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Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) Our Liberty Eagle runners did an amazing job at our second race at Sendigar Park. Congratulations to our top 5 finishers in each grade level: Michael Ryan, Ben Bermudez, Ryland Benton, Cruze Laubenthal, Jordyn Price, Cayson Benton, Mateo Valverde, Paul Schwarz, Lauren Bermudez, Lucy Schwarz, Parker Butson, Caleb Eichner, Mason Trujillo, Nora Milner, Joseph Diaz, Lincoln Schmidt, Wesley Rigsby, Isla McMullan, Travis Johnson, Owen Thompson, Joshua Nguyen, Keiserinne Li, Emilia Carder, Jessica Nicoll, Parker Schmidt, T.J. Gallahar, Trey Dillman, Benwa Nguyen, Bella Schmerfeld, Roan Milner, Jason De La Torre Evan Eckhoff, and Eleanor Tibbits. CTA Liberty Running Club Photo Album - Second race of the season 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) Professional development never tasted so good! Teachers from around the district took part in a Multisensory Instruction of Language Arts, Part 1 Spalding certification class at CTA Liberty over the last quarter.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th grader Dylan Kanamoni, the CTA Liberty spelling bee winner. Dylan represented CTA Liberty at the district spelling bee in January.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) During the first few weeks back from winter break, in conjunction with the book, How To Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich: 15 Steps to accomplishing just about anything in business and life, students at CTA Goodman, CTA Liberty, and Knox Gifted Academy wrote down the steps to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They then walked through the steps and realized some were missing when they tried to follow them. They talked about New Year's resolutions, school related goals, and the importance of knowing and following all of the steps to achieve them.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Liberty runners competed in their first race of the season on January 22. They had a blast showing off all the hard work they put in this season so far. Congratulations to our finishers: Jordyn Price, Kylee Palmer, Norah Schmidt, Michael Ryan, Ben Bermudez, Jared Diaz, Lucy Schwarz, Lauren Bermudez, Parker Butson, Cayson Benton, Mateo Valverde, Bobby Stickler, Nora Milner, Albany Giefski, Caleb Eichner, Tristan Boyce, Riley Mora, Isla McMullan, Joseph Diaz, Lincoln Schmidt, Ishaan Sandeep, Keiserinne Li, Emilia Carder, Travis Johnson, Josiah Sinohui, and Owen Thompson, Bella Schmerfeld, Parker Schmidt, Trey Dillman, Benwa Nguyen, Eleanor Tibbits, Roan Milner, Jason De La Torre and Evan Eckhoff. CTA Liberty Running Club Photo Album - First race of the season 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Liberty students and parents in Cecilia Loera's and Kristin Smestad's dual language immersion (DLI) classes made tamales prior to break to wrap up their unit on Hispanic holidays around the world.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Liberty celebrated Día de los Muertos by honoring beloved deceased ancestors and friends with "Ofrendas."  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) Students and families exceeded their goal in raising money in the CTA Liberty Sweet-a-thon. In celebration, students were given the honor of silly stringing both Dr. Bader (principal) and Mrs. Lerma (dean of students).  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Liberty staff and students celebrated Mexican Independence Day with poem recitations about the Mexican flag, dancing La Raspa and playing a game called El Citron. Students had cake as a sweet treat after lunch.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Liberty held a dedication ceremony on Friday, August 10th, celebrating a peace pole donated by the Chandler Rotary Club.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Liberty 6th grader Andrew Larys scored the second goal, bringing his Pee-Wee Hockey team to win the championship 2-1!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to 6th graders Jillian Douglas and Julia Lyman who were selected for the Chandler Unified School District Honor Orchestra. Julia was 1st chair viola, and Jillian was 3rd chair viola. On Wednesday, April 4th, they both performed with the district honor orchestra at the Chandler Center for the Arts.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Amiya Hernandez was the 3rd place finisher at the Track and Field Invitational Finals in Javelin.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Eight Liberty students finished in the TOP 5 out of the entire district on Monday, April 2nd at the Chandler Track and Field Invitational Finals, including the 6th grade boys relay team whom finished third.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to Liberty's Battle of the Books champions. With an amazing perfect score, three sixth graders will represent Liberty at the Chandler semi-finals. Congrats to Elizabeth, Isabelle, and Katelyn!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to our Eagle Chess Club members. Aaron (3rd grade), Jayden (4th grade), Clarke (5th grade), and Katherine (5th grade) represented Liberty in the 2018 Tsunami Chess Tournament where they placed 3rd Place in the K-6 U600 Team!