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06.06 |
Seussical
Scores Again! Out of eleven
nominations at the 5th Avenue High School
Musical Theatre Awards, Seussical won three
awards:
Best Chorus
Best Costume Design
Best Director
The
onstage performance at the awards ceremony, as well as several
other incredible performances from schools
around the state, will
be broadcast on TVW. In Seattle, that's cable
channel 24 on Comcast and channel 74 on
Millennium. (TVW reports that last year’s
5th Avenue ceremony was their most-watched
program ever.) The first airing will be next
Monday, June 12, at 8:00 p.m. It will repeat
on Saturday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Congratulations to the drama students and
Director Katherine Klekas. |
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06.06 |
Web Contest
Winner. Senior, Adrian Ho,
earned a 2nd place finish in the
2006
TransEd Web Design Contest, co-sponsored by
the King County Department of
Transportation. Congratulations Adrian! |
|
06.06 |
Senior Awards and Scholarships. Wow!
The class of 2006 has earned $3,745,128
in scholarship money. This and other awards
were recognized at the Senior Awards
reception. Thanks to Susan Fesser, Susan
Meeks and Robin Barclay for organizing a
wonderful evening. Thanks to the
representatives of our community
organizations and staff who presented the
awards. Thanks to the custodial staff for
helping to make it happen. ....and great job
seniors! |
|
05.06 |
NJROTC Honors. The Liberty High School Patriot Company of
the NJROTC was one of 6 schools out
of 55 schools in Area 13 to earn the
Distinguished Unit Award for the 2005-2006
school year. This is quite an honor for a
unit that has only been established for 4
years. Joseph Mantz has accepted an
appointment to the United States Merchant
Marine Academy. The Academy is one of
five national service schools. It is
considered one of the finest engineering
schools in the country. Congratulations to
Joseph. |
|
05.06 |
Seussical Scores!
The Patriot Players
scored in this year’s 5th Avenue High School
Musical Theatre Awards competition! In a
field of over 80 productions from all over
the state, our production of Seussical was
recognized for:
Outstanding Overall Musical Production
Outstanding Performance by a Chorus
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group
– The Whos
Outstanding Direction
Outstanding Music Direction
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Orchestra
Outstanding Lighting Design (by student Joey
Bennett)
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Hair and Makeup Design
Outstanding Stage Crew
Because of the Overall Production
nomination, we’ll be performing a number
from the show on the stage at the sold-out
awards ceremony at the 5th Ave. on June 8.
Way to go Liberty Thespians and drama
teacher,
Katherine Klekas! |
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05.06 |
Patriot Press 1st Place. Liberty High
School's student newspaper, the Patriot
Press, won first place at the Washington
State Society of Professional Journalists'
2006 Excellence in Journalism competition.
The submitting students were Sarah Bice
and Julie Filer, and the sponsoring
teacher was their advisor, Kris Daughters.
Judges commented that 'the paper is
relevant, with colorful covers and light
teen-oriented material.' |
|
05.06 |
Rotary Student of the Year. Liberty
is proud to announce Caroline Morgan
as the recipient of the Rotary Club's
Student of the Year! Congratulations! |
|
05.06 |
Seattle Times Athlete of the Week.
Michelle Ruby was named the Seattle
Times Athlete of the Week for the week of
5/7 – 5/13. She pitched back to back one
hitters in the KingCo playoffs and went 5
for 7 at the plate with two doubles, 5 RBI’s
& 2 runs scored. She followed up this
performance by winning 3 straight games at
Districts as Liberty won the District II
Championship over rival Issaquah. Nice job
Michelle! |
|
05.06 |
Fastpitch team brought home the
District II Championship, defeating Issaquah
6-4 in the championships game on May 19th.
They were also named the Seattle Times "Team
of the Week." Fastpitch fought hard
in the State
Championships. They started the day with a
win over Sehome 3-0 @ 1:00 PM. The next game
was a 7:00 PM game against Tumwater which
was hard fought, and we were defeated 0-4.
The girls then had to turn around and play a
late loser out game (9:00 PM start .. it
started later). The girls fought hard,
coming from behind to take the lead in the
7th inning, only to lose a very
disappointing game 12-13 against West Valley
(Yakima). Outstanding effort ladies!!
