Liberty Yearbook Wins State!
Advisor Vickie Morgan, right, with her winning yearbook staff.
Liberty’s 2008-2009 yearbook won state last weekend in tough competition at the TAPPS State Academic Meet.
Yearbook advisor Vickie Morgan said it was a team effort.
“It is with a humble and grateful heart that we stand in awe of the talent God has sent to Liberty and how blessed we are,” she said.
Morgan said that students, proofreaders, teachers, photographers, staff, and the administration came together to make a great book.
Yearbook staff member, junior Tricia Tiedt said, “As my first year on the staff, I feel honored to be a part of such a big success – it has set the bar for all future Liberty yearbooks to come.”
Liberty students competed against 20 other schools at the state academic meet that was held at Concordia University in Austin.
Yearbook staff member, senior Mary Beth Holland said, “We did a lot of things that had not been done before, and the theme was close to our hearts and minds.”
Yearbook staff member, junior Tiffany Sheffield said, “We set a lot of goals for last year’s book, and it is amazing to see how they paid off.
“Mrs. Morgan really deserves this – she puts in more work than anyone could imagine.”
Sheffield said the recognition that the yearbook received came from Morgan’s desire for students to have the best book possible when they look back and remember their great years at Liberty.
Morgan thanked the company “Our Living Yearbook,” who took all of the yearbook’s portrait photos, team and individual portraits.
Along with the student photographers, Our Living Yearbook “captured cherished moments in the day-to-day life of Liberty – photographing everything from Dr. Seuss Day in kindergarten to the state soccer games in San Antonio,” said Morgan.
“Our love and appreciation for all involved cannot be expressed in words,” she added.
President of Our Living Yearbook, Roger Lane, said, “It is a privilege to be a part of these children’s lives.”
Lane has three children who graduated from Liberty, and he said their family was a part of Liberty for more than 10 years before they truly understood what a special place it was.
He said that he didn’t want the credit, but wanted this award to “celebrate Jesus, for He is the reason we care.”
He added, “Vickie and her staff made it happen.”