Liberty ENews

Liberty Parents: SAT prep classes are being offered at Liberty. During Patriot days the PTSA handed out flyers. Classes begin next week. To learn more and register for the fall class click on www.liberty.issaquah.wednet.edu. Under recent news, click on SAT prep classes. Deadline for registration is Friday, Sept 21, 2007.

PSAT test registration: Juniors and Seniors who have not passed the Math portion of the WASL have the option of using the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) math score as a substitute to meet the Math WASL graduation requirement. Students in this situation, who are interested in taking the PSAT for this purpose, must sign up with Mrs. Barclay in the counseling office BEFORE September 26, 2007. There is no charge for students taking the PSAT for this purpose. All other students who are interested in taking the PSAT will follow standard procedures as listed on the Liberty High School website at www.liberty.issaquah.wednet.edu. Click on the PSAT link for further information. The deadline for these students is October 17^th, or until all spots are taken. We are currently taking registrations for juniors. Freshman and sophomores can register starting October 1^st. Questions? Call Mrs. Barclay at 425-837-4833.

Counselor Assignments: Due to enrollment changes and caseload size, the counselors and administrators have revised which students they serve. If you recall, all students are divided up between a counselor and an administrator team by their last name. If your students last name begins with:

A-G   Counselor - Kay Hutchinson & Administrator - Andrea Hillman
H-N   Counselor - Dorothy Hay & Administrator - Bernie Gibson
0-Z    Counselor - Lynn Davidson & Administrator - Marsha Denton

The changes listed above do not affect seniors. Due to graduation issues, seniors will stay with their counselor that they have been working with.

Liberty Curriculum Night: Tuesday, September 25^th. You should have received a postcard informing you of curriculum night. We will open in the gym at 6:30 pm. You will go to each of your student's classes for 10 minutes with a five minute passing period. 1^st period starts at 6:50 and we finish at 8:45. Please print out your student schedule on Family Access and bring it with you to curriculum night.

Liberty Community: Homecoming is the week of October 1^st. We have Homecoming related events every day or evening of the week. Friday evening, we will have the homecoming parade from Maywood to Liberty. It begins at 5pm. With the help of the King County Sheriff's Office we will have neighboring streets blocked and the entrance to the school blocked from approx. 4:45-5:45 pm. During the parade time, please plan your travels in the neighborhood accordingly. On Friday night, the Varsity Football team plays Issaquah at Liberty/7:30 pm. The Homecoming Dance is on Saturday from 8:30-11:30 pm at Liberty High. Come on out that week and support the traditions of Liberty - Go Patriots!

Superintendent, Steve Rasmussen will join the next Liberty PTSA Mtg. on Monday, October 8^th at 6:30 pm in the LHS library. This is your chance to hear from Dr. Rasmussen and ask questions.

Liberty Parents HIV/AIDS Parent Preview: This year's sessions will be held at Issaquah Valley Elementary on October 9th, from 7-9 pm and October 13th from 9-11 am. Notice of the sessions will be posted in the Issaquah Press' Sept. 26th and Oct. 3rd editions of the paper.

Parents FYI: Liberty bookkeeper hours Regular OPEN times for Student receipting:

We are keeping these hours to help students stay in class. Students can handle issues with the bookkeeper during their free time, not class time.

WASL NEWS Junior and Senior Parents whose child has not met standard: As you know, this senior class, (Class of 2008) is the first class that needs to pass the WASL. Information about graduation requirements and WASL is very fluid and changing from the State as seniors across the state approach graduation. We will create a place on our website for WASL and graduation requirement information. Below is one update for you to consider:

If your junior or senior student has not passed the WASL, the following scores can be substituted and used in lieu of the WASL score for graduation:

Math:

SAT: Math score of 470 or higher
ACT: Math score of 19 or higher
AP Calculus or AP Stats: Score of 3 or higher
PSAT Math score of 47 or higher. Registration deadline for this years PSAT is Weds., Sept. 26, 2007. Go to the schools website www.liberty.issaquah.wednet.edu and click on PSAT for more information about registering.

Reading:

AP English: score of 3 or higher on language and composition test
SAT and ACT scores, the state will identify the score by December 1, 2007

Writing:

AP English: score of 3 or higher on language and composition test
AP US History score of 3 or higher
AP World History score of 3 or higher
SAT and ACT scores, the state will identify the score by December 1, 2007

If your student has an IEP, please discuss this with your student's case manager. Some special education students will be working towards a Certificate of Individual Achievement (CIA).

FYI: Some people may think that the Math WASL does not matter....well it still does

If your junior or senior student has not passed the Math WASL, they still need to take it each year or meet one of the scores listed above under the math section.
They also need to be in enrolled in a math class that is next in the math sequence or an alternative math course approved by the school.
In order to graduate, students are still required to pass the Reading and Writing WASL tests by the end of their senior year.

More to follow about graduation requirements and WASL at a later date.

Liberty ENews: September 20, 2007