasketball - Men's Basketball Coach Altergott; Women's Basketball Coach UkasickCross Country - Coach SchulteSoccer - Men and Women Coach SalehiTrack & Field - TBD - Currently looking for qualified candidate - Click HEREVolleyball - Coach Camp

Gym BannersEver wonder how to get your business advertised in the high-school colosseum? ContactRebecca Finkel.

For jr.-high and high-school athletic-score updates throughout the week, check outLiberty Common Athletic Booster Club's Facebook page by clicking HERE.

Liberty Common Athletic Boosters/ Support LCHS

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purchase price back to Liberty. Simply go to http://smile.amazon.com and enter “Core Knowledge Charter SchoolFoundation.” CKC School Foundation is the technical name for our non-profitorganization. You will not find us by searching for 'Liberty.’ The AmazonSmile Foundationwill donate 0.5% of the purchase price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases back toLiberty.

Shop Smarter. Support Liberty. Useyour King Soopers re-loadable gift cards.Pick one up in the office. 5% goes backto Liberty Common. If we all made ourcards work together, we could add sixfigures to our classroom supply budget.

What Every Liberty Parent Should KnowHiring The Best Instructors

By: Bob Schaffer, LCHS Headmaster

Liberty’s team of classroom instructors is widely regarded as beingamong the nation’s best. Our school’s rigorous screening and hiringprocesses contribute to the school’s history of consistently attractingand retaining high-quality, truly professional instructors inclassrooms spanning kindergarten through twelfth grade.

On a near-weekly basis, school leaders from throughout the state and country.... (CLICKHERE to continue reading).

Classical Manners For The Modern Youth

From the 1934 high-schooltextbook "Good Manners" used in"Household Science" class of thatday:

“Rule No. 44. The Arrival. When theguest arrives, introduce her to yourmother at once. Boys and girls, beproud of your mother. Do notapologize for the appearance of yourhome. If you are thoughtfulentertainer, and sincerely try to give

the guest a good time, you have nocause for apologies.

"Show your guest to her room, andsee if she wishes to rest or to be leftalone awhile. Show her where thebathroom is. Most out-of-town guestswish to clean up after a trip, and theyenjoy a little time to themselves. Besure to find out if your guest is hungry.If it is past luncheon or dinner time, itis thoughtful to serve a little lunchsoon after the guest comes.

"Treat your guest as would wish to be treated when you are a guest.”

Alumni Update

Unfortunately, we are out of AlumniUpdates. If you know of any alumni youmight prompt to drop us a paragraph ortwo, please let them know how appreciatedtheir remarks are to the entire Libertycommunity. Alumni should SENDUPDATES HERE.

LCHS Opportunity SocietyLCHS students and alumni are eager for job and career opportunities. Need a greatcandidate for your business’ next job opportunity? Please have it posted here to sharewith Colorado’s most dependable, and most intelligent students and graduates. Pleaseemail a position description to Mr. Torgun Lovely and we’ll promptly draw our students’attention to it.

Job Openings For LCHS Students. Three LCHS students have worked at The FortCollins Breakfast Club, and the owner asked us for more stellar employees just likethem. Job duties include greeting guests, cleaning tables, pouring coffee, etc., andcompensates with meal allowances, and good pay ($6.75 plus tips). It’s a funworkplace. Training provided. Please apply in person (“We want to meet you”) at 121 W.Monroe Dr., Fort Collins, CO. Ask for Dave the owner.

News Worth RepeatingLunch Ordering. Don’t forget to order school lunches by CLICKING HERE. We havegreat restaurants delivering fresh hot meals each week. The order deadline is 1pm theday before so you still have plenty of time.

Fall Pep Rally. This afternoon September 14th isthe first pep rally of the year for high-schoolstudents only. It will be held during 9th hour. All9th-hour clubs for high school are canceled thatday. Bring your pride and your pom poms.

Planning-And-Paying-for-College Event. Colorado State University hosts a college-planning event September 18, 2018 6:00-7:00 pm, Alumni Center 701 Pitkin St. Duringthis event you will learn about tools to help you determine affordability for all colleges,colleges that offer the best merit scholarships, college loan options, and scholarships toapply for. This event is open to all families in Northern Colorado. We hope you can joinus.

Skiving Defined. Liberty's ninth-hour options are a great opportunity for students to getextra help in their studies. Students falling behind in their grades may be required bytheir instructors to attend 9th-hour study clubs, or zero-hour (morning) studysessions. Such students who are required to attend, but fail to show up for thesesessions will be given a conduct violation. The proper term for skipping thesesupplemental study sessions is skiving. If you see this new category in a homewardviolation notice, it means your student has skipped something he or she was required toattend at school. "Skiving" also applies to failures to show up for lunchtime ransom dutyand detentions.

