Fort Zumwalt, Francis Howell, and Wentzville School Districts have come together to create the St. Charles County Job Fair and Career Expo 2023! We are excited for this event and hope you can join us. We want to educate our students, families, and community members about current job opportunities as well as let them explore career pathways and clusters while working on 21st century durable skills.

Event Details

When: Thursday March 30, 2023

Where: Liberty High School; 2275 Sommers Road Lake St. Louis, MO 63367

Event Time: 5-8pm

The event is open to anyone and everyone.

The JOB FAIR is for businesses looking to fill current openings including part-time and hourly wage openings- openings available to job seekers 16 years of age and older. The CAREER EXPO is for businesses looking to promote their industry and pathway and/or looking to fill full-time openings- openings available to job seekers 18 years of age and older.

Break out opportunities will be available for participants that include; dressing for success, resume writing, mock interviews, and help with applying for jobs.

For more information contact Julie Durham, juliedurham@wsdr4.org, or check out our website https://tinyurl.com/2023WSD.

We are looking forward to an outstanding event and hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Julie Durham, Wentzville Success Ready Content Leader

Marc TIernan, Wentzville Practical & Fine Arts Content Leader

Katie Vargas, Francis Howell College & Career Specialist

Kara Dalton, Francis Howell Practical Arts Content Leader

Pat Brown, Fort Zumwalt Executive Director of STEM & CTE

22/23 Academic Calendar

LHS Athletics Calendar

LHS Events Calendar

LHS Club Calendar

April 6 - "Tech School Skilled Trades Panel" (See parent flyer)

April 7 - No School (PD Day) - Prom

April 10 - Late Start

May 9 - WSD Scholarship Night - North Point HS Auditorium 7 PM by Invitation

June 4 - GRADUATION 8:30 pm Family Arena (no tickets/no guest limit)

DEAR LIBERTY PARENTS,

We would like to show our teachers how especially thankful we are for their commitment to teaching our children.

May 1 through May 5 is National Teacher Appreciation Week. We are putting together some fun activities for our teachers including prize drawings.

If you are so inclined and would like to donate something as one of the prizes for this event, we would be very grateful. If you have a business and would like to donate an item or gift card for services, or if you would like to purchase a gift card or other small item, you can send it with your student to be dropped off in the attendance office c/o Lindsay Kiely anytime between now and April 21st.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at lindsaykiely@wsdr4.org Thank you for your support of LHS!

Did you know that students who miss two days of school per month end up missing an entire school year of learning by the time they graduate from high school? Every minute matters. Every day counts. Partner with us in your child's educational success by supporting strong attendance! Learn more.

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Jennifer Strathman has been selected for the Educator Excellence Award at this year’s Missouri HOSA 2023 State Leadership Conference held in Rolla, Missouri! If you see Mrs. Strathman in the hallway please congratulate her!

Mrs. Berghoff is incredible. She is an instrumental piece that works behind the scenes to ensure that building run on a day-to-day basis. She is always willing to help and has to deal with the craziness of finding coverage for classes, dealing with copy machine problems, and numerous other things. Despite all of this, Mrs. Berghoff always manages to do it with a smile and brings an incredible amount of positivity to the job. Liberty is all the better for having her!

Student Council’s annual volleyball tournament is coming up and we would love it if you would join! It is Friday, March 31st at 6:00 p.m. There are 6-10 people on a team and prizes for the winners and the team that is the best dressed! Sign up now using the QR code!

The annual Fastballs for First Responders game is coming up! It is next Tuesday, April 4th. Come to support your Responders and participate in watching the Varsity Baseball team take on Fort Zumwalt South! The game starts at 4:15 p.m. Make sure to come out and support!

Several juniors at Liberty entered the Cuivre River Electric Cooperative Youth Tour essay contest. Students wrote an essay titled My Favorite Cooperative Principle. There have been 12 finalists selected to present their essays at a banquet. The top six will earn an all-expense paid trip to Washington DC for a week and the other six will earn a $500 scholarship. This year, Liberty has five finalists: Kaitlin Stumpf, Anthony Bruns, Caleb Stewart, Reese Douglas, and Kiersyn Roberson. Please congratulate them the next time you see them!

Congratulations to the 21 HOSA members who attended Round 2 of the HOSA State Leadership Conference on Monday and Tuesday in Rolla! Loukya Vaka placed 2nd for the National Geographic Academic Testing Center Leadership test and the LHS HOSA Chapter received silver national recognition for the America's Blood Centers and HOSA Blood Drive recognition event. The following students qualified for the International Leadership Conference in Dallas this summer: Emma Thomas who received the Barbara James Service Award; Fiona Do, Sophia Fiorino, Amelia Huebbe, Ian Widlacki, and Julia Wiley who placed 2nd in the Parliamentary Procedure event; and Leah Dudley who WON the Cultural Diversities and Disparities Event!

Select Treble Choir and Chamber Choir competed at Large Ensemble contest held at FZS. Select Treble earned an Outstanding rating (the equivalent of a silver medal) and Chamber earned an Exemplary rating (the equivalent of a gold medal).

