APRIL 27-MAY 11

MAY 12TH 
LAST DAY FOR SENIORS


TUESDAY
ACT Testing for Juniors - Due to many advisories being displaced during this time consider: 
  • outdoor activities
  • team building
  • quiet study time
  • see the advisory choice folder for more options
THURSDAY
Spring Assembly

FRIDAY (MAY 1st)
SENIOR SURVEY
REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION



Lesson Objective: To complete Senior Exit Survey and Final Transcript Google Document
Procedure:
A.    Announce to Advisory:
Today we will be filling out two required documents to inform the counseling office what you plan to do after graduation and where to send your final transcript.
A final transcript is a record of your entire high school career.  This document will have your final GPA and Class Rank.  Transcripts will be mailed approximately 2 weeks after grades are due. 
You will need to complete two items to complete the process;
1.    The Grad Survey on Family Connection
2.    The Final Transcript Request Google document
The information may seem repetitive; however, the students must complete both documents in order for the transcript request to be successful.   Your college admission process will not be complete without these documents.  Colleges require a final transcript. 

B.    Process:

Students go to LHS website. Under Student Resources, click on Guidance.   Click on Family Connections Website on the left side of the page.

Students click on the About Me tab after they have logged into their accounts.  Click on Grad Survey1 on the top left side of the page.

1.    Complete your Last, First and Middle Name in the appropriate boxes.
2.    Complete the next section “On September 15, 2015, I will be ….”  You may use the text box for an option not listed. 
3.    Indicate your area of study.  You may type undecided. 
4.    Enter information ONLY if you are going into the workforce.
5.  The State of Missouri requires high schools to conduct a 6 month follow-up study on recent graduates.  Please provide a cell phone number where you can be reached in December 2015.  Include your area code and cell number in the appropriate box.  If you do not have a cell phone number, enter NONE.
6.  Provide a NON-SCHOOL email address where you can be reached.  Do not include your Liberty email address.  If you do not have an email address, enter NONE.
7. This is the explanation for 8-14.  Students do not answer this question.
8-14:  Student input is helpful as we develop and grow our programing.  We appreciate your time! 
15 and 16: Your suggestions are important to us.  

It is important to note the following:
You will need to request your Final Transcript on the Senior Final Transcript Form Google document.  The Google document is located on the front page of the Guidance Website. 

MONDAY MAY 4

GRADE CHECKS

Books for Africa!
What:
A book drive for multiple libraries that are being built in the Horn of Africa and Sudan. Many, many books are needed for these, and the church needs all they can get.


When:
May 7 and 8

Why:
These libraries are being built for children who are escaping prosecution in these countries. WE ARE FOCUSING ON CHILDREN’S BOOKS!  All books are welcome, but the focus is on basic level reading and small children’s books.


Where:
Take the books you would like to donate to your Advisory classroom.

Please, do not try and send damaged books. The books have to be in presentable condition to be sent to Africa. Jump ropes and frisbees are accepted as well.

If you have any questions, email dcra4721@student.liberty.k12.mo.us

TUESDAY MAY 5

GRADUATION SURVEY ABOVE (SEE EMAIL WITH LIST OF STUDENT NAMES THAT STILL NEED TO TAKE THE SURVEY)

THURSDAY MAY 6

STUDY/PREP FOR FINALS

FRIDAY MAY 7

KLHS

MONDAY MAY 10

CLASS PARTIES

TUESDAY MAY 11

CLASS PARTIES




Senior Final Cokley Crazies Banner

Attention Advisories over the next few weeks the Leadership class is going to be putting together a Senior Final Cokley Crazies banner that will be hung in the commons. We are in need for everyone to help out and participate! Below are what days your advisory is to report to Ms. Badalucco’s room 102, during advisory. As soon as the bell rings we ask you to bring your class down to her room and there will be a set up and an assembly line as to what and where your students are suppose to go. It won’t take long as long as everyone is participating and following instructions. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Ms. Badalucco or Ms. King.  

Thank You for all your help and corporation!

Friday 17th
-       Brinkmeyer
-       Ragan
-       Winkler
-       Stephens
-       MacGee
-       Ross
-       Jones
-       McDonald

Monday 27th
-       Ahart
-       Pierson
-       Welzenbach
-       Klein
-       Cole
-       Frigon
-       Brewer
-       Neldon

Tuesday 28th
-       Hammer
-       Wheeler
-       Lumetta
-       Meade
-       Bryant
-       Stirtz
Marla Badalucco
Liberty High School

Family and Consumer Science Teacher

Strut n Stroll Event

Liberty High School
Strut ‘n’ Stroll Games


Groups of 4
$5 per group member
Lunch will be provided


The Leadership Class has prepared a fantastic fundraising opportunity for Special Olympics with the implementation of the Strut-n-Stroll event to be hosted on April 24th.  This event will take place on our track and your class and/or individual participation would be welcomed and appreciated.  