State Bracket. Thanks Coach Brian
Hartman and assistant coaches! |
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05.06 |
Golf. Kelsey Kofmehl
represented Liberty at the State Golf
Championships in Spokane. She played two
rounds where she shot an 86 and an 80. She
was hoping for a little better outing, but
her performance was solid and she finished
the season placing 18th at STATE. WAY to GO
Kelsey!! Thanks Coach Nicole Jacobsen! |
|
05.06 |
Track and Field team qualified 16
athletes for the State Championships in
Pasco (Pasco HS).
State Results. OUTSTANDING JOB!
Shot- Chris Prummer & Hanna Orendorff
Disc- Charlie Feely
Jav- Andrew Teel & Kara Bennett
High Jump- Britney Courtright
Girls 4x200 R- Alli Agnew, Kelsey
Werre, Jordan Hanson, Clair Bergam, Britney
Courtright, & Maura Gannon
Girls 4x400 R- Alli Agnew, Kelsey
Werre, Jordan Hanson, Clair Bergam, Britney
Courtright, & Maura Gannon
Boys 4x400 R- Ian Smith, Colin Smith,
KaeBee Burns, Kyle Patee, Mitchell
Byron
Thanks Coach Mike Smith and assistant
coaches! |
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05.06 |
ISD Chain of Achievement Award.
Congratulations to English and Drama
teacher, Katherine Klekas, who has
been honored with the Issaquah School
District's Chain of Achievement award.
Katherine believes students can reach high
standards, and as a result, they do. She
continues to develop curriculum that
creatively challenges students, and then
supports students as they meet these
challenges. The theatre is where everyone
gets to see Katherine’s magic. Katherine
believes the undoable is possible, and she
gets students and their parents to believe
it too. We saw it happen in Seussical, Our
Town, Starmites, On the Razzle and many
other shows. Katherine provides an essential
route for students to understand and
demonstrate their potential. We are proud,
and we are challenged to capture this
potential in our own work with students. |
|
05.06 |
Career and Technical Education Students
of the Year. Congratulations to the
following students for their extraordinary
performance in CTE classes. They were
recently honored at a District reception.
Andrea Donoso, American Sign Language
Julie Filer, TIP and Computer
Programming
Weston Murch, Culinary Arts
Brett Petersen, Marketing/DECA
Samantha Shumer, Family Consumer
Science (Foods)
Roxanne Stansberry, Sports Medicine
Amanda Thompson, Teaching Academy |
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05.06 |
Key
Club. Congratulations to Stephanie
Collin for winning the award of
"Outstanding Key Club Secretary" for the
entire Pacific Northwest! Also, special
congratulations to the entire Liberty
High School Key Club for winning 1st
place in the Key Club Video contest! Well
done students and advisor, Jennifer
Baxter. |
|
04.06 |
Athlete of the Year!- the Rotary Club
of Issaquah honors this year's male and
female athlete of the year:
Gary Flanik
is a
multiple-sport athlete – football,
basketball, and track who has received
all-league honors in these multiple sports.
He is a good student and a leader on campus.
Kara Bennett is a 4.0 GPA student, a
winner of the State Championships in two
different track events, and an athlete
placing at State in Gymnastics!
Congratulations to Liberty's Athletes of the
Year! |
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04.06 |
Community Service Award – Stephanie
Collin has received the President’s
Volunteer Service Award from the 2006
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Program. An active Key Club member and
officer, she has been a year-round tutor and
mentor for younger students and has
participated in a variety of other club
projects. |
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04.06 |
Super Senior Stats! 28% of our Senior
class have earned either the Valedictorian
title w/ a 4.0 GPA (3), Distinguish Graduate
w/ a 3.75 – 3.99 GPA (33) and Honors
Graduate w/ a 3.50 – 3.74 GPA (46). That's
Senior Power! |
|
03.06 |
Patriot Press Earns Honors. Sports
writers Corey Marek and Jeff Hanna
won third place in the Edward R. Murrow
Journalism Contest put on by WSU. The
Patriot Press staff earned an honorable
mention (essentially 4th place out of 29
entries) for overall newspaper excellence!
