4/1/08 - Jr. High TMSCA

Congratulations to the award winning Jr. High TMSCA (Texas Math and Science Coaches Assoc.) team.  The state competition was held at the University of Texas in San Antonio this past Saturday.  Those representing “team Liberty”, as we called ourselves, were:

6th :  Kailey Cox, Ben Menard, Jacob Quast, and Rusty Vittrup

8th:  Kara Vogelzang, Ben Hammer, Josh Harris, K.J. Lee, T.J. Pak, Dio Choi

There was stiff competition at the meet.  Only those qualifying from among thousands across the state of Texas were allowed to compete at this level.  This was the first state meet for this team.  It was very exciting for all of us.  The team made themselves known with an impressive showing. 

6th grade:

Science: 6th grade:  Kailey Cox – 19th place

Math: 6th grade:  Jacob Quast – 16th place

8th grade: 

K.J. Lee – 4th place

Dio Choi – 11th place

T.J. Pak – 18th place

Number Sense:  8th grade:  K.J. Lee – 4 th place

 Math team: 
7th place over all

Number Sense team:
9th place over all

8/16/07 - LCS Varsity Cheerleaders - ACA Camp Rock Award Winners!

The Liberty Christian Varsity cheerleaders attended ACA cheer camp at The University of North Texas in June. The squad’s goals for the week were to bond and work together as they learned new material.

For the fourth year in a row, The LCS Varsity cheerleaders received the ACA Rock Award. This is the most prestigious award given at ACA camps. The staff votes and gives this award to the squad that shows the most character and team unity. The squad also received awards for Spirit Stick and winning the Home Cheer competition, as well as a bid to ACA’s National Competiton.

Many of the girls also received individual and small group awards.

Star Stunt Group: Audrey Deaver, Jodee Morgan, Allie Pinkston, & Emily Quam

Star Tumbler: Madi Castanuela, Jodee Morgan, Allie Pinkston, & Emily Selby

Star Jumper: Kalyn Marko, Emily Selby, Madi Castanuela, Lauren Johnson, Jodee Morgan, & Emily Quam

Star Cheerleader: Emily Selby, Hannah Terry, Madi Castanuela, Lauren Johnson, Jodee Morgan, Amanda Giesler, & Emily Quam

ACA Staff Invitation: Becky Fischer, Amanda Giesler, & Emily Quam

3/3/08 - Liberty DanzTeam

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN DANZ TEAM BRINGS HOME CHAMPIONSHIP DANCE AWARDS

The Liberty Christian Danz Team faced some tough competition in the 2008 Danceline North Texas Championship Dance and Drill Team Contest on Saturday, March 1st. This event was hosted by the Denton High School Fillies. 15 dance teams arrived to compete against each other for awards.
Under TEAM events, Liberty received the GRAND CHAMPION award (beating out 6 other public schools) and the DANCELINE GOLD award (for receiving a 95 or above on three dance routines from all judges). Their spectacular Jazz routine won two awards: the CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD and the BEST IN CATEGORY AWARD. Their beautiful lyrical/modern routine won the BEST IN CATEGORY AWARD.

Under the OFFICER events, Megan Minns, Kristen Smith and Aunie Ashworth’s performances earned the following awards: SWEEPSTAKES and 1ST RUNNER UP for the Grand Champions. JUDGES AWARD and BEST IN CATEGORY for their very moving lyrical routine.

Under the SOLO event, KAILEY CLABORN received 2nd place, CORRINE MADDOUX and COLLEEN HAWK received a division 1 rating (scoring 90 or above). There were over 40 soloists competing for awards in this very tough category.

TAYLOR SCHMIDT and KAILEY CLABORN received 1st place for their exciting Duet.

MEGAN MINNS received THE ANITA JEFFERSON CONLEY RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE AWARD for her performances.

CORRINE MADDOUX and LAUREN LUNDBLADE both received 3rd place in the Technique Challenge.

Every girl on the Danz Team deserves a great big congratulations for their achievements and combined awards. Hard work, numerous days and hours of practice, and team commitment has paid off for these fantastic girls.

11/1/07 - Liberty DanzTeam

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN DANZ TEAM---ALWAYS MOVIN’

Being on the Liberty Christian Danz Team requires a lot of time, dedication and hard work These girls are committed to following the instructions and guidelines of their Director Julie Price and their Assistant Director Ashley Heslep in order to have a superior Christian dance team.

The LCS Danz Team ended their Spring ‘07 semester with a variety of 9 dances performed for Artist Garden. It was fabulous entertainment for everyone. Artist Garden is the last performance for the graduating seniors.

May induction followed. There were many tears as the girls said “goodbye” to the seniors. Newcomers were welcomed onto the Danz Team at Oakmont Country Club There were 8 new dancers, and 4 new officers inducted for the ’07 - ’08 year.
The officers, Megan Minns (Captain), Kristen Smith (Co-Captain), Aunie Ashworth (Senior Lt), Mandi Garvin (Senior Lt.), Jill Briggs (Social Officer), and Katherine Pastusek (Chaplain) attended Half-time Entertainment OFFICER CAMPS in the summer. This camp had over 300 officers attending, representing 50 different Texas schools. Our girls walked away with 5 fabulous awards

Outstanding Choreography, a coveted award, was earned by our LCS officers for their exceptional “original” choreographed dance piece. Outstanding Leadership, an award given by the camp staff to teams demonstrating excellence in leadership and teamwork skills, was an honor to earn. Outstanding Technique, was awarded to the officers by the staff for excellence in dance technique skills throughout the week.

