VIIS DIVERSIS, VNVM ITERFrom Separate Paths, One Journey

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Liberty Common High School Monday Notes

Volume 21, Issue 2 - September 5, 2017

Liberty Common High School 2745 Minnesota Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525

Phone: 970-672-5500 | Fax 970-672-5499 | Email hsinfo@libertycommon.org AttendanceLine: (Please call by 8:30 AM) 970-672-5500 Option 2 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:15 AM - 3:45 PM

Claude Elwood Shannon Week at LCHS.

Claude Elwood Shannon is considered the founding father ofelectronic communications age. He is an American mathematicalengineer whose work on technical and engineering problems within thecommunications industry laid the groundwork for both the computerindustry and telecommunications. Shannon’s M.I.T. Master’s thesis hasbeen called the most important of the 20th Century. It was the first to usethe “0’s” (zeros) and “1’s” (ones) that make up the basis of moderncomputer coding.

Newsworthy NoticesBack-To-School Night. All LCHS parents should plan to attend Back-To-School-Night thisThursday, September 7, 2017 from 6:30PM – 8:30PM here at the high school. Bring yourstudent’s schedule. You will be tracing your student’s steps, meeting his/her instructors,and hearing a brief overview of instructional objectives for the year.

Free-Dress Day. The first scheduled quarterly Free-Dress Day of the school year is thisFriday, September 8th, 2017. Students may be in regular Dress Code or adhere to morerelaxed “Free-Dress Day” guidelines.

Lunch Information. CLICK HERE to view lunchinformation. If your are having trouble logging inplease try another browser.

The 2017-18 Carpool List. The current carpool list is now available in the front office.Please stop by to pick up a copy if interested.

Grandparents Day VolunteersNeeded. Liberty parents, are youlooking for a way you can helpyour child's school that's unique,fun, rewarding, and a great way tomeet new parents? The 100%parent-run Grandparents DayPlanning Committee really needs afew new members. GrandparentsDay is a beloved, cherishedLiberty tradition which takes placeat both Liberty campuses. It's aspecial day to honor those veryspecial people in our children'slives, Grandma and Grandpa. Theevent occurs annually on Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. The day begins at the elementaryschool with a truly delicious hot breakfast and student performances, followed by visiting thestudent's classrooms. The upper school next honors grandparents with afternoonperformances, classroom visits, and snacks. This event is now in its eighth year and hasevolved and improved each year. The committee has done amazing things to accommodateover 600 grandparents. We are looking for some fresh ideas, fresh faces, and fun parentsto plan and execute the best Grandparents Day so far in Liberty's history. The committeemeets every Friday morning at 8:30AM from early September until the event to brainstormideas and tackle action items. These few hours per month (for less than three months)produces what I, the committee chairperson, can personally say is one of the mostrewarding and heartwarming events at our school. If you are interested in joining ourcommittee, it's never too late to contact me , Mrs. Erin Mihulkaat email: coolfam@q.com. We look forward to meeting new parents, or welcoming longtimeLiberty parents as new committeemembers! CLICK HERE for more information.

Come join Key Club. Key Club meets inthe Acropolis on Tuesday’s at 9th hour forhigh-school students. This TuesdaySeptember 5th, come for a specialwelcome party to kick off the new year andintroduce you to what the club is reallyabout. Key Club helps the communitythrough fun service projects, such asgraffiti removal and also helps the schoolwith projects like the annual car wash. Wework hard at providing for our community,

and would love to have you join to shareyour service project ideas!.Bring a friend,grab some complimentary food, and learnmore about our club. E-mail Mrs. McAllisterfor more information.

New Dybzinski. Congratulations to Natalie &Jared Dybzinski on the summertime arrivalof Marian Grace Dybzinski. The babyarrived on Sat 24 Jun weighing 4 lbs 10ounces, and measuring 18 inches long.

Clothes Closet Seeking Donations. LCHS is looking for gently used clothing for high-school-aged students. If your student has borrowed clothing please wash andreturn. Please bring donations to the front office.

