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Seniors Celebrate Cinco de Mayo...
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The rest of Liberty High School was working
hard on the 4-sight Tests, but Liberty’s Senior Class took
a little break from end-of-the year pressures to celebrate
Cinco de Mayo. In their own inimitable style – a day late.
Ms. Moore and her staff cooked the Class of ’08 a hearty
breakfast of French Toast, hash browns and sausage while
the kids played in the wading pools and on the slip ‘n’
slide, before returning to class to continue with the rest
of the school day once the underclassmen completed their
testing. |
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Liberty Girls Lacrosse Club
takes 1st Place at Parkland Tournament |
The varsity squad of the
Liberty Girls Lacrosse Club placed 1st in the Fifth Annual "Rock
the Cradle" Lehigh Valley Lacrosse Tournament, held
at Parkland High School on Sunday, May 18th. Liberty's
girls beat out teams from Central Catholic, Emmaus, Nazarath,
Parkland and Southern Lehigh. To cap off the season,
Liberty's Lacrosse JV squad placed 4th. This was the
best finish for both Varsity and JV teams in the five
years of the tournament. |
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Scholastic Scrimmage Wins
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| Liberty’s Scholastic Scrimmage
team finished the regular season in the Lehigh Valley Conference
with a record of 9 wins and three losses. They followed up
their winning season by beating both Nazareth and Freedom in
the Eastern Division playoffs and then Emmaus in the Lehigh
Valley Conference Championship match. Under the guidance of
advisor and Scholastic Scrimmage coach David Ambrose, Captain
Andrew Frantz, ’08, Greg Blocki, ’08, Dan Bossert, ’08 and
Ben Kraft, ’11 will face Moravian Academy on June 3rd for the
final match of the season. |
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Bethlehem Area Public Library
Community Poetry Contest |
| Amanda Feliciano and Jeremiah
Cruz, students in Liberty's special education department placed
1st and honorable mention in the community poetry contest showcased
by The Bethlehem Area Public Library. An awards ceremony will
be held on Saturday May 10th, at the library's main branch
at 2:15pm. The winners will be published in an anthology of
poetry which will be added permanently to the public library's
collection. |
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Budget cuts lead to sale of School?
This morning the following picture was anonymously
sent to the
LHS web site in-box:
Initially, we were confused by this alleged
sale of our sister school. It had to be a hoax, didn't it?
A doctored picture? Upon closer examination of the image, it
was revealed that the school behind the "For
Sale Sign" was
indeed Freedom High.
At this point, a closer reading of the sign
seemed to be in order...
Suddenly it was all making sense! Someone was
taking advantage of the new Classified
Section in Liberty Life!
The May Issue came
out today, 05.21.08. |
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Clinton
Campaign Visits Liberty High School
Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign visited Liberty
High School’s Memorial gym on Sunday, April 20th. The Senator
spoke to a gymnasium packed full of supporters, many of whom
began waiting in line as early as 6:30 am.
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan welcomed the crowd
to his alma mater, and was followed at the microphone by Ed Pawlowski
and Easton’s Mayor Salvatore Panto. Each of the Mayors endorsed
Clinton in turn. It was a virtual who’s-who of Democratic Party
dignitaries as Don Cunningham, T.J. Rooney and Governor Ed Rendell
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audience
before Rendell introduced the Senator from New York to the excited
crowd.
Senator Clinton began by thanking all who came
to listen to her speak. She spoke about the need to bring the
people of the country together, while drawing distinctions between
her proposed solutions and those of her opponent, Barack Obama.
Clinton told the crowd that the campaign should be about what
the people of the country could do together. “I believe in the
promise of America.” the Senator told her cheering supporters.
Clinton continued calling for fiscal responsibility
in government and the need to get control over the price of oil.
Some of her loudest applause came when Clinton
talked about creating “green” jobs and getting the country away
from its dependence on oil. “The country that sent men to the
moon will be the first to declare energy independence.” Senator
Clinton promised.
Clinton’s promise to abandon the Bush administration’s
No Child Left Behind brought the most enthusiastic response of
the afternoon from the crowd.
Chants of “Hillary! Hillary!” began when the Senator
promised to end the war in Iraq and make sure that all of our
veterans were taken care of.
Clinton spoke for nearly an hour in the packed
gym, and upon finishing her speech, signed autographs and spoke
with supporters before moving on to her next campaign appearance. |
Neither the BASD Board of School Directors nor Staff
supports any particular presidential candidate and all presidential
candidates are welcome to use BASD facilities at their own
expense.
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LHS Grenadier Band Presented with official
Tournament of Roses Parade Flag |
The President of the Tournament of Roses Parade,
“Corky” Conzonire and his wife Marilyn, arrived at Liberty today
to present the official Rose Parade Flag to the Grenadier Band.
