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LIBERTY
HIGH
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2615 JEFFERSON DRIVE
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LIBERTY, TX 77575
936-336-6483
BPA Team Competes At Dayton Meet
By Penni Koonce
State Qualifiers
Conner Gilliland; Entrepreneurship; 1st
place
Rebekah Burris; Keyboarding
Production; 1st place
Pete Russell; PC Servicing &
Troubleshooting; 2nd place
Angelica Martinez; Integrated Office
Applications; 2nd place
Alicia Hernandez; Advanced Office
Systems & Procedures; 3rd place
Economic Research Project – Team;
Enoc Medina, Alicia Hernandez,
Angelica Martinez; 1st place
Presentation Management – Team; Julie
Birdwell, Lindsey Ortiz; 2nd place
State Alternates
Karen Grimaldo; Fundamental Word
Processing Skills; 4th place
Danielle Walker; Advanced Interview
Skills; 4th place
Sharday Freeman; Interview Skills; 5th
place
Enoc Medina; Medical Office
Procedures; 5th place
Mariela Garcia; Basic Office Systems &
Procedures; 6th place
Small Business Management – Team;
Pete Russell, Rachel Schatz, Danielle
Walker, Sharday Freeman; 5th place
Placed at Regionals
Shantal Harrison; Banking & Finance; 7th
place
Rachel Schatz; Desktop Publishing; 8th
place
Daniel Rico; Extemporaneous Speech; 8th
place
Lindsey Ortiz; Fundamental Spreadsheet
Applications; 10th place
Jill Birdwell; Graphic Design Promotion;
11th place
Administrative Support – Team; Karen
Grimaldo, Mariela Garcia, Rebekah
Burris; 8th place
Vol. 5 Issue 15
Jan. 30, 2009
“SUPER
POLL”
Liberty High
School students
polled yesterday
chose the Arizona
Cardinals over the
Pittsburgh
Steelers 2-1 in
Sunday’s
matchup.
Above: Liberty High School Business Professionals of America students participated in
Regional Competition at Dayton High School. There were 5 individual state qualifiers,
2 team state qualifiers, 4 individual state alternates, and 1 team state alternate.
Sam Rhine To Give Genetics Update
Sam Rhine has crossed
the country for 30+ years
presenting the latest genetic
information to high school
students and their teachers. He
has also spoken to audiences in
Toronto, Montreal, Tokyo,
Vienna, Prague, St. Petersburg,
Russia, and Nairobi, Kenya.
Sam has devoted himself to
genetics education. He is a
gifted speaker with a passion to
teach the “world” the applicability of
genetics to daily living. He began while he
was a graduate student by speaking to high
school biology classes, first in Indianapolis
and then in Boston. Soon he was presenting
whole-school convocations to hundreds of
students on two main topics: prevention of
birth defects, "The Most Important Nine
Month of Your Life," and prevention of
AIDS, "Say 'Know' to AIDS."
For the past several years, Sam has
concentrated on presenting Genetic
Update Conferences (GUC's). These
one-day conferences for biology
teachers and students are designed
to teach the latest in genetic
advances, hot research areas, and
career opportunities. Sam takes
biology from the textbook to the
heart by posing ethical dilemmas
each will face as technological
advances continue.
In 1997, the National
Association of Biology Teachers presented
Sam with the NABT Honorary Membership
Award. This award is given to one teacher in
the U.S. annually and is the highest honor that
the association can bestow upon members of
the profession. Sam and his wife of 40 years
live in suburban Indianapolis. They have two
children and eight grandchildren who live
close by and keep life “lively.” Dr. Rhine will
speak at the LISDA on Tuesday Feb. 3 from
9AM to 1PM.
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Sports Banquets News and Photos
Volleyball Awards
Football Awards
Awards from the Volleyball sports banquet
are as follows:
Most Style Award
Lauren Cook
Most Improved Freshman Player
Brittnie Rakestraw
Most Improved Junior Varsity Player
Kirbie Gruver
Perseverance Award
Sarah Fairchild
Leadership Award
Erika Flournoy
The Lady Panther Award
Kirby Taylor
Outstanding special teams player
Lucas Cowl
Most valuable back
Jeff Gibbs
Most valuable Lineman
Chris Vann
Outstanding Defensive Back
Ryan Meche
Chris Fregia Award
Tevin Goodman &
Charles Whittaker
Panther Heart Award
Jon Erik Zalesak
Ricky Robinson Award
Andy Beene
All-District
MVP Offensive Player of the district:
Michelle Braxton
1st team All-District:
Sharday Freeman
Rachel Schatz
2nd team All-District
Chaucie Lacefield
Honorable Mention
Sydney Givens
Kelsey Duff
Left: Kirby
Taylor hits
the ball. She
received the
Lady Panther
Award.
