Liberty Times
April 25, 2024
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Upcoming Dates that Would be Helpful to Know
April 26 - No School - Professional Development Day
April 29-May 3 - 1st Grade Swim Lessons (Evans)
May 1 - Kinder Scientist field trip to Cape Lookout (McDaniel, Moreland, Cienfuegos)
May 2 - Kinder Scientist field trip to Cape Lookout (Mickelson, Camberg, Creasy/Schild)
May 9 - Parent Input Meeting #1 - (time TBD) - Liberty Cafeteria
May 13-May 17 - 1st Grade Swim Lessons (Johnsen)
May 13 - Kindergarten field trip to Air Museum
May 16 - Parent Input Meeting #2 - (time TBD) - Liberty Cafeteria
May 22-May 23 - 1st Grade Garibaldi Boathouse Field trip
May 24 - No School - Professional Development Day
May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
May 29 - 1st Grade Step-Up (1st grade students visit South Prairie)
May 30 - Kinder Step-Up (Kinder students visit 1st grade classrooms)
June 3 - K-6 PTC Free Movie Night @ 5:30-7:00 pm - Liberty Gym
Miss Evans' Class Has Swim Lessons Next Week!
April 29-May 3rd from 12:45-2:15 pm Daily
In partnership with the YMCA, all of our first graders will have the opportunity to participate in swim lessons focused on the basic swim strokes and general water safety. Lessons will be differentiated based on skill.
Mrs. Evans' class will be our next group of 1st grade students to attend swim lessons this year. They will attend swim lesson every day April 29-May 3. Students will leave school and walk to the YMCA at 12:45 pm and change into swimsuits in the locker rooms at the YMCA. The students will enter the pool with the YMCA's certified swim instructors at 1:00 pm and participate in an hour long lesson each of the 5 days. The students will exit the pool at 2:00 pm and return to the locker room to change back into their clothes and prepare for the walk back to school. The class will depart the YMCA and walk back to the school at approximately 2:20 pm.
We will need parents (both moms and dads) to help support walking to the YMCA and supervising locker rooms. If you are available to support this effort, please contact Mrs. Evans to let her know that she can count on you.
All students must have a signed permission slip on file to participate in the swim lessons.
Wondering when your 1st grader will go swimming?
Mrs. Johnsen - May 13-17
Attendance is SO IMPORTANT!
Our Students Cannot Learn if They are Not Here
Our attendance rate has improved slightly over last week! Right now we are almost at 90.55% Working together, we can get our overall attendance rate for Liberty up to 92% or higher! As the year rolls on and students experience more fatigue, please encourage them to keep showing up!
The attendance graphic will be updated weekly to allow families to see current progress towards meeting this goal.
And to help our students understand the importance of being at school, we are having an attendance race! If a class has a daily attendance rate of 90% or higher, then their vehicle will move one day closer to completing the race. Every five days that a class completes the race, then the entire class who is in attendance on that 5th day will receive a small reward. We want our students to encourage each other to be at school and remind each other that we can only do this together!
Come back next week to see our update results!
Free Movie Night at Liberty on Friday, April 26th - 5:30 pm 😀
This event is sponsored by the TSD9 Padres Unidos
In Mexico, there is a tradition of celebrating children on April 30th (Dia del Nino). The Group of Parents "Unidos" will have a Movie Night to celebrate children K-6 and their moms (Mother's day) on April 26th at Liberty School. They will have a movie, popcorn, and even give away some prizes. All children must have an adult attend with them for the duration of the movie.
Please see below for complete information about this event!
Information about How to Become a District Approved Volunteer
Want to Help in the Classroom or Serve as a Chaperone?
All adults who want to support Liberty as a classroom volunteer or as a chaperone must be on the district's approved volunteer list. There is a background check form to complete (linked below) and submit to the main office. Volunteers will receive an official letter to inform them of their approved status, or an individual can check with the main office.
Designation as an approved volunteer is good for 3 years and once an individual is an approved volunteer, this is good for all schools in the district.
Check Out These Events Happening in Our Community
Join us at the Tillamook Main Branch on Saturdays (starting February 3rd) for Yoga for Kids!
Toddlers and Preschoolers (or ages 2-5) will have yoga from 11:00am to 11:30am.
School Aged Kids (or ages 6-11) will have yoga from 11:30am to 12:30pm.
A parent or guardian must be present. Please wear comfy/moveable clothing and bring water.
School Menu Information
Sandwiches will be offered as an alternate to the hot entrée being offered at lunch. And students will now have two choices at breakfast every day, a hot entrée or cereal.
Our schedule for the lunch sandwich options at Liberty is as follows:
- Monday - Ham
- Tuesday - Turkey
- Wednesday - Sunbutter & jelly
- Thursday - Italian Subs
- Friday - American (Ham & Turkey)
Menu adjustments will be noted here.
Thank you in advance for understanding how supply chain issues may impact our menu.
Having Lunch with Your Child at School
Lunch times at Liberty are as follows:
- 11:00-11:30 - Browning, Evans, Johnsen & Ochoa
- 11:30-12:00 - Cienfuegos, McDaniel, Travis & Wilson
- 12:00-12:30 - Camberg, Creasy/Schild, Mickelson & Moreland
Besides providing critically important nutrition, and an opportunity for unstructured play, lunch and recess serve important social purposes. At lunch, students learn how to balance social interactions with meeting their physical needs (eating while visiting). And at recess, students learn how to navigate the social landscape through interactions with their same age peers. If you are joining your child for lunch here at school, we ask that you adhere to the following guidelines:
- Limit the lunch with your child to one time a week, so they can continue to build their skills in eating a complete meal while visiting.
- After lunch, give them a hug and tell them to have a great rest of the day, and then exit the building. Having an adult family member out on the playground at recess disrupts a child's ability to engage in interactions with peers that support building critically important social skills. Also, we teach our students that the adults on the playground are there to keep them safe, and having extra unknown adults at recess creates confusion and uncertainty for both students and supervising staff.
Our playground is available for community use after 3:15 pm every day, so if you want to access the playground with your child, please save it for after school is dismissed for the day. Thank you for understanding!
Milk Only at Lunch
All meals are free to all students at Liberty. However, if a child is only taking a milk with their lunch that they brought from home, there is a 50¢ charge to their meal account.
If you would like your child to take a school milk with their home lunch, please make sure to have funds available on their meal account. Funds can be added to your child's meal account at our main office or via the online My Meal Time portal. Click here to check out this resource: MyMealTime
Liberty Elementary is a Title I Schoolwide School
Liberty Elementary receives federal funding through Title I to support providing a well-rounded education for all students. The eligibility for funding is determined by the community wide poverty rate. And any school with a community poverty rate of 40% or higher is able to offer supports to all students in the school. Therefore, Liberty Elementary is a Title I Schoolwide School. All students receive access to the different supports offered from this federal funding source.
Our School Family Values
At Liberty, we consistently teach and model:
- Be Safe
- Be Kind
- Always Do Your Best!
Contact Us - We are Here to Help!
Address: 1700 Ninth Street
Phone: (503) 842-7501
Fax: (541) 635-2033
Email: libertyschool@tillamook.k12.or.us
Website: https://tillamooklibertyelementary.org/en-US
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