Parents, this Wednesday marks the end of the Progress Report Window and Progress Reports will go home Thursday, Nov. 19. Please use this time to take advantage of after school tutoring and upcoming Saturday Tech Help sessions to ensure your child is making adequate progress to be successful.

A friendly reminder: parents, please encourage your child to arrive to class on time. It is important for students to be ready to learn and fully engaged at the start of class. This applies to both F2F and LaunchED students. Students are also required to remain in class the full time. Staying in class for 10 minutes and then leaving will result in an absence.

We’d also like to acknowledge all of our straight 'A' students from the first marking period (names are listed below). Learning in a new environment can be especially difficult and perhaps stressful, so we are super proud to recognize students who have pushed through all challenges and earned a 4.0 for the first marking period. All students were presented with a certificate and other coupons. It is not too late to have more students earning the same recognition for this marking period!

We would like to see all students’ pictures in the yearbook. So if you missed picture day, the make-up session for F2F and LaunchED students will be December 2nd. We hope to see you then.

Thank you for remembering our veterans on November 11 and enjoy the rest of your week!

Lovely Tinsley

Principal 

Liberty Middle School

Both breakfast and lunch will be given to students or parents at no charge Mondays from 4:30 - 6:00 in the bus loop. And because Liberty has also been selected to receive the Farmer to Family food boxes from the USDA, fresh produce, meat and/or dairy products will soon be part of the Curbside Meals

Mondays are for Face-to-Face and Tuesdays are via LaunchED. Students have been pre-identified. Parents, please check your emails to complete the invitations forms. If you have any questions, please contact us at email 101831@ocps.net with the subject line of “Tutoring Question.”

Calling All Artists! Have your art work displayed on the cover of 2020-21 Liberty’s Yearbook!

We are hosting an art contest to see whose artwork can make it on the front and back covers. Acceptable forms: digital (graphics, design, photography) to paper (paint, 2D art, drawing). The contest will run from November 9th - November 15th.

The theme is “Level uP!” so make sure to include art that centers that topic. You do not have to include the school year or school name in your art. To add as many students to our yearbook as possible the top 20 will go into the Yearbook.

Submit your work here: https://forms.gle/5NEYhugdtqySGtbh9

Description: Build and establish a culture for social and emotional learning at our school with adults and students.

Rationale: Academic learning is enhanced when students have opportunities to interact with others and make meaningful connections to subject material. By ensuring that our school has a culture for social and emotional learning, we will address the following school needs:

1. Teachers assign students to homogeneous and heterogeneous groups based on explicit learning goals, monitor peer interactions, and provide positive and corrective feedback to support productive learning.

2.Teachers require collaboration, issue directives that promote productive and autonomous group interactions, and embed strategies that maximize learning opportunities and equalize participation.

The 2021-2022 Magnet Application will be open November 1, 2020, to February 15, 2021. Please visit www.ocps.net and search “Magnet Programs” for more details and access to the online application.

Please click the following link for information that can help our Liberty families:

Congratulations goes out to Mrs. Atkinson for being awarded the Teacher Impact Grant Winner | Duke Energy MSE for $2,945. The funds will be used towards 8th grade students’ end of year trip.

Mrs. Atkinson has also secured grant funds to help incentive students for their achievements in Vocabulary.com - a tool to be used at home to increase student knowledge of terms they will see on the FSA from all content areas, language arts, science, social studies and math.

The competition is on! At the start of quarter two, Liberty’s ELA department launched a school-wide Vocabulary Bowl contest. Students are challenged to master word lists using vocabulary.com. The incentives go beyond building language skills.

Each month, the top 10 scorers will be recognized and rewarded with a range of prizes, from gift cards to snack packs. The highest scoring student at the end of the quarter will take home the grand prize -- an Oculus all-in-one VR headset worth almost $300!

The on-going Vocabulary Bowl has its first batch of champions. The top 10 students in this school-wide competition will be rewarded with gift bags containing school supplies and snacks - and some will receive gift cards. Thank you to the Neighborhood Walmart on Curry Ford, the Neighborhood Walmart on Alafaya, Publix Charities, and the Phelps family for making these prizes possible.

Congrats! If you'd still like to vie for a prize, the competition already reset on November 1 with a new group of words to master. A new top 10 will be named for November, so start practicing!

Normally, tools and supplies are shared in art class however for a limited time, Ms. Beckett is providing FREE Art Kits for students currently taking her courses. This is a "one time only" deal and the limit is one kit per student. No replacement items will be provided. Art Kits can be picked up by appointment only after school on November 16th (next Monday), 11th & 18th (Wednesdays), or the 13th (this Friday).

To schedule an appointment, please use Sign-up Genius at this link:

The donation of the school supplies and activity bags proves multi-purposeful:

Please consider becoming a Liberty Middle School PTSA member. This is a great way to support Liberty and your PTSA this school year. Membership is only $5.00. There is a small fee to purchase memberships online but it is very convenient. You can also pick up a hard copy membership form in the front office.

* If you have not already, please like us on Facebook to keep up with the latest updates at @libertymiddleschoolptsa

Please click here for information from OCPS to help both students and parents with technology support.

A Chicago native, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first woman of color to travel into space. On September 12, 1992 Dr. Mae Jemison rocketed into the Earth's orbit on an 8-day mission aboard the spacecraft Endeavour.

Throughout her early school years, Jemison spent many hours in her school library reading about all subjects related to science, especially astronomy. From a young age she was interested in space travel.

At the age of 16, Jemison attended Stanford University and later earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Dr. Mae Jemison also spent 6 years at NASA where she took her journey into space on mission STS-47.

The lesson for our Patriots? Dr. Mae Jemison did not come from a wealthy family. Her father was a carpenter and her mother taught elementary school. However, she was very goal-oriented during middle school and into high school. Dr. Jemison is a wonderful example as to what someone can achieve with a love for reading and a good education!

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