The Conzonires arrived in Bethlehem so that he could attend the
40th Anniversary Concert of Liberty’s Grenadier Band and make
this special presentation.
State Representative Steve Samuelson, Superintendent Joe Lewis,
Principal JoAnn Durante and Liberty staff and students looked
on as Mr. Conzonire praised the hard work and dedication it took
on the part of the 250 Liberty Band members to be chosen as one
of the 15 bands to march in the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade
which will be watched by over 70 million people around the world
on January 1st, 2009.
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Mr. Conzinire told the audience how impressive it was to have
been met at the ABE International Airport by Liberty’s Herald
Trumpets. “Forgive me,” he said while dabbing at his eyes, “I
just found the whole experience very moving.”
As the President of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Conzinire
also chose the theme, Hats Off to Entertainment, “and
I am positive,” he said, “that Liberty will offer great Entertainment
at the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade.
Band Director Greg MacGill thanked everyone for their support,
and expressed his appreciation to Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan
and State Representative Steve Samuelson for their letters of
recommendation to the Tournament of Roses Band Committee, as
well as Superintendent Lewis and Mrs. Durante for their continued
support.
Senior Drum Major Andrew Frantz accepted the Tournament of Roses
Flag and thanked Mr. Conzonire and his wife on behalf of all
Grenadier Band Members.
Before tonight’s concert, Mr. and Mrs. Conzonire will tour Liberty
High School, be given a private tour of Bethlehem by Mayor Callahan,
and visit other places of interest in the Lehigh Valley.
The Grenadier Band’s Spring Concert will be held in Memorial
Gym, on March 28th and 29th at 8:00 pm. The Concert will feature
a special video segment celebrating 40 years of the Grenadier
Band. Tickets are $7.00 and will be available at the door. |
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Liberty Students Shine
at the PA Junior Academy
of Sciences Competition
On Saturday, February 23rd, Liberty students competed in the PA Junior
Academy of Sciences Competition at Easton High School. Students compete
individually in their area of expertise – biology, microbiology, chemistry,
physics, math, computer science, earth and space science, behavioral
science, botany, zoology, and biochemistry. Students have ten minutes
to present their project with overheads and other visual aids, and then
about five minutes to answer questions from the judges. Judging is conducted
by area science teachers and science professionals in the corresponding
areas of expertise.
Congratulations to all of our student competitors!
The following students attained First Place awards
in their categories. They will represent Liberty at Penn State University
in May.
- Rachel Anthony, Earth & Space Science
- Divya Chalikonda, Microbiology
- Dilesh Chudasama, Microbiology
- Meghana Pendurthi, Microbiology
- Caroline Vail, Microbiology
The following students received Second Place awards
in their categories.
- Candace Copio, Biology
- Zach Daniels, Behavioral Science
- Abhiroop Das, Ecology
- Jason McGavin, Biology
- Avani Pisaptii, Chemistry
If a student is awarded first place according to the scoring
rubric, they will go to the state competition held at the
Pennsylvania State University on May 18-20th, 2008. Students
will compete for scholarships, bonds, and promised admission
to certain colleges within Penn State at the State event. |
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Liberty Students Rock
State DECA Competition
The following DECA members were state finalists last
week in Hershey:
• 5th place Hospitality Marketing Research: Melissa
Pieller, Kristina Pieller, Georgia Spano
• 5th place General Marketing Research: Vrinda
Jagota, Juliana Telles
For these two events, the students completed an in-depth marketing research
paper on the company of their choice. Then at the competition the students
presented the paper. This year's focus for General Marketing Research
was to create a "Green Marketing Campaign."
• 5th place Food Marketing: Dilesh
Chudasam
Dilesh completed a test on Food Marketing and General Business, and
was involved in two role-plays (business simulations) related to his
event.
• 4th place DECA Quiz Bowl: Colin
Santoro, Alex Russo, Mark Moyer
The DECA Quiz Bowl is an event, similar to Scholastic Scrimmage, where
students answer questions by buzzing in before the other team. The competition
is in a bracket format, and the field is seeded based on a preliminary
test. Our team advanced to the Final 4 in the state.
The following students have qualified for the National
Competition in Atlanta in late April:
• 3rd place General Marketing Research: Puja
Shah, Danielle Zimmerman, Niha Pendurthi
The students completed an in-depth marketing research paper on the company
of their choice, and, at presented their papers at the competition. This
year's market research focused on creating a "Green Marketing Campaign."