Good work students and Journalism teacher,
Kris Daughters. |
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03.06 |
23rd Annual Washington Japanese Speech
and Skit Contest awarded two
trophies to Liberty High School's
performance during the contest on March
24th. There was a total of 110 students
coming from 17 high school Japanese programs.
Winners include:
Level 2 First Place Skit Team-
Hailey Haines, Khuyen Do,
Zach Ishimitsu, and Leslie West.
Level 2 Third Place Speech Winner-
Jamison Hoo
Also, Liberty student Tom Haffner
gave a special performance of a Japanese
sword "Kata".
Congratulations to Japanese teacher Mrs.
Murakami and all winners. "yoku
gambarimashita!" |
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03.06 |
Congratulations to Lisa Phillips for
earning the honor of Washington's Culinary
Teacher of the Year!!! Mrs. Phillips is the
winner out of 25 Culinary teachers in the
state. Nice job, Mrs. Phillips! |
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03.06 |
Culinary Arts Champs.
Congratulations to the First Place Knowledge
Bowl Team: Carly Wilkins, Robin
Askins, David Panks, Weston
Murch! Special thanks and congrats to
the Knowledge Bowl Coach, Katie Smith!
Also, congratulations to
Whitney
Burnside, Selena Bracelen,
Jake Taylor, Natalie Gage and
Mitchell Larson! They prepared an
absolutely delectable Seafood Bisque,
Salmon, Rice Rolls, Asparagus, and Chocolate
Mocha cake in less than an hour with only 2
gas burners and no electrical appliances!
More information in this
King
County Journal
article.
District News Release. |
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03.06 |
Senior
Pride!
Alex Paladino has received an
appointment to the Air Force Academy!
Zachery
Barth has received the DigiPen
WASL scholarship. Only students who perform
at the highest levels on the Washington
State Assessment of Student Learning are
eligible for this scholarship, which covers
fifty percent of total tuition costs at
DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond.
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03.06 |
Rotary
Students of the Month--March.
Danny
Kam
has
discovered his passion for theatre and has
conquered a rapid series of increasingly
challenging roles. In addition to his
performances, Danny has made other valuable
contributions, including his leadership
skills as Drama Club Vice-President, his
artistic ability as a graphic artist and
scenic painter.
Jessica Panks has never been a
flamboyant leader or a cellist who craves
attention. Jessie's contribution to the
music program has been her quiet, consistent
work which is always of top caliber. She has
been a leader of her section, a promoter and
role model for chamber music, and she has
always been willing to to go way out of her
way for the greater good of the ensemble. |
| 03.06 |
Deca Qualifies for Nationals.
Join Deca
teacher, Chris Gapinski, in congratulating
our students who qualified for Nationals.
Eric Bryant / AJ Becker –
Retail Marketing Research – 1st Place
Nafees Uddin – Technical Sales – 3rd
Place
Brett Petersen – Vehicles Marketing –
4th Place |
| 03.06 |
Read across America!
600 cookies + 230 elementary students and
parents + 128 readers + 42 painters = 1
incredible reading event! Librarian,
Irene Braillard, is very proud and
thankful for all the volunteers and
participants that made the evening such a
success. Thank you! |
| 02.06 |
Tech Certified! TIP student, Chris
Perish, recently passed the industry
tests to become an A+ certified Computer
Service Technician. Teacher, Susan
Canaga, explains that A+ certification
is an internationally recognized designation
of competency in computer installation,
configuration, diagnosing, preventive
maintenance and basic networking. An
Issaquah Schools Foundation/Communities in
Schools mini grant made it possible for
Chris to take the certification tests. Nice
job Chris! More about
TIP. |
| 02.06 |
Japanese Language Speech Contest Winners.
Congratulations to the following winners of
the Liberty High School Japanese Language
Speech Contest.
1st place Jamison Hoo
2nd Place Lena Perry
3rd Place Leslie West
4th Place Ashley Tran
Teacher, Paula Murakami, says the
contestants advance to the 26th annual
Washington State Japanese Language Speech
Contest on March 24. Gokouun o inorimasu! |
| 02.06 |
Thespians Earn High Ratings. Over 30
Patriot Players competed in the Washington
State Thespian Society’s Individual Events
festival in
Olympia last month. Seniors Danny Kam
and Brittany Vahlberg earned double
superior ratings in the duo acting category.
