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Posts made in March, 2011
Liberty alumna Whitney Hand, ’08, a top-ranked women’s basketball player at the University of Oklahoma, was recently featured in an article by ESPN! Read the article in its entirety below:
http://espn.go.com/ncw/blog/_/name/ncwexperts/id/6241585/hand-delivers-big-game-oklahoma.
Along with three other alumni, Hand shared...
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Liberty Christian is the only school in TAPPS 5A to place in the top six in all four Fine Arts areas: academics and speech, art, vocal music, and instrumental music!
Liberty Christian was awarded second place at the TAPPS state art competition March 25 and 26 at Concordia University in Austin, Texas.
“I was excited that Liberty...
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The Warriors varsity track and field, the TAPPS 4A state champion last year, won first place winner in Saturday’s Lobo Club Invitational Track Meet in Little Elm.
“Our varsity won by more than 50 points, and our JV finished second overall,” said head coach Trent Vest. “We earned points in almost every event. In most...
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The Liberty Christian Warriors are 6-0 in district TAPPS 5A with two big wins over John Paul II on March 22, 9-6, and Trinity Christian Addison on March 25, 17-3.
Head coach Johnny Isom said, “Last week was a big week for us with two quality district wins.”
In the John Paul II game, the Warrior offense cranked it up...
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The Lady Warriors are now 3-1 in district and 13-5 overall after a decisive district win over John Paul II last night, 28-3.
“Pitcher Rachel Rainwater and catcher Kelsie Finch had great chemistry yesterday,” said head coach Stephanie Ritter. “They both worked very hard and struck out seven batters.”
Sophomore Anna Payne...
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In preparation for its Sunflower tour and state competition, Chorale will sing in concert at Liberty this Friday, March 25, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. All Liberty families are invited.
“We consider ourselves ministers of music,” said Ann Smith, Chorale director. “Each singer to some degree or another is being used by our Heavenly...
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Baseball took no break over Spring Break and came away with strong district wins and second place in the Brownwood tournament.
In the Brownwood tournament held on March 10–12, Liberty went 3-1, beating Fort Stockton 20-4, defeating Brownwood 15-3, and overpowering Rockdale 17-7, but trailing to Stephenville 6-4.
During...
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By Yvonne Lacy – Head Librarian
How much do we remember of what we read? Quite a lot, as 20 third through fifth graders demonstrated when they competed in Liberty’s fourth annual “Quest for the Crown” playoff on March 10.
To prepare for this competition, students throughout the year read 20 books that were above and beyond...
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Posted March 8, 2011
The freshman class at Liberty benefit every year by traveling for two to three days to tour colleges in the Texas/Oklahoma region.
“Each year, this trip enhances the students’ view of college and their desire to attend a four-year university,” said Tim Sanchez, Liberty academic advisor.
During the tour of...
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More than 100 students and sponsors from Liberty Christian School have chosen to spend their Spring Break to serve and minister Guatemala, a country where 70 percent of its 12 million inhabitants are below the poverty line, 45 percent of those inhabitants are children, and 370,000 of those children are orphans.
In Guatemala,...
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In its second tournament of the season, Liberty Christian won the Killeen Shoemaker Tournament held last weekend.
Head coach Johnny Isom said, “We have played in this tournament five years in a row, and this year was the first time for us to win the entire thing.”
Liberty players named all-tournament were junior Denton Martin...
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Dr. Jody Vogelzang, Liberty science teacher, began the Biology Snippets blog that initially involved students in her freshman biology class. They posted their questions, and guest bloggers, her AP biology students, answered them.
Vogelzang said her students come up with questions on her classroom ‘I Wonder Wall,” through...
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Liberty Christian won second place in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Art Competition hosted by Liberty on Thursday, March 3.
“I am very proud of the students’ work this year,” said Brandon Graham, art teacher. “Placing second is a solid result in a group of schools that is so strong...
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The Regional Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Competition for choir was hosted by Liberty Christian on Wednesday, March 2.
“The Chorale did very well at the TAPPS regional contest,” said Ann Smith, Chorale director.
Many of the Liberty students were awarded the score of a I, which means they advance...
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The Lady Warriors are the new TAPPS 5A state champions! Down 10 points at halftime and 16 points in the third quarter, the girls came back and prevailed 62-58, winning for Liberty its third state title in five years, and on their head coach’s, Ken Burroughs, birthday! All tournament went to Nicole Kornet, Summer Fife, and...
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Congratulations to the Warriors baseball team for its second place finish in the James Taylor Classic last weekend. The tournament was run by Denton Ryan High School, and for the first time, Liberty Christian School helped host the tournament and was the second site for pool play games.
The Warriors were in a pool that included...
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