LIBERTY POINT ELEMENTARY
Principal's Newsletter
February 2018
Sheralyn Shepard, Assistant Principal
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
New Year, Same Goals!
Here’s what we accomplished together in 2017:
- We increased our school CCRPI score one letter grade from a D to a C.
- Our school was removed from the Chronically Failing Schools List.
- Governor's Office of Student Achievement Beating the Odds School 2016 and 2017
- We improved our School Climate Score from two stars to three stars
- Our students’ academic growth is higher than 77 percent of the schools in the state and is higher than the district
- Double digit gains (13 percentage points) in third grade Reading
- Double digit increase in students scoring proficient or higher in third grade Math
- Double digit increase in fourth grade Math Score
- 100% on our Fall Cafeteria Health Inspection
- Established the Liberty Point Elementary Fine Arts Club
- Blast Phonics Model School
- Common Sense Certified School.
- Nation Beta School of Merit Award
Thank you for this honor.
Happy New Year!
Here's a Spotlight of January / February Happenings!
Need Extra K - 2 Literacy Support at Home?
iRead
iRead is a FUN technology-based program!
1. Alphabet: Recognizing letters and sounds
2. The Code: Learning sounds and how to put them together to read words
3. Sight Words: Remembering words we see all the time- like the and could
4. Word Play: Focusing on strategies for reading and understanding words
5. Success: Reading and responding to engaging eBooks
Need Extra 3rd - 5th Literacy Support at Home?
Phonological Awareness
• Phonics
• High-Frequency Words
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
Calling All Fathers & Father Figures... Please Save the Date! This year's Book Bowl is Feb. 2 at 8am!
UPCOMING DATES IN JANUARY & FEBRUARY
2/6 - STEAM Night at 6pm
2/10 - Saturday School 9am -11am
We’re Aiming to be a FIVE Star School! Your Voice Matters!
Help! Our Students Need Earbuds / Earphones!!
We're in need of earphones and earbuds for our adaptive programs (iRead & iReady).
Liberty Point Elementary
Principal's Email: PayneJ@Fultonschools.org
Cluster: Langston Hughes
Grades: KK - 05
Email: PayneJ@Fultonschools.org
Website: http://school.fultonschools.org/es/libertypoint/Pages/default.aspx
Location: 9000 Highpoint Road, Union City, GA, United States
Phone: 470-254-3510
Twitter: @LPES_Patriots