Teacher, Katherine Klekas, reports that
they’ll perform their scene, Bride and
Gloom, at the state festival in Bellingham
next month and have an opportunity to move
on to national competition. Break a leg
Danny and Brittany! |
| 02.06 |
Scholar-Athlete Finalist. Football
player, Corey Marek, is one of only
eight finalists to the National Football
Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Coach
Steve Valach says it is the first
time a player has qualified as a finalist in
all his years of coaching. More information
on the
District Pride site. |
| 02.06 |
Great Season Swim and Dive Team!
Congratulations to State Champion
James Schuyleman for his 1st place
finish in the 100 yard butterfly! Schuyleman
also swam the lead leg on Liberty’s 200
medley relay, which finished seventh in a
school-record time of 1:42.63. Sophomore
Peter Becker, senior Kyle Rafa
and senior AJ Becker joined
Schuyleman on the relay. More information on
the
Issaquah Press and
LHS Swim and Dive sites.The boys swim and dive team
took 2nd overall at the Kingco Championships, the
highest Liberty has ever placed in our
ultra-competitive swimming league.
Eric Vanderheyden: 2nd diving
Joe Gottstein: 4th diving
Nathan Dobrowolski: 5th diving
Andrew Teel: 10th 100free
Tage Aaker: 9th 100 back
Peter Becker: 5th 100 breast, 9th 50
free
AJ Becker: 2nd 50 free, 9th 100free
Kyle Rafa: 1st 200 free, 2nd 500 free
James Schuyleman: 1st 200IM, 1st 500
free
Coach Kris Daughters was named "Coach
of the Year!" Congratulations to the team
and coach. |
| 02.06 |
Rotary Students of the Month--February.
Cole Nelson, Physical Education. Cole
has been a model student in our Weight
Training and PE classes for the last four
years. His attitude, work ethic, dedication,
and commitment to his school have been
outstanding. He is academically as well as
athletically motivated, and he volunteers in
the community.
Roxanne Stansberry, Special Education
Department. Exceptional effort in classes.
She challenges herself by taking General Ed
English classes and AP Biology. Roxanne has
a strong work ethic and a very positive “can
do” attitude. |
| 01.06 |
PTSA Reflections Program Finalists.
Congratulations to these students for their
success in this cultural arts competition.
Students use their creative talents to
express themselves through original works
around a specific theme. This year's theme
was "I wonder why?"
Trevor Basset, State Finalist
Kirsten Petersen, State Finalist
Brett Petersen, Honorable Mention
Justin Schmauser, Honorable Mention
Sommer Simonson, Honorable Mention
Katherine Adams
Nicole Jellum
Sarah Paulson, 2 entries
Eric VanderHayden, 2 entries
Thank you to Reflection Chairs, Brenda
Schlemlein and Jean Bean. |
| 01.06 |
Skating success at national level!
Congratulations to Chrissy Hughes who is
ranked 8th in the nation for female novice
skaters. Read this Issaquah Press
article. |
| 01.06 |
Rotary Students of the Month--January
Casey Columbi, Leadership. Exceptional
leadership in the NJROTC program throughout
his fours years in the program.
Meghan Converse, Vocational.
Outstanding work in Teaching Academy and
DECA. |
| 12.05 |
Rotary Students of the Month--December.
Caroline Morgan, Foreign Language.
Stellar student who has a natural gift for
the Spanish Language.
Amanda Peck, Art. Talented student
who works very hard and challenges herself
in her artwork. |
| 12.05 |
National Level Skater. Sophomore
Chrissy Hughes competes at the novice
level (2 steps below Olympic) in ice
skating. At Sectionals, Chrissy placed 3rd,
putting her in the top 12 of the nation. In
January, Chrissy will compete in St. Louis at
the national level. Good luck Chrissy! |
| 11.05 |
Senior swimmer James Schuyleman,
according to head swim coach Kris Daughters,
"made a verbal commitment to the University
of Washington on Sunday, November 13. He
will be one of their top swimmers next year
in the IM’s, back and fly. I think the UW
coaches recognized that James has a lot of
potential to improve while swimming at the
college level." Schuyleman holds four
Liberty swimming records. |
| 11.05 |
Rotary Students of the Month.
