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District Announcements
Summer LEGO Robotics Camps Announced
Our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) LEGO Robotics Camp is ready to gear up for the third summer in a row.  The camps are open to students from 1st through 8th grade, and they will be hosted at Clemson Elementary, Pickens High School, and the new Brice Middle School building. There will be three classes at each camp based on grade level and experience:

WeDo Camp - designed for grades 1 and 2.

Basic NXT Building Camp - designed for grades 3-5.

Sumo Robot Camp - designed for grades 5-8.

To download a sign-up sheet with more information, click here!


Registration Dates Announced For 2013 School Year
Attention Parents!

The registration and Meet the Teacher dates for the 2013-2014 school year are set. 

Meet the Teacher day and registration for all elementary schools will be Thursday, August 15 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Registration times for middle and high schools vary by school and by grade. For a complete list of times and dates for middle and high schools, take a look at the Meet the Teacher Schedule.

2013 Registration Q & A
Welcome to Liberty Middle School!
May Students of the Month
 Two Students of the Month are chosen by both teams in each grade level.  Students of the Month should possess leadership, scholarship and citizenship qualities.

   Congratulations to the following students who were chosen by their teachers as Students of the Month for May: 

6th Grade:Cindi Babb, Pedro Organista Gonzalez, Aspen Ridder, Chavis Stone and Christy Taylor
                  
7th Grade: Keyshawn King, Ryan Nix, Lauren Patterson and Amber Wilson

8th Grade: Destiny Astin, Tatyana Chamblee, Seth Dover, Jacob Herman and Christopher Lark

Costner Named 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year
 Angela Costner has been named Liberty Middle School’s 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year.  Angie graduated from Liberty High School in 1986 and worked as Vice President of Greenville Events, where she helped put on events such as River Place Festival, Fall for Greenville, and the ACC Baseball Tournament.  In 1991, she married Roy Costner, and they will celebrate their 22nd year of marriage this year.  After having her first child, Roy B. in 1995, she resigned from her job to stay at home.  Angie went back to work in 1996 for an orthopedic office as a receptionist and was later promoted to office manager.  While working there, she went back to school at Southern Wesleyan University to follow the path she felt she had always been called to do-Teach.  In 1998, she had her second child, Tori, who is now in the 9th grade at LHS.  

Angie received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 2003.  She began working as a substitute for Pickens County.  In 2008, she was hired at Liberty Middle School to teach 6th Grade Science, and she loves it!  In 2011, Angie went back to SWU and received her Master of Education.  “I appreciate each and every day that I get to spend with the students here at LMS.  I love teaching and sometimes being taught by the students.  LMS is a wonderful place to work.  You really couldn’t ask for a better staff or leadership team than what we have here.  I feel honored, humbled, and privileged to call LMS my home.”

Venable Named 2013-2014 Support Employee of the Year
 Liberty Middle School’s 2013 Support Employee of the Year is Joe Venable.  Joe serves as a teaching assistant.  He graduated from Clemson University in 1970 with a B.A. in Secondary Education and in 1978 with a Master of Education in Administration and Supervision.  He served in the Air Force from 1970 -1974.  In 2010, Joe retired as Vice President of a textile business after 40 years of service.  Upon retirement, he decided he’d pursue his long time desire to work with children in education.  While in Pickens County, Joe has taught at Easley High School and worked throughout Pickens County as a substitute teacher.  “I appreciate all of the opportunities I have had working in the School District of Pickens County.”  Congratulations, Mr. Venable, you’ll represent us well!!!!

Tammy Durham Joins the LMS Family
 Tammy Durham will be joining the Liberty Middle School family as our new assistant principal for the 2013-2014 school year.  She has been in education for 17 years both at the middle and high school levels.  She was an assistant principal at Indian Land Middle School in Lancaster County for 2 years as well as Gettys Middle School in Pickens County for 3 years. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree at Mount Union College in Ohio and her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Concordia University Wisconsin in Wisconsin.         

She has been married for 13 years to Kevin Durham.  He is a teacher and coach for Anderson County Four School District.  They have two children, Tory who is 11 years old and Eastin who is 7 years old.  They live in Liberty and are members of Refuge Baptist Church. 

Mrs. Durham looks forward to being part of the middle school in the community in which she lives and working together with the faculty, staff and students to build on the educational foundation instilled in the Falcon tradition.

2013 Report to Parents
      Every year, schools in South Carolina are required to present to parents a report of highlights for the past school year. Our report is linked here. In it you will find a number of items that we are highlighting for this year. It is by no means a complete listing. Thanks to each of you for helping to make this a great year for our school!

International Leaders in Education Program Enriches LMS
 Initiated in 2005, the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) brings outstanding secondary teachers (Fellowes) from the Near East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Latin America to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States.

ILEP consists of a semester-long academic program at a U.S. university (Clemson University in our area) including course work in teaching methodologies, lesson planning, teaching strategies for the home classroom environment, teacher leadership and instructional technology.

In addition to observing and co-teaching in the Liberty Middle School ELA classrooms, our four Fellowes have visited classrooms of colleagues, attended school meetings, participated in extracurricular activities, shadowed a student and an administrator for a day, and taken part in other school experiences. The benefits to our students have been numerous, including global competence and awareness; tolerance for other cultures; acceptance of new ideas, customs, languages, and dress; and broadening our students’ horizons.

We have been honored to host Mohamed El Hayal (Morocco), Lasma Sihite (Indonesia), Madhu Singh (India), and Fanta Cissok (Senegal) in our school and have enjoyed their presence in our classrooms. Our lives have been enhanced, and we have learned much from each other.

Morning and Afternoon Procedures
     Please click here for the latest information on our morning and afternoon pick-up procedures.




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