Geography Bee Winner LCHS 7th grader. Henry Halgren competed in the NationalGeographic Geography Bee in Washington, D.C. Last spring, Henry Halgren won theColorado state Geography Bee, earning a generous scholarship to the University of Denver,and the privilege of representing Colorado at the national competition in Washington, D.C. Tosee news stories about Henry’s state victory, CLICK HERE and CLICK HERE. Henry earned11 out of 16 points in the preliminary round of the national competition, narrowly missingthe finals. His experience leaves him well-positioned to compete again in the future.

Highlights of the Washington D.C. experience include the entire Halgren family’s touringmany of the famed Washington D.C. attractions, and reading the original Constitution andDeclaration of Independence. The Halgrens met their United States Representative,Congressman Jared Polis; CLICK HERE to see remarks Rep. Polis made about Henry onthe floor of the United States House of Representatives. BRAVO Henry! Thanks for puttingLiberty Common School on the map.

Keys To Success For 7th-Grade Students. In anattempt to help all new 7th-grade students prepare forsuccess in junior high, the 7th-grade teachers will be

holding required 9th-Hour sessions on a variety oftopics (binder organization, note taking, communication,technology, and study habits/test prep). Thesesessions will take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdaysfor the first three full weeks of September (9/5 & 9/6,9/12 & 9/13, 9/19 & 9/20).

7th-grade athletic coaches have been notified thatstudents may be a few minutes late to practice on thosedays, but students who have games on those days will

be excused from attending 9th Hour.

7th-grade students will be participating in these sessions with their Orders and rotating fromteacher-to-teacher according to the schedule below.

Mark your Calendar Important Dates.

Sept 7 | Back-To-School night (parents only)Sep 8 | Free Dress DaySept 18 | Public-Information Night, LCHSSep 27 | School Photo Make-up, 2:45PMSep 29 | T-Shirt DaySept 30 | HomecomingSept 30 | Liberty2Liberty 5KOct 2- 27 | October Student Count (state funding is based on attendance duringthese 2 weeks)Oct 11 | PSAT/NMSQT Test (Juniors)Oct 19 | BOD MeetingOct 16 | Internet-Safety NightOct 20 | 1st Quarter EndsOct 24 | Fall Choral ConcertOct 26 | Fall Instrumental ConcertOct 27 | Parent/Teacher Conferences, No SchoolOct 30 | Public-Information Night

Click Here to view the school calendar.

2017-2018 School Holidays and Intermissions Oct. 27 | Parent/Teacher ConferencesNov. 22-24 | Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 25-Jan. 5 | Christmas BreakJan. 15 | Martin Luther King DayFeb. 16 | Professional Development DayFeb. 19 | Presidents' DayMar. 12-16 | Spring BreakMarch 30 | Good FridayMay 25 | Last Day of School-1/2 day

From Board of Directors

New board member Brad Kreikemeier andhis family.

New board member Secretary, Tricia Diehland her husband David attending the Liberty

Spring Gala 2017.

News from the Board of DirectorsWe are glad to announce that we have new Board of Director officers.

Patrick Albright, ChairmanKelly Notarfrancesco, Vice ChairJoel Goeltl, TreasurerTricia Diehl, SecretaryAdditional Board members include Brad Kreikemeier, Aislinn Kottwitz, and PauletteHansen

The Board has five committees. The Financial Advisory Committee (FAC) is led by JoelGoeltl. The committee advises the Board on financial matters and business operations ofthe school. Kelly Notarfrancesco is the Board liaison to the Academic Advisor Committee(AAC) which advises the Board on matters of curriculum and the school’s academicprogram. Paulette Hansen leads the School Accountability Committee (SAC) whichadvances the educational program of the school. It is also known as the SchoolImprovement Team. For this school year, it’s primary function will be to increase theunderstanding and alignment with our values and philosophies among the schoolcommunity. Aislinn Kottwitz is leading the strategic planning committee and KellyNotarfrancesco the fundraising effort.

