Music knows no language barrier, and it transcends different cultures as it speaks to the listener in a personal and moving way. The sound of music can touch any heart no matter where home is. In Liberty Christian’s Lower School, music students were blessed earlier last year by the visit of a very gifted musician. Tong Lu came to...
read moreLiberty’s 83 fifth graders partnered with Kid2Kid ministry and each made a blanket for the Liberty-sponsored God Cares Orphanage in Uganda. Youth pastor Chris Searcy took a team at the end of May to deliver the blankets. Liberty alumna Ashleigh Stateson spoke to the fifth grade classes to kickoff this ministry project. Stateson...
read moreBy 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...
read moreLiberty Christian third graders recently traveled from Argyle to Dallas to visit Mi Escuelita, a comprehensive, year-round preschool program for 330 Hispanic, Vietnamese, African American, Sudanese, Ethiopian, and Indian children, as well as children of other nationalities. Liberty third graders have been a part of an outreach to...
read moreBy Christy Besett, Lower School Fine Arts Teacher The hills are alive … with the sound of music. The fine arts hallway is also alive with the sound of music! This year marks the first year of musical theatre, an exciting and relevant spin-off of the drama elective for fifth graders. In this class, fifth graders perform two...
read moreBecause of his extensive knowledge and experience in the field of teaching, Dr. Martin Noto, Middle School principal, is performing a unified and comprehensive teacher observation program this year, from Lower School through Upper School. “The purpose of an observation program is to assist teachers in their professional...
read moreSince the school’s beginning, prayer has been a vital part of Liberty. As an addition to the Liberty Pops-in-Prayer and Moms in Touch prayer ministries, a parent has been instrumental in beginning a new prayer ministry this year. Terri Woodworth, who has children in the second and third grade, organized “Prayer Warriors,”...
read moreThe first grade parent invitation began, “Have you ever wondered what are special sounds in phonics, how are special sounds taught, how are short vowels and long vowels marked, and what exactly happens in a speed drill?” First grade teachers, and now many grade levels are following suit, began parent workshops last year to...
read moreLiberty’s Lower School students in third through fifth grades successfully competed at the 2010 Area Math Olympics Competition held recently at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano. Each student competed in a series of four rounds of testing in either the “Computation” or “Reasoning”...
read moreThe fifth and sixth grade choir recently traveled to Azle, Texas, to perform in the ACSI Music Contest held at Azle Christian School. The Liberty choir received a rating of “I” – meaning superior for all three pieces and from all three judges. “I am so proud of each choir member,” said Shara Collins, Lower School...
read moreThe story below was written by hand by Liberty second grader Connor Jeffers. He and his fellow second graders took a field trip with their teachers and parent helpers, but the field trip was really more like a mission trip. The students visited an organization in Lewisville that provides food and other important services to...
read moreLower School art teacher Mandy Welton attended the Texas Art Educators Association conference in Dallas last year and put her learning to work in her classroom. Using clay, her third graders recently created “taco fish,” now on display in the library. Students began this project by making a flat tortilla with their clay, and by...
read moreThe name of the song is “You’re Our Glory,” (click this link to listen to You’re Our Glory [mp3]), and the lyrics are below: There are moments in teaching when we, as teachers, have the blessing of experiencing a “Holy Spirit” moment with our children. Recently, my kindergarten class had such an encounter. As the...
read moreCongratulations to the following students who placed at the ACSI Spelling Bee at Prestonwood Christian last month. Eighth grader Thomas Ferguson placed second Seventh grader Marissa Finch placed third Fourth grader Jason O’Conner placed fourth Congratulations to these students for all of their hard work and...
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