The main component of the fundraising is within the Advisory $25 Challenge, however, there will be items for purchase and prizes to win if you go to the track to participate.   You can take your class for the entire hour, for 30 minutes, or even for just one jaunt around the track.  We want to show our support of this fantastic student driven project, if it works within your teaching schedule.   

April 13-17

Monday

LEH and Grade Checks

Tuesday

Advisory Choice (Class choose a topic to read about/watch/discuss)

MADD Awareness Month CLICK HERE

Autism Awareness Month

  • CLICK HERE (NBC 4m video and article on Autism Speaks Website)
  • CLICK HERE (Autism Speaks article and video about a Teen inspired by sister)


Thursday

Stuco Election Videos


Friday

KLHS

April 6-10

Monday

PowerSchool Grade Check
Encourage students to email teachers for help and to attend LH

Tuesday (Special Advisory Schedule)





Attendance (9:55-10:00)

Group A (10:00-10:30) Little Theater
Senior Meeting with Dr. Adams

Group B (10:00-10:30)
KLHS
Senior Survey
(only 150 students have completed the survey link below, please complete in class today)



Group B (10:30-11:00) report to Little Theater
Senior Meeting with Dr. Adams


Group A (10:30-11:00) report to class
KLHS
Senior Survey
(only 150 students have completed the survey link below, please complete in class today)



(11:00-11:50) All Seniors remain in Advisory class
Create Kindness Posters 
  • Look up kindness quotes to create colorful posters for the elementary schools
    • Dr. Seuss quotes
      • Other children's books
    • Quotes from Disney or other movies
Thursday
Finish Kindness Posters and turn in to Mrs. Stephens (RM 404)

Friday
KLHS



Just for Fun

Here is an empathy test an advisory student shared with me...just thought it might be fun to do in your advisory!

Enjoy!

#LHSBethechange

#LHSBeTheChange Advisory:
Acts of Kindness Project

City Mission Clothing Drive

Klein's Senior Advisory kick started a clothing drive for City Union Mission (date extended to March 26th).  If you want to support this cause please donate clothes to any LHS advisory.  Contact Angie Klein or Charity Stephens for more information.


Tag Your It (Tagging Kindness at LPS)



Stephens' Senior Advisory is kick starting the Tag Your It Project. Your Advisory teacher may get "tagged" by receiving an email with the image above.  Your advisory class must then decide if you want to take the challenge to spread kindness via LPS.  All you have to do is create posters of kindness to delivery to an LPS school below.  

Tag Your It Directions:  Once your class accepts the challenge (You do not have to wait to be tagged! Just jump on in and choose a school to make posters for! Just email Charity Stephens to tell her what school you chose:)
  1. Choose one of the schools below to make kindness posters for
    1. Manor Hill
    2. Lillian Schumacher
    3. Ridgeview
    4. EPiC
    5. Alexander Doniphan
    6. Shoal Creek
    7. Liberty Oaks
    8. Discovery Middle School
    9. Liberty Middle School
  2. Forward the "tag" email to a new advisory teacher from your grade level (also Cc Charity Stephens) and include the school you will make posters for so that each time the email is forwarded the new advisory will see all the schools that have been chosen. It is ok to double up on schools!!! Let's just try to share the kindness with ALL of these buildings!
  3. How will these be delivered? Great question! Have your advisory decide:
    1. Maybe they have a parent that works at one of these schools
    2. Maybe a group of students would like to contact the building principal for permission to hang the posters after school
    3. Maybe you can contact the building principal or counseling staff and ask to send them by pony...maybe that school has a group of kids that can hang them
    4. Maybe it's just easiest to give the posters to Charity Stephens and she will figure it out
    5. Maybe there is a creative delivery idea not listed here...just take action & spread kindness #LHSBeTheChange
Serteens Spare Change Challenge



