LSC Parent Weekly

Lead Teacher: Mrs. Alexis Jones

Teaching Fellow: Ms. Stephanie Edwards

Support Staff: Nurse Katy Ardis

This week we celebrated our 2023 Staff of the Year with robes, crowns, flowers, family, and a super-sized check for $1,000! These three dynamic staff members give their all each and every day and we are thankful to have them at the Eagles' Nest! We are proud of you!

Jamarcus Little, a published author will be visiting the Eagle's Nest on April 28th during CCC to read his book for 1st and 2nd grade. He will visit kindergarten classrooms to read to each class since they do not have CCC that day. During his visit, he will be available to autograph copies of his book that he will be sharing with scholars. He will also share a Kahoot! and discuss the publishing process. Please order your scholar's copy of the book using the QR code and information on the attached flyer. We are looking forward to hearing from another published author as we are working toward our Million Word Challenge goal!

Please promptly reach out to Academic Counselors, Ms. Middleton, smiddleton@libertysteamcharter.org and/or Mr. Vaughn, mvaughn@libertysteamcharter.org, call us @ 803-774-0191 to discuss behavioral referrals/classroom actions, incidents that happen on campus, and culture complaints/ concerns.

2022-2023 Scholar & Family Handbook, Code of Conduct on pages 60-81:

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LSC Uniform Philosophy: Click here: shorturl.at/frz18

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Scholar Non-Uniform Policy: Click here: shorturl.at/cdovy

Culture Reset Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ecm8nt0IIE8uuu7i7vNwOcN663y5c25JSZ-N-EfxABk/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for joining us at the second night of Bingo for Books last week! We had a special visitor, Mrs. Hynes, from the Sumter County Library. She brought some very interesting materials and new books that are available for free checkout at any of the library locations. Scholars were able to add to their own at-home library and practice numbers to 100 while working toward BINGO! It was a fun night! #ReadBabyRead

Here is the link to the FAQ regarding the Read-A-Thon! Check out how many parent hours you can earn, the parent drawing, our social media challenge, and the scholar incentives! Read, baby, ready! ENDS MARCH 31 [https://bit.ly/3ycsAER]. #LibertyForAll

Plumbing work continues while the metal wall frames started going up yesterday at the Elementary Academy campus! #CharterChoiceChange

Know of a small business owner, minister, community leader, or someone who might be a good fit to join the team that we should share the Liberty story with, please invite them to our last invitational tour of the year! Please reach out directly to Mrs. Harris to snag a spot or share a referral with her.

Do you have flexibility in your work schedule, love working with kids, and want to invest in our future? I have the perfect opportunity for you. Consider being part of LSC,

'"Eagles Take Flight" Mentor program.

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There were a lot of LSC eagles representing tonight at the Lakewood High School pageant. Shout out to Hailey Duran for being the LSC visiting queen for having read the most books in the Million Word Reading Challenge. Also to Emma and Skylin for being little princesses chosen by pageant contestants and Stephanie Hickmon for being a principal dancer! Everyone was AMAZING! #LibertyForAll #CharterChoiceChange

Thank you to everyone who showed the power of #SchoolChoice through participation in our 2nd annual Board of Directors election! Here are the certified results from the Public Charter Alliance of SC. Please join us at 5:30 pm in the Eagle Cafe for their swearing in. The Board will also recommend two individuals to the two additional appointed seats at this time as well. #LibertyForAll

As part of our two-year strategic plan, Vision 2024, it is our commitment to provide additional unique enrichment experiences that we just are not able to offer during the regular school day. To date, we have started a Step Team and Robotics Squad. We have even offered a mini-cheer camp! Stay tuned for additional offerings to be announced soon!

We need your help as we prepare for the next school year. Please complete the 2023-2024 Scholar Intent to Return Form to confirm your scholar's spot here at LSC. If you have multiple scholars, please complete a separate form for each one. Reach out to our Scholars Services Coordinator, Ashley Cook at acook@libertysteamcharter.org with any questions. We appreciate your assistance in helping to make sure we are prepared to continue to give our scholars a world-class education.

Intent to Return - Google Forms

Spring break is approaching quickly and I hope you all have made plans to make lots of memories whether it be on a short trip off somewhere or even with things to do right there in the comfort of your home. Our little community has experienced a tragedy this week that has cause a ripple effect of heartache even for those that didn’t personally know the family, just by knowing the hurt that family is experiencing right now. We here at LSC have prided ourselves on building a family oriented atmosphere for our team, our scholars, and even for our scholars’ families. We are here for you and please know that we are always available should you need our help with anything that you need our support in because it takes a village. It is instilled in us as parents to know when something may be off with our children and though we can’t always pinpoint it, we know when they need just a little extra dose of love from us.

