The Patriot Parent Connection
2020-2021 School Year: Volume 14 - Week of November 30
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving Break. We are refreshed and ready to finish out the semester strong - we hope the kids are, too!
As you are probably aware, Covid-19 case numbers continue to rise in Forsyth County and in our schools. We are NOT at a point that a school closure is warranted, but in order to safeguard us from this situation, PLEASE urge your student to practice safety protocols - specifically, wearing a mask. We hate having to quarantine students due to cases and exposures. We hate the idea of finishing the semester virtually. Please help us cut down on transmission by talking to your student about the importance of mask wearing.
Only 17 school days until the Winter Break! Let's make them great!
Amanda Thrower
Principal
For Your Calendar
December 9 - LMS Spelling Bee
December 18 - 22 - Midterms/End of Unit Summatives (see details below)
December 23 - January 5 - Winter Break
January 4 - Camp Liberty for Semester 1 Virtual 6th Graders returning to Face-to-Face Learning (more info coming soon!)
January 6 - First Day of Semester 2
Midterms / End of Unit Summatives
New Facebook Page
Athletics
See our December Basketball games below; all games start at 5:00 P.M. Tickets will need to be purchased on GoFan this season. Students wishing to stay after school to attend home games must have a pre-purchased ticket from GoFan and a signed permission form.
Masks are now required at all FCS Sporting Events and Activities.
FVA Deadline for Missing Work (Virtual Students)
Attention 8th Grade Parents
PTSO Corner
Our PTSO goes above and beyond to support our staff, students, and community! Please consider joining, if you have not already.
It's NOT too late to join!! Just go to My Payments Plus!
Attendance
- Attendance will be taken daily as usual.
- If your child is absent, please send in their excuse note or doctor's note within 5 business days.
- Feel free to contact teachers or Danielle Worley (dworley@forsyth.k12.ga.us) to notify them of an absence, especially if you anticipate your child being out more than one day.
Students Attending Forsyth Virtual Academy online
- Attendance will be taken weekly, based on work completion.
- As long as your student is logging into ItsLearning regularly and completing work in a timely manner, they will be marked present.
- If you receive a notification over the weekend that your student has been marked absent for one or more days, it means they did not submit all of the assignments for the week.
- If your student is too ill to log into itsLearning to complete work, please notify their teacher and Danielle Worley (dworley@forsyth.k12.ga.us) to make them aware of the absence.
if your student is absent
COVID-19 Quarantine Communication Plan
General Health Precautions
- Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the building, but we encourage students to bring their own, as well.
- Our custodians will be sanitizing classrooms every afternoon. If you want to send cleaning wipes with your student to wipe down surfaces before use, please just make sure they are not bleach-based products.
- It is the expectation of staff and students to wear masks, if they are able. We want to be able to maintain face-to-face instruction all year. In order to do so, we MUST work to keep each other safe; mask-wearing is a significant part of this.
Liberty Middle School
Website: https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/libertyms
Location: 7465 Wallace Tatum Road, Cumming, GA 30028, USA
Phone: (770) 781-4889
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibertyMDL
Twitter: @LibertyMDL