In April, the Board and administration held a strategic-planning session. We determinedseveral priority areas. They include:

Recommitment to educating the LCS community on school philosophyRefinement and research to continuously improve; one result being the adoption ofthe Headmaster structureFinancing to help become more autonomous

We will hold an additional strategic-planning session in September so stay tuned for moreprogress. We are looking forward to a great year!

From Mr. Lovely, LCHS Assistant PrincipalThe Legend of the Purple Duck. Haveyou ever wondered how the coveted PurpleDuck trophy came into existence at LCHSand why it is such a treasure to junior-highstudents? The story is epic, and the tale isintriguing. CLICK HERE to satisfy your thirstfor knowledge.

Liberty-2-Liberty 5K. It is almost time for the 8th annualLiberty-2-Liberty 5K, which is being organized by DomusTemperantiae and will be held on Saturday, September30th at 8:00 AM. Registration forms can be picked up atthe front office of the high school or the elementaryschool starting on 9/8, and are due to the front office bySeptember 20th for an early-registration discount. Theregistration fee is $20 if received by 9/20, but $25 afterthat (including race-day registrations). Additional familymembers will receive a $5 discount ($15 earlyregistration/$20 late registration). Please note: If you turnin your forms by the 20th, you will receive your t-shirtthe morning of the race. If forms are turned in after that,you will get your t-shirt the following week. Volunteersare more than welcome; they are essential. If you or yourstudent wishes to volunteer, send an e-mail to DT HouseCaptains Taylor Reinke

(reinke.taylor19@libertycommon.org) or Vivian Stein (stein.vivian18@libertycommon.org).Please come out and join us. This fun run is for experienced and inexperienced runnersalike and will be a time to remember including prizes and food at the finish line!

New 9th-Hour Clubs. There were several applications submitted last week to add to the9th-Hour schedule (an updated schedule containing all 9th-Hour Clubs and Extra Helpoptions can be found by CLICKING HERE, and descriptions of many extracurricularactivities can be found on the LCHS website by CLICKING HERE). See the list below for thelist of new clubs that were approved. Students, if you have an idea for a new club, find afaculty member willing to sponsor the club and then request an application form from Mr.Lovely.

Creative Writing Club: Wednesdays, 9th Hour, Dickinson's Attic (Mrs. Renstrom'sclassroom). Creative Writing Club is a fun, social club where students can presenttheir personal writing projects to their peers in the club for critique. Writing promptswill be give to those with "writer's block" and writing tips will be presented anddiscussed. See Megan Kleen (LCHS Class of 2018) with questions.Fishing Club: Thursdays, 9th Hour, Stratosphere (Mr. Vetter's classroom). Studentsare invited to Fishing Club for tutorials on how to catch certain kinds of fish and whatsort of bait, lure, or fly to use. There will be epic tales of the one that got away (mostlytold by Mr. Vetter), as well as images of fish actually caught by students and staff. SeeAndrew Fusher (LCHS Class of 2023) with questions.The Alliterates: Fridays, 9th Hour, Monticello (Mr. Skerjanec's classroom). TheAlliterates is a fun club dedicated to alliteration. Each week leaders will prepare apresentation about topics beginning with the same letter as the current month. Forexample, in September they may play soccer and talk about socks. See SupremeSecretaries, Zach Harker or Christian Conrady or Triple-A-Rated ExecutiveManagers, Evan Walter or Ryan Zonnefeld (all LCHS Class of 2019) withquestions.HS Science Bowl: Wednesdays, 9th Hour, Mendeleev Lab (Mrs. McIrvin's