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to 6th Grade Band Students Lincoln Sorensen (percussion) and Elizabeth Hale (trumpet) who will represent Liberty in the CUSD 6th Grade Honors Band Concert being hosted at Hamilton High School on March 2, 2018.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty's science fair was a huge success. A large gathering of families and students enjoyed the class experiments from Kindergarten - 4th grade that were displayed, as well as the small group projects from 5th and 6th grade. Liberty's Robotics Club showcased their robots, Basha High School's Science Club presented some great experiments and experiences to establish that "Science is Fun, " and Mrs. Whitmire had coding projects completed by 6th graders along with coding games.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to the Liberty Eagles! This year, our school raised a total of $8,377.75 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in their Pennies for Patients drive.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Our running club runners competed in their last race of the season. We had some tough competition, but we still had some of our runners place in the top five. Here are the race results: Kindergarten Girls - Lucy Schwarz 3rd place; 1st Grade Boys - Caleb Eichner 1st place; 1st Grade Girls - Nora Milner 1st place; 2nd Grade Girls - Riley Mora 3rd place; 3rd Grade Boys - Owen Thompson 4th place; and 5th Grade Boys - Hayden Rodriguez 3rd place, and Roan Milner 4th place.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to sixth grader, Jay Skyles, for being named CTA Liberty's Superintendent's Outstanding Citizenship Award Winner for 2017-18. Jay was selected based on his academic achievements and excellence in the classroom, his outstanding character and integrity as a fellow Liberty Eagle, and for being a well-rounded individual who displays excellent leadership and citizenship in school and within his community.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Several students from around the district, including Liberty's own Madison LaRue and Travis Johnson, participated in the Chandler Schools All-In 5K.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Representatives from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society were at Liberty to present ALL the Liberty Eagles with a special award. First, a big check acknowledging that our school has donated and contributed over $29,000 to fight blood cancer. Additionally, our school was honored with the 2017 Silver Medalist Award for raising $5,955.97 during the 2016-2017 Pennies for Patients Drive. We are so proud of the big hearts our Liberty Eagles have for beating cancer.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Twelve runners in the CTA Liberty running club placed within the top five of their race! Kindergarten girls: Lucy Schwarz - 2nd. 1st grade girls: Nora Milner - 5th. 1st grade boys: Caleb Eichner - 1st. 2nd grade girls: Riley Mora - 4th. 2nd grade boys: Ewan Esparza - 5th. 3rd grade girls: Keiserinne Li - 3rd. 3rd grade boys: Travis Johnson - 4th. 4th grade girls: Kylie Kuppersmith - 2nd and Paeton Farr - 5th. 5th grade boys: Hayden Rodriguez - 2nd, Roan Milner - 4th, and Jackson Albers - 5th.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA LIberty 6th grader Cedric Crandell competed in a robotics challenge held at ACP Erie on January 27th. His team was on the winning alliance and will now compete in the State competition on March 3rd. Congratulations, Cedric!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to CTA Liberty 6th grader Elizabeth Hale who advanced to the regional spelling bee. Elizabeth will go on to participate at the Maricopa County Region 6 spelling bee on February 15, 2018.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to our CTA Liberty Running Club on their outstanding job. Eleven of our runners placed in the top five in their grade level race at our first meet.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Liberty is happy to announce the arrival of two new COWs (computers on wheels) carts. Liberty is so lucky to have over 180 laptops for students to use in the classrooms.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) The CTA Liberty chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society inducted 32 new members into NEHS in January. Students who excel academically and model exceptional responsibility can become members through a local selection process that concludes with an induction ceremony. NEHS members will be participating in a variety of community service projects, such as beautification of our school. We are looking forward to organizing more projects that help our community.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulationst to Accelerated Reader award recipients Elizabeth and Katherine. Katherine received her 1,000 point trophy, and Elizabeth received a special award for earning 5,000 Accelerated Reader points (the most ever recorded at Liberty by any student!). Elizabeth and Katherine received their special awards on Friday, January 19, 2018 during the Honor Roll and perfect attendance awards assembly.