• 3rd place Sports and Entertainment Individual: Ben
Doll three-time National Qualifier
• 1st place Sports and Entertainment Team: Matt
Piazza, Dan Bossert (3-time National Qualifiers, two-time State
Champions)
For these two events, the students completed a test on the Sports and
Entertainment Industry and General Business, and were involved in two
role-plays (business simulations) related to their event. |
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11 Liberty Seniors take part in National
Signing Day 2008 |
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Mrs. Durante welcomed the parents, friends
and athletic representatives from colleges and universities as they packed
into the LHS Art Gallery to watch 11 Liberty senior athletes take part
in National Signing Day. The first Wednesday in February has become known
as National Signing Day, the first day a senior student-athlete can sign
a national letter of intent to attend and play for a recruiting college
or university. Mr. Senneca also welcomed everyone to the occasion and
announced that this was the largest group of Liberty student-athletes
ever to take part in National Signing Day festivities. |
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Liberty High School
would like to congratulate all
of today’s signees:
- Caitlin Donnelly, Field Hockey, Lehigh University
- Christie Jones, Field Hockey, Michigan State
- Mary Lawrence, Track, Coastal Carolina University
- Doug Marcincin, Golf, Lehigh University
- Kevin McCarthy, Swimming, University of Virginia
- Brendan Mohler, Golf, Franklin & Marshall
- Joe Orlando, Football, New Hampshire
- Justin Rivera, Football, Bloomsburg University
- Alex Schlener, Field Hockey, The Pennsylvania State University
- Ahkeem Smith, Football, Temple University
- Trevor Van Ackeren, Cross Country & Track, Princeton
- Ashley Schmidt, Volleyball,
Moravian College
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Liberty Students Take wins at Skills
USA Championships
LIberty High School would like to congratulate the following students
for their success in the Skills USA Championship held earlier this week
at Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School. These students will have
the opportunity to advance to the state competition, held April 2nd through
the 4th in Harrisburg.
Senior Patricia Heller took first place in the 12th grade Health Knowledge
Bowl, as did Liberty Junior Rebeka Herster. Senior Amberlee Frankenfield
placed 1st in the Nurse Assisting Competition. Senior Giancarlos Morales
placed 3rd in Electronics Technology and Junior Kyle Pintande placed
3rd in the Masonry competition. 3rd Place in Related Technical Math went
to Mariah Tarboro, '10.
Congratulations to all our student-competitors! |
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Lund
Completes first-ever 500 free
Reik Faust, Liberty’s swimming coach, asked the Swim Team if any
of them would like to swim in an event which they hadn’t yet swum
up to the Parkland meet. Patrick Lund, volunteered to swim one of
the hardest events in high school competition - the 500 free
On Thursday, January 10th, Patrick Lund finished his first-ever
500 freestyle, and while he didn’t finish in the top three, he was
given a standing ovation by the crowd for his gritty determination
to finish the event.
Pat, the son of Rick and Arlene Lund of Bethlehem, graduated from
Liberty in 2006 becoming the first child with Down Syndrome to complete
a fully-inclusive high school program. Currently Patrick is attending
Liberty’s Education 21 program for learning disabled students.
Lund’s 9:39:46 time in the 500 free, and his single-minded determination
to succeed prompted his teammates from the LHS Swim Team to nominate
him as swimmer of the week. Congratulations to Pat, the Liberty Swim
Team and coaches, and the Lund Family. |
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Dana
Wieller 1st Junior to score 1,000 points!
Dana Wieller, '09, was the first female basketball player to
score 1,000 points as a junior. Four other
women players have made this achievement as seniors. She scored
her 1,000th last Tuesday night,
January 22 at the Liberty / Bethlehem Catholic game. |
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Giselle Brown named YWCA Teen of the
Year
Giselle Brown, '08, was named the 2008 YWCA Teen of the Year by
the Bethlehem YWCA. Brown, a senior at Liberty, was chosen because
of her outstanding achievement in all areas and her work with the
Start Academy at Lehigh University and Air Products and Chemical.
The YWCA Teen of the Year Award honors female high school seniors
attending Bethlehem public or private schools. The nominees must
reside within the geographic borders of the Bethlehem Area School
District. Teens of the year are selected based on their financial
need, outstanding volunteer work in the community, extra-curricular
involvement in school, and their academic achievement. |
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Liberty students take awards in the
Lafayette College "Marquis on the Marquee" Film Festival
Lafayette College gave several awards to Liberty filmmakers at the Marquis
on the Marquee film festival, which celebrated
the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Emily Wargo, Shayna Au, Candace Copio, Eliana Ortiz, Jessica Guro,
Chelsy Kaiser, Gillian Cundall and George M. Thanhauser III won the
Grand Prix award for the best all-around portrayal and reenactment
of the young Marquis.
The award for most engaging story line went to Liberty High School's "Back
to the Future" created by student filmmakers Andrew Berkman,
Amy Klova, Nicholas Plum, Lily Morgan, Katherine Willmorth, Jessica
Laubach, Andrew Zart and Kelly Sturm.
Pictures
and information on the festival can be found here.