classroom). Science Bowl is an intense, action-packed "trivia" game where teamsfrom Colorado compete against one another in hopes of moving on to the nationalcompetition in Washington D.C.. Practices begin this week in order to prepare forupcoming competitions. See Jackson Kiesecker (LCHS Class of 2020) withquestions.Conspiracy Theory Club: Tuesdays, 9th Hour, The Globe (Mr. Tullius' classroom).Conspiracy Theory Club will be discussing many historical and modern conspiraciesfrom a range of different subjects. Discussions will be insightful and will even includehandouts for reference. All theories are open to interpretation so all opinions arewelcome. This club is for those who love to piece together controversial parts ofhistory to provide new explanations to old problems. See Shae Nance (LCHS Classof 2019) with questions.Philosophy Club: Fridays, 9th Hour, The Globe (Mr. Tullius' classroom).Philosophy Club presents a casual environment to learn more about the history ofthought and to discuss topics related to human significance and purpose. It'sobjectives are primarily conversation and humble reflection, but we wish also toconvey some level of familiarity with important thinkers from the past together withtheir questions and teachings. See Mr. Tullius with questions.

From Mrs. Campbell, College Counselor

Senior Meeting Reminder. Today, Tuesday, September 5th at2:30 pm there will be a mandatory senior meeting in the GreatHall. Seniors will learn helpful information about collegeapplications, transcript and letter of recommendation,scholarships and more. Please bring something to take notes.We have a lot of information to cover, so be on time

College-Visit Season Is Here. Click here for upcoming College Visits. Please sign up inNaviance. Over the next couple of months, there will be several colleges visiting LCHS.Keep in mind that many of the reps you meet are the same people who review yourapplication. This is a great time to ask questions and learn about the college.

Need College Application Help? Come to the College Center in the Aristotle Room duringStudy Hall or 9th Hour Club time for questions on college applications, essay reviews,scholarships, ACT/SAT and college search assistance.

College Affordability. Did you know that majority of scholarship money comes directlyfrom the college or university? Don’t let sticker shock deter you from considering acollege. The best place to start is determining how much merit or need-based aid you studentwill qualify for. The net-price calculator will give you an estimated tuition cost. CLICK HEREfor more information.

The FAFSA 4 Caster will help you determinewhat need-based aid (federal loans andgrants) and your family will qualify for.CLICK HERE for details.

Academic Guidance

Mandatory Meetings: Sophomores. A class ring can be awonderful symbol of a student's commitment to graduation atLiberty Common High School. All sophomores are required toattend the Class of 2019 Class Ring Presentation, presented byJostens. Tuesday, Sept. 12th, 9th- hour, Great Hall. Forinterested students, orders will be due on Thur. Sept 21st duringlunch.

Seniors. It is already time to order graduation caps andgowns. All seniors are required to attend the cap and gown fittingon Wednesday, Sept. 13th, 9th hour, Stoa.

AST Tip of the WeekSame Time Same Place. As you get used to being back on a routine and everythingseems extra chaotic, a simple way to help yourself be organized is to keep all of yoursupplies in one place. This will keep you from wasting time searching for the supplies youneed for a specific assignment. Having a time and place with supplies and a study time everyday will get you into a positive and productive study routine.

From Dan Knab, Athletic Director

This Week in Jr.-High Sports:

Cross CountryWednesday, 9/6, 4pm, @ Eaton Middle School (Away)

Boys SoccerFriday, 9/8, 4pm, @ Boltz (Away)

7th VolleyballWednesday, 9/6, 4pm, vs University (Home)

8th VolleyballWednesday, 9/6, 4pm, @ University School (Away)

This Week in High-School Sports:

Cross CountryFriday, 9/9, 8am, @ Lyons High School (Away)

SoccerFriday, 9/8, 4pm, @ Peak to Peak (Away)

VolleyballTuesday, 9/5, 4:30pm, vs University School (Home)Saturday, 9/9, 3pm, @ Dawson School (Tournament) (Away)

Athletic Fees - Click Here to pay.

Cross Country NewsLast weekend these 12 participated in the Ragnar 2017. It's a 190 mile + continuous relayover 24 hours from Frisco to Aspen. It's very challenging requiring among other things-training, commitment, fortitude and team work. Some teams didn't even finish.