November
Adam Yeaton, Social Studies.
Outstanding student in AP US History, AP
Government and AP Psychology.
Kara Bennett, English. Strong
intellect, keen ability to make connections
in literature and top analytical writing.
October
Douglas Sherbon, Math. Highest score
at LHS this year on American High School
Math Exam and for grades and participation
in pre-calc and calculus.
Mark Onufer, Science. Outstanding
academic performance in advanced science
classes. |
| 11.05 |
Football Team reaches State
Quarterfinals! They "Made it Happen!"
Nice job team, Coach Valach and
Assistant Coaches. Check out the
Football site for a recap of the season. |
| 11.05 |
Swimming and Diving. Congratulations to
State qualifiers Jessica Stix in
diving and
Ashley Lecoq in
the 200 free. Coach Daughters
provides State and District results and personal bests
on the
Swimming and Diving page. |
| 11.05 |
Volleyball. The Liberty Volleyball
team had a strong season with a 7-7 record
and qualified for the District Championship
Tournament, an achievement that had not been
done in many years. Super job team and
Coach Williams. |
| 11.05 |
Art Club has been invited to
participate in another Downtown Seattle
Association project. Their plans for a
“Music Man” Nutcracker have come to
fruition, and they have finished working on a 5 foot tall
fiberglass nutcracker that will be displayed
at the Washington State Convention Center
over the winter holidays. Way to go Art Club
and teachers, Ms. Brannon, Ms.
Walmsley and Ms. Grimm.
Nutcracker |
| 10.05 |
Cross Country. Congratulations
to the Cross Country team for their
excellent performance this season and at the
District Championships. Good luck to
Colin Smith and Berlyn Bales, who
advance to the State Championships.
Cross Country Nice job Coach Smith. |
| 10.05 |
Mr. Buchli--National Cosmic Ray Exposure!
Liberty science teacher, Mark Buchli, has
been selected to present at two national
science conferences. At
Super Computing 05 in November, he will
present how he has integrated computational
science tools into the classroom. Mr. Buchli
spent two years as a Partners in Science
research teacher and was awarded a sizable
grant to integrate his research experience
into his Honors Physics classroom. Having
completed one year of that process, he has
been asked to present his methods and
findings at
Partners in Science in January. Way to
go, Mr. B! |
| 10.05 |
Permanent Art Contest Winners.
The winners of Liberty's 2nd annual
Permanent Art Contest were announced at the
end of last year, and a few weeks ago they
were displayed next to previous winners in
the 500 building. For a complete list of
winners and pictures of their winning
pieces, please
click
here. |
| 10.05 |
Kara Bennett and Lynn Colingham
were named WSU Regent Scholars on Friday,
October 14. As a Distinguished Regent, Kara
has received a full four year scholarship to WSU! She is one of only twenty-five seniors
in the state and the only one in the
Issaquah School District to receive this
award. As a Crimson Regent, Lynn has
received a scholarship for her first two
years at WSU (roughly one half resident
tuition for each of the two years).
Congratulations are truly in order to these
two outstanding Liberty students! |
| 10.05 |
Adam Yeaton has qualified to move on
to the semifinals of the 2006 competition
for Merit Scholarship awards. Good luck
Adam! Lesley King and Hannah
Nielsen have been named Commended
Students in the 2006 National Merit
Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended
Students throughout the nation are being
recognized for their exceptional academic
promise. Although they will not continue in
the 2006 competition for Merit Scholarship
awards, Commended Students placed among the
top five percent of more than one million
students who entered the 2006 competition by
taking the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). |
| 09.05 |
Newcastle Diamond Award. On September
18, senior Alex Meng was awarded
a Newcastle Diamond Award in the youth
category for his work creating the Newcastle
Chamber of Commerce website. Alex was chosen
based on his contribution to the community
of Newcastle and his initiative and caring
that sets an example for his peers. Lisa
Jensen, Newcastle Chamber of Commerce
Webmaster, states, "We've had much positive
feedback on our website. ...Alex has been
instrumental in developing the structure.
He's also been very responsive - even during
the summer." Alex has been a student in
Mrs. Canaga's TIP, Web and Programming
classes. Nice job Alex! Check out the site,
www.newcastlecc.com
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