Liberty DECA students had an amazing showing at the State Competition in Kansas City. All of our 29 students that went worked very hard and were an amazing representation of Liberty. We couldn't be more proud of them. We are happy to announce that 15 Liberty students have advanced to compete in the International Competition in Orlando, FL. If you see any of the following students and would like to congratulate them on their success that would be wonderful.

Aicha Beye
Madelyn Breckenridge
Isabela Casas
Audrey Fleetwood
Dominick Haley
Leah Kaler
Arthi Kondapaneni
Vianca Malave-Torres
Drake Politte
Manav Raja Vinotha
Ava Reidy
Dillon Roberts
Brooke Suftko
Jessica Wagner
Ryan White
Cameron Wright

Please also congratulate the following students as being a finalist in the top 10 in their category as well.

Jessica Wagner

Campbell Bahr

Film Festival will be held on April 19, 2023, at 7:00 pm at Timberland High School
Film Submissions are due on March 31, 2023
There is a Teacher Category (follows the same rules as student submissions)
Information can be found at Wentzville Film Festival
Questions? Email wsdfilmfestival@wsdr4.org

Please print the attached permission slip below and turn it in with payment to the Liberty main office.

Note Grad Night is NOT a school-sponsored event. Please do not contact Liberty with questions. Instead, contact your Grad Night Committee via e-mail at eagles.gradnight@gmail.com.

Looking ahead to the 2023-24 school year, please note that all students entering the 12th grade must have received at least one dose of MCV after their 16th birthday. Typically they will have received one dose prior to 8th grade and the second dose after their 16th birthday.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has mandated that the Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MCV4) be required for all (virtual and in-person) 12th-grade students. All students starting the 12th grade should have two doses of MCV.

This vaccine is required prior to starting the first day of summer school (even if your child is enrolled in virtual summer school). If your child is not attending summer school, then the record of this immunization is required by the first day of school for the 2022-23 school year.

*** If your student has already received his/her shot for their senior year, please fax or email an up-to-date record to the nurse’s office as soon as possible. This will ensure a much smoother transition into the new school year. If you are not sure if your student is up-to-date, please contact your child’s physician.***

Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Please contact the school nurse if you have any questions regarding this vaccine requirement.

Sincerely,

Lisa Terbrock, BSN, RN, NCSN

Liberty HS School Nurse

Email: Lisaterbrock@wsdr4.org

Clinic Fax: 636-445-5333

Phone Number: 636-561-0075 option 2

When possible, please email attendance.liberty@wsdr4.org with any absences or attendance needs. E-mailing is a quicker method than leaving voicemails that often pile up.

As a reminder...

Students showing up to school late are counted as tardy. Please be in class by 7:15 am.

95% Attendance is Required for A+

A+ Website Information

• Previous Newsletters
• 22/23 Academic Calendar
• LHS Athletics Calendar
• LHS Events Calendar
• LHS Club Calendar
• Club & Activity Contact Information

• Booster Club Website: Featuring volunteer opportunities, spirit wear information, events, social media, the membership application, and more!

• Use your nest time wisely! Check your grades! Check your emails!
• 3 Tardies = Detention; Late = Tardy
• The bathroom is not a hangout. Consequences will be earned if this rule cannot be followed.
• You can lose Soar Time privileges. Please clean up after yourself and be respectful.

If you need extra help please consider these opportunities.

1. Meet with the teacher before or after school. Even 10 minutes every day adds up to an extra 50 minutes of learning for you each week. Many times it is a one-to-one ratio with the teacher during these times.
2. Visit your teacher during their office hours throughout Soar Time (Two 30-minute opportunities are offered weekly). Soar Time Teacher Office Hours Schedule
3. Ask to see your teacher during Thursday Nest Time (pre-arrange prior to 2 pm on the Wednesday before Nest Time).
4. Attend after-school Academic Assist in room 122 from 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm Monday - Thursday.
5. Email your teacher to ask specific questions about assignments that you are struggling to complete.

Taking advantage of all of the above suggestions would lend you over ELEVEN hours of extra help a week!

Ed Nelson, Building Principal edgarnelson@wsdr4.org

Assistant Principals

(A-E) Steve Pryor, stevenpryor@wsdr4.org

(F-K) Lindsay Kiely, lindsaykiely@wsdr4.org

(L-R) Matt Kiesel, matthewkiesel@wsdr4.org

(S-Z) Stan Schumacher, stantonschumacher@wsdr4.org

Counselors

(A-G) Alicia Sheffield, aliciasheffield@wsdr4.org

(H-O) Chad Cunningham, chadcunningham@wsdr4.org

(P-Z) Paige Blackford, paigeblackford@wsdr4.org

College, Career, A+ Shelley Gerringer, michellegerringer@wsdr4.org

Website: https://www.wentzville.k12.mo.us/lhs
Location: 2275 Sommers Road, Lake Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone: 636-561-0075
Twitter: @WSDLibertyHS

Students & Parents, if you would like something featured (LHS sponsored activity or athletic event), please have the Liberty Sponsor/Coach e-mail Lindsaykiely@wsdr4.org by noon on Wednesday. Any submission sent after noon will be put in the following weeks newsletter.