Today's the start (March 23) of the Serteens Spare Change Challenge to raise money for the Victory Project, a charitable organization benefiting KC children with illness supported by Sporting KC. To help motivate your Advisory class to give, the Serteens club is sponsoring some rewards
  • Each class raising at least $100 over the week will receive donuts.
  • The class collecting the most $$ for the week will receive a pizza party.
A Serteens club member will stop by during Advisory each day to collect your change.  He/she will have a pass from me, so you'll know that person is a Serteen!! The Serteens will count the change each day after school, and I'll send out the totals. The list of classes participating is below.  Let Sara Langford know if you haven't signed up yet and your advisory class or area (office, guidance, LMC, etc…) would like to participate!  If I missed your class in the list, please let me know.
Thank you for your help!!
Sara

Early Bird Learning Center
Fowler
Hauser
Jones, Melissa
Kiser
Kleinmeyer
Knowles, M
Langford
Martin, D.
Matson
Murphy
Ragan
Ruiz
Williams

Sara Langford
Advanced Algebra 2, Trigonometry & College Algebra
Serteens Club Sponsor
Liberty High School

(816) 736-5340 Ext 7125

More Kindness Projects to show #LHSBeTheChange? Email your action plan to Charity Stephens!  






March 16-20

Monday

Grade Checks

Tuesday

Acts of Kindness Part 2

  • Class Starter: Share out acts of kindness you have seen or experienced in the last week. (Specifically try to think of some that occurred here at LHS or with LHS students/faculty)
  • Watch the video below
  • As an advisory class brainstorm what YOUR ADVISORY class can do to spread kindness at LHS and or in the Community
    • Don't just talk about it, now take action
      • Create an action plan for spreading acts of kindness
      • Make a plan to put it into action
      • Post acts of kindness here at LHS to #LHSBethechange

Thursday

Acts of Kindness continued

SHOW THIS VIDEO ABOUT LIBERTY HOUR



Friday

KLHS

Mar 9-13

Monday
Grade Check

Tuesday/Thursday
Group 1: Suicide Prevention Groupings and Room #s below (March 10)
Group 2: Random Acts of Kindness Part 1(March 10)

Group 1: Randoms Acts of Kindness Part 1(March 12)
Group 2: Suicide Prevention (March 12)

Lesson: Random Acts of Kindness Part 1
  • As a class watch this 10 minute video below
  • Class Discuss:
    • Take 3 minutes to list any random act of kindness you have been a part of (as the giver or the receiver) while attending LHS?
      • Share out 
    • How can seemingly small acts of kindness possibly impact individuals on a larger scale?
    • Before next Tuesday's advisory, you are challenged to Be The Change for LHS by performing at least one random act of kindness for someone at LHS
      • Tweet to #LHSbethechange



Friday
KLHS    SENIOR SURVEY CLICK HERE!!!!!!

March 2-6

Monday

LEH and Grade Checks

Tuesday

National Sleep Awareness Week!
Lullaby Music

Articles & Discussion: Choose 1 or more of the following to read & class discuss:

For our next Advisory class this week we will have nap time. Where your PJs, unplug from your device, close your eyes and rest!!!


Thursday
School Wide Pajama Day & Nap time



Friday

KLHS

Feb 23-27

Monday:

LEH/Grade Checks

Tuesday/Thursday (You pick which day you do which!):

Lesson:
Advisory Choice (use Choice Tab)

Lesson:
Family Connections Catch Up
  • Log In to Family Connections from the Tab above
  • Update:
    • Colleges I'm Applying To
    • Resume

Friday:

KLHS

Feb. 17-20

Tuesday

LEH Grade checks

You can also have them start "Thursday's" lesson below to allow more time to read the Student Paths articles and/or watch the videos.

Thursday

Student Paths

Follow the directions on the Student Paths Tab for students to complete the online "assessment".
Then have students explore at least one video and/or article
  • have students work alone or in groups
  • then share out what they saw/read 
    • share 2 facts
    • share 1 "ah ha"

Here are the three most popular Student Path lessons used by your fellow educators around the country thus far:
1. College debt: Is it worth it?-- Students college costs, reasonable amount to borrow, what makes taking on student debt is worthwhile, and resources for help managing/paying off student loan debt
2.  What's the big deal about STEM? -- Students learn what STEM is and why it's important to individual students as well as the U.S.
3. Growing green -- Spotlight on working to protect the environment as an agricultural research specialist 

Friday

KLHS



Feb 9-12

Monday

LEH Gradechecks

Tuesday

Advisory Teachers!  Breakfast Club is excited about our #X pledge drive and our last push to prevent texting and driving involves YOU!

Please CLICK HERE to access the video for you to project for students to watch as a class.