On average each member ran ~20 miles or so, give or take. Most had night legs where itwas just them, their headlamp and the Colorado sky.

These guys battled thru some unexpected challenges finishing 7th out of 187 teams, placingfirst in the high school division, with a time of 26 hours 37 mins.

' I'm most proud of the positive comments we got from many who interacted with them,including a team from Miami who had runners as far away as Venezuela who they ran neckand neck with throughout the night. Most comments were about how impressed people wereinteracting with them and about their character and overall how they conducted themselvesduring the whole race.' ~ Mr. Dowdy

Josiah AveryJosie DomanJosiah EverheartDavid HillEva HoskinsHudson MajeskiElizabeth MartinezMichael MartinezBen MillerWill SeestJacob Doman *Nathan Dowdy*

GO EAGLES!

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Classical Manners for the Modern Youth

From the 1934 high-schooltextbook "Good Manners" used in"Household Science" class of thatday:

“Rule No. 21. The Cup. In drinking abeverage, it is wise to try a spoonful firstto find out if it is too hot. After this first test,drink the beverage from the cup. Neverpour your coffee, tea, or a cocoa into thesaucer to cool. Never drink with the spoonin the cup. Do not sip the beverage from

the spoon with a sucking noise. Do not stir your beverage around and around withyour spoon. Danger signal: never leave your spoon sticking up in your cup. Beforedrinking from a glass, wipe your lips with your napkin. This prevents an unsightlyrim on the glass. Grasp a goblet firmly by the stem. Take hold of a glass near thebottom. Drink slowly and quietly.”

Alumni Update Alumni Update. From OliviaWagner, now attending Benedictine College inAtchison, Kansas

Mr. Schaffer,

Although I am sad to leave Liberty, I am eternally grateful for my time spent there. I will miss itdearly and hope it continues to thrive as such an amazing place of education. I would like to share with you an essay I wrote (for an application I submitted). If you feel itappropriate, you may share it with the teachers who brought me to where I am. Prompt: What academic interest makes you come alive and how have you pursued it up tothis point? I love learning. I love learning about life. I love learning about all aspects of life. As such, Icannot choose just one academic interest and explain how it makes me come alive, becausethey all do! So therefore, I am going to talk about the importance of a Classical Liberal ArtsEducation.

What makes an education “Classical”? Many things go into classifying an education“Classical”, but the most important, arguably, is that the education is not about theKnowledge but about the Wisdom. (Yes, the Knowledge is vital to the Wisdom.) Instead of thefocus for school being on how much one can memorize and how many maths problemscan be completed in a set amount of time, the focus is on how to be virtuous, how to bewise. It is taking the “regular” education and adding a deeper level of meaning. It is learningwhat Galileo discovered; and then adding the why he discovered it, how he discovered it,what it means for us, what it meant for him, and where it can take us. Not only that, but it isthinking about how Galileo’s discovery can make a man virtuous. I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to attend an academically challenging, college-preparatory, classical liberal arts educational high school. In each of my classrooms therewere posters hanging on the walls with the definitions of Patriotism, Justice, Gratitude,Temperance, Prudence, Fortitude, and most importantly Wisdom. Each month we had anassembly with a guest speaker coming to speak on each one of these virtues. While wewere working incredibly hard at learning the knowledge, we were (many unknowingly)learning how to live. Our teachers taught not just the material, but also the meaning. Theywere not just distant statues who happened to know a lot about U.S. History; they werementors who firstly taught us about “the good life” and secondly about U.S. History. Withoutthis wonderful education, I would be lost and have no idea how to go about living in thisgreat world.

