Liberty high school celebrations of learning 20062007

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Liberty high schoolcelebrations of
learning2006-2007
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• LHS
• JROTC
• Battalion Formal Inspection yields Honor Unit
  with Distinction classification.

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• Miss Tara Lee Garrison received the Papa Johns
  Teacher Appreciation Award for the Upstate.
  Jonnie Days essay that she submitted for the
  award also won for the Upstate.

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• Fred Connington represented LHS at two
  conferences sponsored by the American
  Psychological Association and will be presenting
  district workshops on the content of these
  experiences.

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• The 2006-2007 school year was the first year that
  LHS sent students to Winthrop for the Model
  United Nations.
• Ken Hitchcock and Joy Skelton sponsored the
  delegation.
• Fred Connington prepared these students for the
  event.

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• 2007
• LHS begins International Culture Club to increase
  awareness of world cultures.

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• LHS began a focus on improving literacy.
• Each rising 9th grade student received a book to
  read the summer before the 2007-2008 school year.
• Book talks are spontaneously taking place all
  over the school.

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• March 28, 2007
• LHS Participates in State Read-In

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• AP US History returns to LHS
• Joy Skelton took a course to become certified in
  AP US History.
• Students were recruited for the course during
  2006-2007.
• Two sections of AP US History are offered at LHS
  for 2007-2008.

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• AP Human Geography offered to 9th grade students
  at LHS
• Fred Connington and Ken Hitchcock worked in
  conjunction with LMS to make AP Human Geography
  available to top students in the Freshmen Academy
  for 07-08. Visits to LMS to discuss this course
  have produced a class of almost 30 freshmen
  seeking AP credit.

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• Knowledge Master Open continues growing in
  numbers of participants and competitions.

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• Brittany Goza (class of 2007) received a
  Teaching Fellows Scholarship.
• Brittany currently attends Columbia College in
  Columbia, SC.

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• 70 of LHS 2006-2007 Teacher Cadets are Education
  Majors in four year colleges.

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• LHS begins a chapter of Future Educators of
  America.

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• LHS had four students in state leadership
  positions in Youth In Government.

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• LHS Youth in Government cheers on its candidates!

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• LHS Math Team continues the tradition of its
  annual competition at the College of Charleston.

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• LHS Average SAT Score in Math climbs to 493.

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• LHS
• Wins
• 1st-ever
• State
• Championship
• In
• AA
• Competition
• Cheer.

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• LHS Wins FOX Blitz . . .
• AGAIN!

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• LHS welcomes a new era in Red Devil football.
• Welcome, Coach Curtis Middleton.

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• LHS Special Olympic Team Competes

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• Mrs. Goss teaches the self-contained Trainable
  and Profound Mentally Disabled and Autistic
  students at Liberty High School.  Her program,
  The "I" Team, was recently awarded the,
  "Outstanding Program Award" for South Carolina
  from the South Carolina Division on Career
  Development and Transition.  This is a
  prestigious award through the Council for
  Exceptional Children.

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• LHS students place and receive recognition at the
  annual AOP Science Fair.

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• LHS partners with Curves of Liberty.
• Curves donated calculators for students to use in
  science classes.
• Curves also donated alarm clocks for students who
  had financial need.

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• Mrs. Toole has been selected as a
• League of American Theatres and Producers
  2006-2007 Educator Apple Award winner.
• The League of American Theatres and Producers
  present the Tony Awards.  Mrs. Toole, nominated
  by The Peace Center for her partnership on a 2006
  Broadway project, is one of only four teachers
  selected from across the nation for this honor.

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• The LHS Drama classes and members of the
  International Thespian Society produced several
  successful plays.

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• Six students from the LHS Thespian Society
  participated in the
• Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians
  Festival at Converse College.
• Cody Abshire, Jeremy Bigham, Arielle Brooks, 
  Laura Wells, Kayla Dickson, and Hannah Lickfield
  competed in the Duet Acting Individual Event
  Arielle Brooks also performed in the Monologue
  Performance category.

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• Jeremy Bigham and Cody Abshire were selected to
  advance to the duet acting event at the
  International Thespian Festival in Lincoln,
  Nebraska, in June.

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• LHS faculty advance degrees
• Dale Burrell
• M.A. School Leadership and Administration
• Furman University
• Ken Hitchcock
• M. Ed. Administration and Supervision
• Clemson University
• Amber King
• M. Ed. Business Education
• Southern New Hampshire University
• Frank Owens
• M. Ed.
• Southern Wesleyan University

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• Sherry Haithcock was recognized with the Southern
  Wesleyan University Professional Excellence Award
  for the School of Education.

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• Congratulations to Ken Hitchcock on being
  inducted into the National Honor Roll's
  Outstanding American Teachers! The NHR's
  Outstanding American Teachers was established to
  provide positive recognition to educators who
  have been identified as the kind of teacher who
  goes above and beyond the call of duty.

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• 2006-2007 Support Employee of the Year
• Deborah Rogers
• In School Suspension and Unit Recovery / Nova Net
  Assistant

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• 2006-2007
• Teacher of the Year
• Carolyn
• Brice
• Freshmen Academy Physical Science
• Chemistry

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• A Final Celebration for the Class of 2007

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• Establishing a foundation of excellence
• . . .

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• While preparing our team for building success
  beyond the classroom.

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