**It is imperative to load/buffer the video BEFORE showing it** 


#X is a simple way to pause your conversation while you drive.  We hope every student and teacher takes the pledge before Valentine’s Day!

After you show the video, please ask your kids to complete the google survey embedded below. If they are logged in to their Google account they will see the embedded survey. If they cannot see it, then they need to log in and then refresh the blog page.




Thursday
No Advisory

Feb 2-6

Monday:

LEH/Grade Checks

Tuesday/Thursday:

99.7 The Point Shower Children's Mercy with Valentine's Day Cards

http://www.997thepoint.com/pages/20672540.php?
Click on the Heart URL above to find the details for this event

Turn in cards to the teacher mailroom (box on center table) 
no later than the start of school on Friday, February 6th


Friday:

KLHS

January 26-30

Monday


Seniors are needed to help make LHS a better place! Come join a Senior Focus Group during Liberty Hour A on Tuesday, January 27 and Thursday, January 29 in the STUCO room. Your opinion is needed on the programs at LHS! All seniors are invited! Join us for ice cream and discussion.

If you would like to attend, please email Mrs. Hartman for a reminder email.



Bionic Week: Share with your advisory if you would like to do something as a class)
Monday: Cedars 5:30- 6:30 (Volunteer to hang out with some of the seniors who live there)
Tuesday: Hillcrest 3:45- 5:00 (helping organize/clean/size at the thrift store)
Wednesday: cook meal for Liberty Treehouse; Meet at HyVee at 4:00
Thursday: treat trolley; Bring homemade treats to StuCo room in the morning

Friday: Synergy women’s shelter 4:00- 6:00

Tuesday

Prep for next week's "Valentine's Day Card Shower" via 99.7 The Point

Project & Share the following information with your class:
http://www.997thepoint.com/pages/20672540.php

Have students brainstorm and sign up to bring in materials to create cards next week.  Cards will be mailed next Friday, February 6th.  There will be a box placed in the mailroom next week for you to turn in your advisory's cards.

Thursday
Advisory Choice


If you will let us know each day how many of  your advisory students vote for the LHS video in the Follett Challenge,  we’ll enter your name that many times in a drawing to win $50 to spend on an advisory party. 

Click here for the promo video  and here for the voting page and video submission.


Have students vote each day through next Friday, Jan. 30 to maximize your advisory's chance to win! 
Friday
KLHS

Read "Comments" Below to See Weekly Student Announcements

January 20-23

Tuesday




Thursday
Advisory Choice and/or

If you will let the LMC know each day how many of  your advisory students vote for the LHS video in the Follett Challenge,  we’ll enter your name that many times in a drawing to win $50 to spend on an advisory party. 

Click here for the promo video  and here for the voting page and video submission.

Have students vote each day through next Friday, Jan. 30 to maximize your advisory's chance to win! 


The voting link is also posted on the LMC web page.

Friday
KLHS


January 12-16

Monday



Tuesday

Local Scholarship (screencast via Guidance

Thursday
Group 1: Senior Administration Talk (Little Theater)
Group 2: KLHS

Friday
Group 1: KLHS
Group 2: Senior Administration Talk (Little Theater)

January 6-9

Tuesday & Thursday

Advisory Choice
  • see Advisory Choice Tab and let students help pick 1-2 lessons to accomplish this week
OR

Try out this 2 day lesson on "New Year's Resolutions"
  • Watch the video below and class discuss any "ah-ha" moments
  • Share past resolutions that have worked versus those that were an epic fail
  • The next advisory follow the lesson below the video



  • Day 2: Go to this website http://dreamitalive.com/ and click the button that says "Watch Video" and it will describe the purpose of vision boards
    • Sadly, DreamItAlive requires sign up with Facebook and this will be blocked for students.  HOWEVER, the video is great at detailing the purpose of vision boards.  Who knows maybe a student will be inspired enough to try it out at home.
  • Give students time to brainstorm and/or create a Vision Board using digital platforms such as  Padlet, Google Docs, Google Slides, Piktochart, Smore, Tackk, Thinglink 
  •  Start adding ideas that represent your vision:
      • images
      • quotes
      • words
      • poems
      • brief videos
  • Students may choose not to do this activity.  That's ok, don't make them.  However, if you are seated with them and creating your own vision board they may just become intrigued enough to try one of their own.
                                                   OR

No one wants to make a vision board? Then check out these other videos to talk about "stick withitness" for the New Year

Law of Attraction


What is the one significant key to success?