So, what academic interest makes me come alive? They all do! I would stay throughout lunchin my English teacher’s room discussing the motive behind why Daisy and Gatsby droveaway after killing a woman. I would make my peers upset in asking too many questionsduring Physics about Neutrinos: how they were discovered, what they do, how they interactwith human bodies. I would spend countless hours poring over my art projects; using everyfree period to talk with my teachers and critique my work. I would watch YouTube video afterYouTube video on the “Crash Courses in U.S. History”, only to be left needing to ask myteacher for movie recommendations that do a good job representing an event or time periodin history. I created a book club in which we read Fitzgerald, Hemingway, FlanneryO’Connor, Steinbeck, among others. I spent every Saturday morning at school with a

chemistry study group not so I could get better grades, but because I enjoyed learning aboutthe Beauty of God in the material world. I went to tutors for help in math; refusing to stopuntil I understood how Logarithms work. I helped my classmates program their robotsbecause they could not, and I needed more practice in Engineering. I became friends with aChilean girl only speaking in Spanish with her (she knows some English, but I want to getbetter at Spanish so I told her she can only speak to me in Spanish). All in all, I lookedforward to each and every one of my classes every day. Yes, I would get upset with theendless homework and the problems that don’t make sense. But in the end, I would leaveeach class period in awe at the beautiful world in which I live.

With a busy extracurricular schedule and the massive amounts of homework assigned, I didnot have as much time as I would have liked in order to pursue learning more. But in the timeI did have, I always spent it learning. Learning how to live. Learning how to love. And mostimportant of all, learning who God is.

Thank you! In Christ,Olivia Wagner

News Worth RepeatingVolunteering At LCHS. If you are interested in volunteering atLCHS during the school year for any reason and have notpreciously signed up, CLICK HERE to sign up.If you registered last year, please CLICK HERE to login to thesystem.

Suicide-Prevention Training For Parents. Liberty parents areinvited to participate in a one-hour and thirty-minute training that teaches participants thewarning signs for suicide and the three-step QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer)method. Participants will learn how to listen and will be given skills to assist a person at riskof suicide. Ms. Melanie Voegeli-Morris, PSD Mental Health and Prevention Coordinator,will offer QPR for parents at Liberty Common High School on Monday, September 18,2017, from 6:00PM – 7:30PM. There is no charge; however, registration is required (CLICKHERE). The program is open to the first 35 registrants per class. Feel free to direct anyquestions or Concerns to Mr. Schaffer, bschaffer@libertycommon.org.

Student Tutor Needed. Attention high schoolers; a Liberty mom needs a tutor for herjunior-high daughter this year. Subject matter could cover any aspect of the Core KnowledgeCurriculum, plus Latin. If you're interested in earning a few extra bucks, and lending anacademic hand to a younger LCHS student, please CLICK HERE to email the student's momand offer your talents and services .

Observe Traffic Laws Around LCHS. If you are dropping off your student on Custer,

please keep the following in mind.1. Pull all the way forward in the drop-off lane,2. Students should be ready to exit their vehicles when the car is stopped. (this is not

time to sit and talk about what is for dinner or finish homework),3. All students should exit the vehicle on the curb side,4. If there is a parent that has to get out of the car to help a student with items in the

vehicle, this is not that lane. The student parking lot would be a better location to drop-off,

5. No U-Turns,6. No jaywalking. (Drivers, don’t promote jaywalking by picking up or dropping off

passengers from the curbside opposite the LCHS property).7. Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.

These and other traffic laws are too-frequently ignored during pickup and drop-offs. For thesafety of our students, please adhere to local traffic laws and to our pickup and drop-offguidance. Please CLICK HERE to view it.

If time is required for anything longer than to just drop-off a student, consider droppingstudents off in the student parking lot (northeast corner of the school). Particularly if there isa bike, musical instrument or large student project that is being unloaded. This locationwould also be good for beginning drivers with permits that need to change places with theirparent after they get dropped off.