9th-Hour Clubs/Extra Help. At the end of every day, there is a 30-minute period from2:45 to 3:15 PM dedicated for students to receive extra help from teachers and/or toparticipate in academic extracurricular activities (click here to see theschedule). Students may choose which club or extra-help session they would like toattend each day. Some clubs require an extra out-of-school commitment, but others areoffered on a drop-in basis. Students who are not in good academic standing (one ormore grades below 70%, or at a teacher's discretion) are required to attend 9th-hourextra-help sessions, and will need to submit weekly reports of their 9th-period attendanceto Assistant Principal Kearney. Students leaving early must be off the premises by2:50 PM. They may not loiter anywhere in the neighborhood, in cars, or on the schoolproperty. Students in good academic standing who choose to leave at 2:45 PM may notreturn to LCHS to reenter the school or obtain rides. Students that act inappropriatelywhile departing early will forfeit this privilege. All students must be out of the schoolbuilding by 3:30 PM at the end of the school day unless they are participating in anadult-sponsored activity.

Projects And Assessments Calendar. The Liberty website has a helpful feature forparents and students. All major upcoming projects and assessments can be seen byCLICKING HERE.

Ambassadors Club Pizza Sales. Pizza will be sold during lunch periods on Fridaysthroughout the school year. This is one of the club's fundraising efforts for its community-service projects such as visits to the VA Hospital, respite care, welcoming new students,etc. Students can purchase pizza by the slice, or whole pizzas.

Performing-Arts Calendar Changes. Two changes have been made to the previously-published Performing-Arts Calendar:

1. The fall choral and instrumental concerts will be combined into one event on

Thursday, November 1st at 6:30PM.2. The high-school musical theatre production has been moved to Friday, November

30th and Saturday, December 1st.The revised schedule can be seen by CLICKING HERE.

Observe Traffic Laws Around LCHS. If you are dropping off your student on CusterDr. please keep the following in mind:

Pull all the way forward in the drop-off lane,Students should be ready to exit their vehicles when the car is stopped. (This isnot time to sit and talk about what is for dinner or finish homework),All students should exit the vehicle on the curb side,If there is a parent that has to get out of the car to help a student with items in thevehicle, this is not that lane. The student-parking lot would be a better location todrop off,No U-Turns,No jaywalking. (Drivers, don’t promote jaywalking by picking up or dropping offpassengers from the curbside opposite the LCHS property),Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.No left turn on Custer Dr., (EB) at Kansas Dr. (NB).

These and other traffic laws are too-frequently ignored during pickup and drop-offs. Forthe safety of our students, please adhere to local traffic laws and to our pickup and drop-off guidance. Please CLICK HERE to view it.

If time is required for anything longer than to just drop off a student, consider droppingstudents off in the student parking lot (northeast corner of the school). Particularly ifthere is a bike, musical instrument, or large student project that is being unloaded. Thislocation would also be good for beginning drivers with permits that need to changeplaces with their parent after they get dropped off.

Volunteering At LCS. Please volunteer at Liberty Common School for anyextracurricular activities and special events, (Spring Gala, Graduation, TeacherAppreciation Week, etc.) or assisting a staff member on a regular basis. If you have notpreviously registered as a volunteer, CLICK HERE. If you are already a registeredvolunteer in the Liberty Common School Volunteer System, please CLICK HERE to loginto the system. Locate the volunteer tab on the left, update your preferences, updatepreferred opportunity type, and note a classroom volunteer preference has been added.

Liberty Legacies Volume 3. Ambassadors Club is looking forstudents to participate in next year's Liberty Legacies, a bookcollection of writings written to tell the stories of those you wish tohonor. Contact Elizabeth Rencher or Ambassadors Club if youare interested.

Upcoming TripsSpring Break 2019- PerúMrs. Deitrick is leading an 11-day trip toPerú during spring break 2019 and youare all invited to come. Perú is a country inSouth America known for its naturalbeauty and for its rich indigenous culture.

Perú is a must-visit country. Email Mrs.Deitrick, for more information.

Eastern Europe Summer 2020. Mr.Seiple and Mr. Tullius are touringEastern Europe, Hungary, Slovenia, andCroatia. They would like some company,summer 2020 (it's not too early to thinkabout graduation gifts for this year'sjuniors) Please join them for an

informational meeting next Tuesday, September 18th from 6 to 7pm at LCHS.

Board of DirectorsUpcoming Board Meetings- September 27th, 6:30PM, LCS Teacher BreakRoom

You may contact all members on our Board of Directorsat BOD@libertycommon.org

Board of DirectorsPaulette Hansen: 303-710-1887Patrick Albright: 970-232-8257 Brad Kreikemeier: 719-237-7943 Tricia Diehl: 970-420-8937Kelly Notarfrancesco: 971-404-7434Aislinn Kottwitz: 970-217-5925Joel Goeltl 970-593-8556

Liberty Common High School 2745 Minnesota Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525

Phone: 970-672-5500 | Fax 970-672-5499 | Email hsinfo@libertycommon.orgAttendance Line: (Please call by 8:15 AM) 970-672-5500 Option 2 or

email Mrs. Shafer at ashafer@libertycommon.org.Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:15 AM - 3:45 PM

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