Football
photos by
Robert
Ward
Volleyball & Cross Country photos by Margo Taylor
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Jr. High One
Act Play Scores
a First Place
By Anthony Malish
The Liberty Junior High School
One Act Play department placed 1st in
district with Opal. They also received
numerous other awards including best actor
(Robert Lindsey), four all-star cast, 2
honorable mention all-star cast, outstanding
lights, and outstanding sounds.
The High School One Act play
department however started rehearsals for
Mother Hicks by Suzan Zeder. This is the
1st time the playwright allowed it to be cut.
Liberty has premier U.I.L rights. The 1st
competition will be held March 23 in
Liberty. The 20 cast and crew members are
as follows: Cast: Nikki Cook, Kaitlin
Wood, Alex Warner, Justin Windemiller,
Courtney McNeill, Conner Gilliland, Brody
Zalesak, Josh Fitzpatrick, Pete Russell,
Micheal Holladay, Chesney Bechtel,
Lauren Iller, Lexi Meche, and Trey
Edmond, Crew: Jonathan Gunter, Nicole
Bechtel, Katy Kimberly, and Meredith
Taylor; Alternates- Drake Mosley, and
Starr Sharp.
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Got Questions About College
Opportunities?
From www.collegeboard.com
Tip #1 - Pulling Your Application
Together
•
Narrow your list of colleges to 5 and
review it with your counselor. Get an
application and financial aid info from
each. Visit as many as possible.
Make a master calendar and note:
•
Test dates, fees, and deadlines
•
College application due dates
•
Required financial aid applications and
their deadlines
•
Recommendations, transcripts, and other
necessary materials
•
Your high school's deadlines for application requests, such as your transcript
•
Ask for recommendations. Give each
person your resume, a stamped, addressed
envelope, and any required forms.
•
Write application essays and ask teachers,
parents, and friends to read first drafts.
Did you know… that more
than 70% of college and
state deadlines occur between February and April?
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Boys Varsity Wins
In Overtime 66-64
By Nikki Goudeau
4-3 in district, the Panther
basketball team showed no mercy towards
the Splendora Wildcats on their own
grounds this past Tuesday. With and
ending score of 66-64, the Panthers were
victorious. Not only did they win, they
outscored the Wildcats in overtime when
senior Arlando Senegal scored an
unpredictable lay-up. Astonished, the boys
fought hard, running the Wildcats with fast
breaks, three pointers, and for some, a
game of one-on-one.
The outstanding player for this
game was junior point-guard, Terrance
Roberts, scoring 13 points during the
original game, along with another added 11
during overtime. Their next game will be
against the Cleveland Indians at home
beginning at 7:30PM.
Lady Panthers Hit
Rough Streak
By Dustin Nelson
So far this year the girls Varsity
basketball team is currently 1-8 in district.
The girls seem to have hit a rough spot
these past couple of games. They fell
behind 55-44 yesterday in the game against
Splendora. Player Michelle Braxton led the
team scoring 12 points in the game. Last
Friday, the Lady Panthers lost against
Coldspring with a final score of 74-46.
Sharday Freeman led that game by scoring
19 points. This Friday, the LHS Girls
Basketball is facing Cleveland here in
Liberty.
The NACB (Nation Association of
Basketball Coaches) is having Coaches vs.
Cancer games this weekend, January 30th
thru February 1st. The games will be
promoting breast cancer awareness and
other cancers in general. Our girls will be
participating in this event this Friday
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More Power To
Ya
By Kaci Earp &
Austin Gruver
This Saturday, the LHS Power-lifting
team will travel to New Caney to compete in
the upcoming meet. The competitors that will
be going along with Coach Logan and Coach
Dunaway are, Pete Fountain competing in the
114 lb. weight class, Dylan Blackburn and
Darrin Walker in the 132 weight class, Martin
Sterling and Thomas Kerry in the 165, Chris
Hardy in the 181, August Roberts in the 198,
De-Jonge Robinson and Terrance Goodman in
the 220 weight class, and Josh Sell and
Arlando Senegal in the super heavy weight
class. Liberty High School will be hosting a
meet next Thursday, February 5th.
Photos By Robert Ward