Lafayette College also gave a special "grand merci" to
French teacher Cecile Thibaud who supervised and encouraged her students
in their work. |
Liberty Students Recognized for Poetry
Business teacher Anne Skelly is proud to announce that five of
her freshman campus students will be recognized by the Morning
Call's "Newspapers in Education" program. In October,
students submitted poetry on the subject of Christmas, the holiday
season, New Year's Day or the winter season. Any style of poetry
was fine as long as it was 100 words or less in size. Artwork could
also be submitted.
"Christmas Long Ago," a poem by Sheilly Diaz, '11, appeared
in the Monday, December 24, 2007 Morning Call.
The following poems were chosen for publication on Monday, December
31, 2007. |
- "Snowboarding" – Derek Thomas, '11.
- "Winter Love" - Rayelle Miller, '11.
- "The New Year" - Lloyd Achey, '11.
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of Participation from the Morning Call. If the Morning Call posts
these poems on-line tomorrow, we'll link to them. |
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Congressman Dent educates students about
money management
State Representative Charlie Dent and KNBT Regional
President David B. Kennedy spoke to Business and Technology students
at Liberty High School Monday. Dent and Kennedy discussed the challenge
and importance of establishing good credit with the class.
“Young adults are eager to take on new financial responsibilities,
but their enthusiasm needs to be balanced with knowledge,” said Dent.
“By teaching good credit habits now, we hope for better money managers,
higher home-ownership rates and fewer bankruptcies in the future.”
The visit to Liberty was held as part of the Get Smart About Credit
Program, a national financial education campaign sponsored
by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation. The Get
Smart About Credit Day lessons focused on the fundamentals
of credit including, interest rates, finance charges and account
maintenance.
Students were receptive to Dent’s venture into the classroom,
“It was pretty cool that a congressman came to talk to us,” said
Victoria Thrash, ’08. |
“It showed he cared about the younger generation,” said Brendan
Albert, ’08, “not just as voters, but as people.” |
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High School Heisman |
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Liberty High School Senior Trevor
Van Ackeren was awarded the Wendy’s High School Heisman Friday
night at the Wendy’s High School Heisman National Awards Banquet
in New York City. Van Ackeren was named as one of 12 national
finalists for the award at a special Liberty pep rally in early
November.
As recipient of Wendy’s High School Heisman, Trevor has become
a member of an elite group of high school scholar athletes. As
National Winner, Van Ackeren will receive a Wendy’s High School
Heisman trophy, a Heisman patch, and a $10,000 monetary award for
Liberty High School.
Trevor is the son of William and Heather Van Ackeren of Bethlehem.
He attended Spring Garden Elementary and Northeast Middle Schools
before coming to Liberty High School where he is currently ranked
2nd in his class of 713. He was selected as team captain for
the Cross Country, Basketball and Track teams for both his junior
and senior years and was the National Honor Society student athlete
for these sports as well. His level of commitment from the classroom
to the athletic fields to his extra-curricular activities is
outstanding. Trevor combines natural talent with a fantastic
work ethic. Liberty High School wishes to congratulate Trevor
on all of his achievements, both on and off the field.
Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas created the High School Heisman Award
14 years ago to recognize and motivate high school students to
achieve excellence in all facets of life. In his own words, Dave
believed that “the students of today are important for our tomorrow,”
and that “each student can be a positive role model for their
peers, classmates and society.” This year, these guidelines motivated
more than 32,000 students across the country to apply for this
prestigious high school award.
Liberty High School would like to congratulate Trevor for his
achievement. |
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Liberty High School Grenadier Band
to March in 2009 Rose Bowl
Two hours before the kick-off of the Liberty Freedom
Game, Mr. Jake Peppers, flew into Bethlehem to deliver
the following message to 235 thrilled Liberty High School
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“After reviewing many hundreds of applications
from high school bands across our nation and beyond,
and after considering the Liberty High School Grenadier
Band’s exceptional musicianship and presentation, as
well as its many ongoing musical accomplishments, the
Pasadena “Tournament of Roses” sends greetings and congratulations
as the Parade Selection Committee officially invites
the Liberty High School Grenadier Band to march in the
Tournament of Roses Parade, January 1, 2009, in Pasadena,
California. Of the many hundreds of high school bands
who apply, only SEVEN are accepted annually. So, Liberty
Grenadiers, again, congratulations on a truly awesome
feat!”
The Liberty High School Grenadier Band would like to thank
one of our band’s biggest fans, Mr. Jake Peppers, for his
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and recognize two Liberty alumni, Mayor John Callahan and
State Representative Steve Samuelson, for their roles,
as well.
One million people lining the parade route will watch
the Liberty High School Grenadier Band on January 1,
2009. Another 80 million viewers will watch the parade
on nationally televised programs aired on NBC, ABC, & HGTV.
But that’s not all - internationally, 350 million people
in over 100 countries will get to see the Liberty High
School Grenadier Band perform in the Tournament of
Roses Parade.
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