Please, if you should ever feel your scholar is having an “off” day, please don’t hesitate just to say “extra love please”, no questions will be asked unless you want to share any information that may be helpful, but we will know to give your scholar that extra dose of love while in our care for that day! We are here for you and we love you!Please keep scholars home if they have had a fever within the last 24hrs and required fever reducing medication, any vomiting or new onset/worsening cough. Reminder, Nurse Katy’s lost and found is overflowing! I have a lot of items that are not Liberty uniform items and a few Liberty jackets/hoodies. Please email Nurse Katy at kardis@libertysteamcharter.org with a description of your scholar’s jacket and if it’s a Liberty item color/size of item.

-Nurse Katy

I am aware of the local social media postings and newspaper articles currently in circulation regarding LSC's interest in purchasing the former FJ DeLaine Elementary School. As an organization, we are committed to transparency and I wanted to share these three things with you.

1. Even if acquired, there are no plans to move our current scholars to this facility in the near or even distant future. Acquiring this property is a viable option that is part of our long-term strategic plan to expand access to LSC.
2. Even though charter schools are public schools, unlike traditional public school districts, we do not receive any facility/transportation funding from the state or local funding to help with facilities. If we are to grow, we must always be looking for additional facility options in line with our strategic plan to grow and scale up.
3. We remain genuinely committed to partnering with the local school district to increase opportunities for all children. You can expect us to see this through our behavior in all that we do, because that's the heart of the LSC mission.

Click here for this week's enrichment team update!

Does your scholar need a blank copy of the Million Word reading log?

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Come participate in this family engagement event designed to promote quality family time, a love of literacy, and our Million Word Reading Challenge! All scholars who participate will get the chance to "shop" for a new book to add to their home collection. Snacks will be provided to all.

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Our PTO is better than yours, hands down! Stop by Chucke E. Cheese in Sumter on this Friday night until 9 pm to see some of the hardest working parent advocates ever for #CharterChoiceChange and who exemplify the #LibertyForAll vision for all!

Fridays are always dress down and half days for scholars at LSC, but last Friday was even more fun celebrating 95% of scholars who have read 750,000 words so far this year in the Million Word Reading Challenge! #CharterChoiceChange

Monday, March 27: Scholars wear appropriate LSC uniform attire.

• Triple-E Tutoring.
• SEL small groups with Mr. McFadden.
• SC Public Charter School District Superintendent Visits LSC Primary Academy
• Board Meeting @ 5:30 pm in the Eagle Cafe.

Tuesday, March 28: Scholars wear appropriate LSC uniform attire.

• SEL small groups with Mr. McFadden.

Wednesday, March 29: Scholars wear appropriate LSC uniform attire.

• Sumter County Library/Book Mobile.
  
• All grades Academic Enrichment w/ Mrs. Hray.
• Military Kids Support Group @ 2 pm.

Thursday, March 30: Scholars wear appropriate LSC uniform attire.

• All grades Academic Enrichment w/ Mrs. Hray.
  
• Spring Pictures (Dress Down of Dress Up).

• Sumter County Library Book Mobile.
• Triple-E Tutoring.
• SEL small groups with Mr. McFadden

Friday, March 31: Scholars dress down every FRIDAY! Show their personality & LSC school spirit!

• Early Dismissal: Gates open at 11:00 am.
• CCC (All Grades) & Celebration of Women's History Month
• Pizza Party for Kindergarten Classes

LONG-TERM PLANNING

• Mar. 31: Read-A-Thon Ends (Envelopes due April 3).
• Apr. 3: Quarter 3 ends.
• Apr. 4: LSC Invitational Tour, 6:00 pm -7:30 pm @ The Eagle's Nest.
• Apr. 4: Quarter 4 begins.
• Apr. 6: Classroom Kite Day!
• Apr. 7: Teacher PD Day- NO school for Scholars.
• Apr. 10-14: Spring Break!
• Apr. 17: Culture Reset w/ each grade level.
• Apr. 18: Fire Drill
• Apr. 19: Report Cards go Home!
• Apr. 21: CCC
• Apr. 27: Kinder field trip to the Aquarium.

• Parents, please pack your scholar a nutritious lunch. Do not allow scholars to pack their own lunch. LSC staff greatly appreciates your cooperation with ensuring "ALL" scholars have access to healthy meals as described by CDC Healthy Schools & School Meals continue to communicate with your scholar teachers about daily lunch changes via Dojo.

• Friendly reminder: scholars are not allowed to receive outside food deliveries from

  local restaurants (including Door Dash, UberEATS, etc.) & LSC Staff will not (microwave, reheat) your scholar lunch.

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  *Scholars should arrive between 7:30-8:00 am daily to be served breakfast. Any scholar arriving after 8:05 am will be marked tardy. (Refer to Scholar & Family Handbook)

BREAKFAST

Full Price Student $1.50

Reduced Price Student $0.50

LUNCH

Full Price Student $3.00

Reduced Price Student $0.50

March Breakfast & Lunch Menus CLICK HERE: https://bit.ly/3Y8rDIc