The “Spirit” Staff award and “Spirit” Stick award were earned by the girls for their friendliness, enthusiasm and team strengths.

HOME CAMP brought the entire team closer together. Outstanding Dancer Awards were presented to Brianna Parker for Showmanship and to Colleen Hawk for Memory.

Girls who received 3 or more ribbons received an All Star Invitation. They are Megan Minns, Kristen Smith, Aunie Ashworth, Mandi Garvin, Jill Briggs, Katherine Pastusek, Kristen Medo, Taylor Schmidt and Kailey Claborn.
The camp leaders were very impressed with our Danz Team on their wonderful behavior, team work, and their willingness to follow directions and work hard.

The Danz Team ended the summer by attending the Crowd Pleasers camp. The girls received a Superior Award on their Home routine performance, a Superior Award on a new routine performance and Two Spirit Awards. The dancers were once again honored to receive the “Outstanding Discipline” Award for the 3rd year in a row. The dancers realize that are representing Liberty Christian School and are proud to be on a Christian dance team. Our 21 team members are: Jill Briggs, Aunie Ashworth, Megan Minns, Kristen Smith, Mandi Garvin, Katherine Pastusek, Brianna Parker, Colleen Hawk, Ally Barnett, Kristen Medo, Kailey Claborn, Taylor Schmidt, Corrine Maddoux, Amber Hardin, Ashley Hopkins, Allie Gilbert, Sarah Dulin, Lauren Lundblade, Cameron Gannon, Miranda Palmer, and Alexis Stephenson. Managers are Rachel Barnes and Kaylyn Murphy.

3/31/08 - Regional Science Olympiad

Liberty competed in the Regional Science Olympiad at North Lake College in Irving on Saturday, March 29. The following students received medals in their events:

Jared Sutter and Cameron Balkey: 2nd place in Amphibians and Reptiles

Jared Sutter and Slade Passariello: 2nd place in Get Your Bearings

Cameron Balkey and Brad Loeser: 4th place in Metric Mastery, 4th place in We've Got Your Number

Savannah Ewing and Marisa Rinkevich: 3rd place in Rocks and Minerals, 4th place in Balloon Launched Glider

Cory Nickodam and Jennifer Clintsman: 2nd place in Boomilever

Jennifer Clintsman and Mandi Marsden: 4th place in Forensics, 2nd place in Write It/Do It

Erich Paulos and Cory Nickodam: 3rd place in Herpetology

Erich Paulos and Colby Edson: 1st place in Get Your Bearings

Erich Paulos and Mary Beth Holland: 4th place in Rocks and Minerals

Tim Kelley and Cardin Menkemeller: 2nd place in Wright Stuff

Congratulations, Warriors!

3/5/08 - Fort Worth Regional Science Fair

Liberty had a wonderful showing at the Fort Worth Regional Science Fair last night!  Students who placed 1st through 3 rd with Category Awards will advance to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio next month.

Special Awards
Peter Hansen
1st Place - Lockheed Martin
Megan Barry
3rd Place - Lockheed Martin
Holly Babbidge
2nd Place - Society of Flight Test Engineers

Category Awards
Marcy Morgan
3rd Place - Animal Science
Aaron Deaver
Honorable Mention – Animal Science
Hailey Vittrup
Honorable Mention – Behavioral and Social Science
Brad Christenson
2nd Place – Behavioral and Social Science
Ben Lytle
2nd Place – Biochemistry
Miles Smith
Honorable Mention – Chemistry
Peter Hansen
1st Place – Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Sarah Robison
2nd Place – Microbiology
Hannah Hansen
Honorable Mention – Plant Science
Peter Hansen
3rd Place – BEST OF FAIR

1/28/08 - Liberty Science Fair Winners

The annual Liberty Science Fair was Saturday evening, January 26. All of the winners will advance to the Fort Worth Regional Science Fair at UNT, March 2-4. Congratulations! See a list of winners.

1/23/08 - Justin Baldia was chosen as the Sonic Scholar/Athlete of the week on "Chevrolet's Inside High School Basketball Show" on Channel 5. Watch the video!

1/22/08 - Liberty Lady Warriors Varsity Basketball beat Ft. Worth Christian. See the pics.

1/22/08 - Whitney Hand featured on NBC5. See the video.

1/7/08 - Liberty Christian Girls Basketball

The Liberty Christian girls basketball team won the prestigious Mansfield Rotary Tournament over the holidays.  They did the impossible beating 5 ranked public schools including 3rd ranked Mansfield Timberview in class 5A.  They now have won 9 games against state ranked public schools.  That has never been done before.  Here's how Liberty was the first private school to win the Mansfield tournament. See the video!

12/21/07 - "Chevrolet's Inside High School Football Show" on NBC5 has posted pictures from the Liberty State Football game. See the pics!

12/10/07 - Liberty Christian Warriors defeat ed Dallas Christian to become the TAPPS 5-A State Champions in Football!

Coach Greg Price and players Ben Habern, Andrew Loch, and Jake Gannon were featured on Channel 8. See the video!