9th-Hour Clubs/Extra Help. At the end of every day, there is a 30-minute period from 2:45to 3:15 PM dedicated for students to receive extra help from teachers and/or to participate inacademic extracurricular activities (click here to see the schedule). Students may choosewhich club or extra-help session they would like to attend each day. Some clubs require anextra out-of-school commitment, but others are offered on a drop-in basis. Students whoare not in good academic standing (one or more grades below 70%, or at a teacher'sdiscretion) are required to attend 9th-hour extra-help sessions, and will need to submitweekly reports of their 9th-period attendance to Assistant Principal Lovely. Students leavingearly must be off the premises by 2:50 PM. They may not loiter anywhere in theneighborhood, in cars, or on the school property. Students in good academic standing whochoose to leave at 2:45 PM may not return to LCHS to reenter the school or obtain rides.Students that act inappropriately while departing early will forfeit this privilege. All studentsmust be out of the school building by 3:30 PM at the end of the school day unless they areparticipating in an adult-sponsored activity.

Skiving Defined. Liberty's ninth-hour options are a great opportunity for students to getextra help in their studies. Students falling behind in their grades may be required by theirinstructors to attend 9th-hour study clubs, or zero-hour (morning) study sessions. Suchstudents who are required to attend, but fail to show up for these sessions will be given aconduct violation. The proper term for skipping these supplemental study sessions is

skiving. If you see this new category in a homeward violation notice, it means your studenthas skipped something he or she was required to attend at school. "Skiving" also applies tofailures to show up for lunchtime ransom duty and detentions.

Upcoming TripsAustria, Germany, SwitzerlandSpring Break 2018. Mr. Lunn will beleading a trip to Austria, Germany andSwitzerland during Spring Break of 2018.This trip is open to high-school studentsin music class (or have taken one in thepast). We will visit the cities of Vienna,Salzburg, Munich, Innsbruck andLucerne. Highlights of the trip includevisiting Mozart’s birthplace and soakingin the rich history and culture of this partof the German-speaking world. Please e-mail for more information.

LCHS To DC 2018. LCHS will conduct aSpring Break 2018 trip to Washington, DCand will likely conduct these trips every threeyears. Starting next year, the trip is openingup to all LCHS students grades 7 – 12(previously, this was a junior-high onlytrip). Parents may also attend at cost. LCHSprincipal Bob Schaffer leads thesetrips. As a former Member of the U.S.Congress, Mr. Schaffer fully utilizes hisformer-member privileges to get studentsinto areas of the U.S. Capitol that arenormally off limits to tourists, and he setsup visits with high-power politicalfigures. Keep watching future editions ofMonday Notes for trip details andregistration information. In the meantime, thisnotice is only intended as a 2018 calendaritem and mental marker for those who mightwant to participate. Spring Break 2018 isMarch 10th – 18th.

Allison Burris demonstrating artisticperspective with the WashingtonMonument during the LCHS-to-DC SpringBreak Trip 2015. The next DC fieldtrip isSpring Break 2018 and will be open to allstudents in grades 7 – 12.

France and Spain Summer 2018. Mr.Seiple and Mrs. Salazar are planning an art-themed trip to France and Spain during thesummer of 2018.

Ireland & England, Summer 2018. Mr.Tullius is organizing a high-school trip to the

Emerald Isle and England in June 2018. Theitinerary focuses on Dublin and London, witha few stops in between. Please email for moreinformation.

Artists of France and Spain. A fieldtrip toFrance and Spain planned for summer 2018and the deadline is fast approaching. I havebeen wanting to take students on a trip tosee the great works of western art for sometime and I discovered that EF Tours had thisperfectly designed tour. It starts in Paris andgoes to Avignon, Barcelona, and Madrid. It isset at a responsible pace for seeing themost important monuments and museumsso you actually get a moment to soak it in. Iwill have an informational meeting about thistrip on September 12,6 - 7 pm in the art room. Email Mr. Seiplewith any questions.

Board of DirectorsPaulette Hansen: 303-710-1887Patrick Albright: 232-8257 Brad Kreikemeier: 719-237-7943 Tricia Diehl: 420-8937Kelly Notarfrancesco: 971-404-7434Aislinn Kottwitz: 217-5925Joel Goeltl 970-593-8556

Upcoming Board Meetings- Sep 21, 6:30PM.

You may contact all members on our Board of Directorsat BOD@libertycommon.org.

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