Hello Patriot Families and Friends,

Here are a few updates and reminders:

• Parking lot safety. Please remember if the cones are up in the parking lot that is for safety. The LPES staff returns to the building at 7:40 a.m. to start instruction. Please be mindful of students and parents walking in the parking and we want everyone safe.
• Our new principal is excited to meet everyone at our fall Trunk R Treat on October 27th at 5:30!
• Please enter your scholar's book character pumpkin in our upcoming contest on October 31st. See the flyer below.

Your Proud Principal,

Tanisha Lewis

• October 23rd-27th- Red Ribbon Week
• October 27th- Fall Festival
• November 2nd- Mathematics Night
• November 15th- Progress reports in parent portal

Introducing our new 3-5 literacy coach, Ms. Hodges. Ms. Hodges is currently an EIP teacher at Gullatt ES and was once a teacher and literacy coach in Fulton County. Please welcome her to the building on Monday!

The Infinite Campus portals - provides access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Information includes grades, attendance, assignments, transportation and school announcements.

Patriot families,

Students have a range of accidents during the school day from pizza spills, mud from recess, or misjudging a restroom break. In order to help students stay clean and prevent parents from having to miss a day of work we would like your help. Our clinic aide Mrs. Whitley has new uniforms, socks, and underwear in all sizes, but her supply has depleted. Please help her with her supplies by donating new uniform shirts and pants, socks, and underwear for both girls and boys to help scholars change clothes and quickly return to class. All donations may be dropped off in our clinic next to the main office.

School safety remains a top priority for us in Fulton County Schools. We take maintaining a safe and secure learning environment very serious. I expect all Liberty Point students, parents and staff members act in a manner that keeps everyone safe. I strongly encourage all parents to review the Code of Conduct, and speak with your child about his/her behavior. When incidence of misconduct arise, consequences will be assigned based on the infraction as detailed within the Code of Conduct.

In addition to your teacher's weekly newsletters, our outstanding instructional coaches will send out weekly strategies for your to work on with your children at home. We hope you find these informational and supportive!

If you need additional ideas or supports, you can reach out the following personnel.

• Mr. Glover- Math & Pre-K Support at his email address: glovere@fultonschools.org
• Ms. Griggs- Math Support at her email address: griggsf@fultonschools.org
• Ms. White- K-2 Literacy Support at her email address: whiteer@fultonschools.org
• Ms. Sherman- 3-5 Literacy Support at her email address: shermanb1@fultonschools.org

Sound Walls are Here!

A sound wall is just what it sounds like- a place on a wall where you can organize sounds-spellings that different letter combinations can make. It's similar to a word wall, but better! Sound cards display phonics patterns that help students learn to read in an organized, or systemic, manner.

Children can show their phonemic awareness through several activities. As an adult reader, the key thing for you to remember is that when you’re working on phonemic awareness, your child should be listening to and pronouncing phonemes based on what they hear, not based on the letters they see on a page.

Try out the activities below with your child.

• Recognize which words in a set of words begin with the same sound. Say something like this: “Listen to me say the words ‘sit,’ ‘sun,’ and ‘soft.’ Now you say them. What sound do they all share at the beginning?” (Answer: /s/)
• Isolate and say the first or last sound in a word. Try something like, “Say the word ‘dog.’ What is the beginning sound of ‘dog’?” (Answer: /d/) Then try, “Say the word ‘book.’ What is the ending sound of ‘book’?” (Answer: /k/)
• Combine or blend separate sounds in a word to say the word. Try this: “Say the sounds /s/ /u/ /n/. What word do they make when you combine them?” (Answer: “sun”) “Now say the sounds: /n/ /igh/ /t/. What word do they make when you combine them?” (Answer: “night”)
• Break or segment a word into its separate sounds. Say something like, “Listen to the word ‘cat.’ What sounds are in the word ‘cat’?” (Answer: /c/ /a/ /t/)
• Substitute sounds in a word. Revisit some of the words you’ve explored together already, and try something like this: “Say the word ‘night.’ Instead of the /n/ sound, say an /l/ sound. What word is it?” (Answer: “light”) “Now say the word ‘lit.’ Instead of the /i/ sound say an /o/ sound. What word is it?” (Answer: “lot”) “Last one! Say the word ‘sun.’ Instead of the sound /n/, say the sound /b/. What word is it?” (Answer: “sub”) This is a harder skill, so it’s okay to be working toward this goal.

Greetings Parents!

We have complete just over 1/4 of our school year and everything mathematics is trending upwards! So far, all grade levels have met or exceeded their unit assessment goals and the math team would like thank you for your continued efforts at home. We are confident that our students will continue to show mathematical growth throughout the school year. One way you can help show this growth is to have real-world mathematics conversations with your students. We are ALL good math students because we use mathematics in our everyday lives. Using a good conversation starter is a great way to begin a real-world mathematical discussion. Some examples are:

• How far do you think it is from our house to school?
• How old do you think _____________ is? Why?
• Do you think it takes longer to drive to ________ or to drive to ___________?

Any question you can think of that generates a mathematics discussion benefits your student's mathematical thinking.

As always, thank you for your continued support, we CANNOT be successful without you.

This month, the Counseling Dept. will be celebrating quite a few things. From Unity Day to Red Ribbon Week, the month of October will be a very busy one.

The Classroom Guidance Lesson for the month of October will be focused on bullying prevention. We encourage all of our scholars to be friendly towards one another, whether they are friends or not, to ensure that everyone can enjoy a safe and positive learning environment. Please support us with our efforts to make Liberty Point a place where all of our scholars feel like they belong and bullying doesn't exist.

We are proud to partner with Chris180, one of the area's premiere mental health, child welfare and family service organizations, in empowering families and helping children overcome difficulties they may face. If you feel that your child may benefit from a deeper therapeutic interaction, please contact me for more information regarding their free services for our scholars.

Clicking here will take you to my webpage, which provides information about the counseling services at Liberty Point Elementary, as well as some resources you can use at home. Please check the webpage often as it is updated periodically to include new resources and information gathered throughout the school year.

If you would like to contact me, please feel free to send an email or call me directly at (470)254-9657.

Each month our outstanding TAG teacher, Ms. Maddox is excited to bring you monthly creative activities!

Parents and families can use these strategies at home with your child to help build their creativity skills. Choose at least 1 activity weekly from each of the creative processes to complete.

These skills will directly support students in developing their creative sides!

• See It. Hear It. And Report It Every Time

  If you SEE or HEAR anything about school threats, weapons, violence, bullying, drugs, self-harm, or have other school safety suspicions or concerns, REPORT it EVERY time anonymously using the SHARE TIP LINE..

Report any safety concerns to Ms. Lewis at LewisTL@fultonschools.org

Is your child too sick for school?

In order to help keep our scholars healthy, we are asking all families to monitor any signs of illness in their children. In the document below, you will find several common childhood illness, symptoms, and guidance how to treat.

Al always, it is important that we ensure the safety of all students, staff, and visitors in Fulton County Schools by continuing to report positive reports.

At this time we are asking that parents/guardians of FCS students submit a COVID-19 Report ONLY if your student fits into one or more of the following categories:

a) Has tested Positive for COVID-19 in the past 5 days
b) Currently waiting for the results of a test for COVID-19

If your student fits into one or more of the above categories, please begin the form by clicking https://fultonschools.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6hWlX46FNk8pNlz

Email: lewistl@fultonschools.org
Website: fultonschools.org/libertypointes
Location: 9000 Highpoint Rd, Union City, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-3510