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty Students Daniel and Cooper Johnson had the opportunity to meet with prominent politicians and sit in meetings with Congress and Senators downtown at Capitol Hill. The American Heart Association arranged the meetings to talk about the issues they are working on with local government: Senate Bill 1010 / House Bill 2109 to raise the tobacco sale age from 18 to 21 to reduce the use and addiction of all tobacco products in Arizona by limiting youth access.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty primary grades celebrated the 100th day of school. Kindergarteners brought in projects of all sorts, sizes, and shapes that had 100 items on them. Our first graders dressed up like what they thought they would look like at 100 years of age. In second grade, teachers wore special turquoise 100th day of school shirts and also had their second graders do a writing assignment poster answering different questions about 100. Check out some of our 100-year-old students!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to Mrs. Kim Hartwig, the 2017-18 CTA Liberty AAA Award Recipient for Education Excellence.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Piper and Tatum Lorentz were part of the Queen Creek Center for the Performing Arts Community Theater production of Disney's The Lion King. The girls portrayed several parts, including, butterflies, grassland animals, and hyenas. The girls had a great time and can not wait for auditions for the next show!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) First grade students created cookbooks as a gift to their families as we learned about traditions and functional writing. The book contains 47 actual family recipes. On the back of each recipe, the students give their own spin on how to make their family dish and why it's their favorite. This will be a treasure for our families for years to come!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty second grade classes had a great trip to Superstition Farms and learned so much!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) The Voices of Liberty Choir performed at the State Capitol. Ms. Husky and students received a letter of commendation for their performance.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) The Osteen Family graciously donated a wireless mouse for each computer in the technology lab. Students K-6 are excited to go wireless! Thank you, Osteen family!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Mrs. Erin Hugus (former CTA Liberty teacher and current University of Phoenix curriculum designer) and Eric Douglas (CTA Liberty parent and mortgage analyst) offered their time to come into Liberty's technology lab to share how they use Microsoft Excel in their jobs. Both volunteers help mentor students using Excel and their science fair data.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) The Voices of Liberty Choir sang the National Anthem at the Diamondbacks Game. National Anthem D-backs Choir Night - September 22, 2017 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty families and friends helped raise money to purchase an interactive display board and tablets for the Liberty tech lab during our fall 2017 Check-a-thon.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty 6th grade students attended Science Camp!  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty 6th grade students put on Egypt Day.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) In December, the CTA Liberty library hosted the author of Disney/Pixar's Coco, Roni Rivera-Ashford.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) We are so proud of this year's Liberty Spelling Bee class winners and participants. Back row, from left to right: Joselyn Arellano, Bella Negrete, Mustakim Chowdhury, Taylor Towns, Charlie Hoel, and Faith Hsia. Front row, from left to right: Parker Nguyen, Vishwa Balamurugan, Elizabeth Hale, Kaya Langdon, and Garrett Goosen (not pictured). Elizabeth Hale was our 2017-18 Liberty school spelling bee winner and will represent Liberty in the CUSD district competition.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Congratulations to CTA Liberty teachers Cecilia Loera (4th grade), Kristie Moreno (1st grade) and Molly Garrison (1st grade) who were awarded Chandler Education Foundation (CEF) grants for classroom projects. Mrs. Loera's project is focused on science and magnetism. Mrs. Garrison and Mrs Moreno are focusing their project on strengthening the DLI (Dual Language Immersion) instruction and program at Liberty.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) First grade teachers Kristie Moreno and Molly Garrison attended the annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) National Expo in Nashville, made possible in part by a grant from the Chandler Education Foundation (CEF) to help strengthen our Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program. Session topics included: promoting student engagement in the target language, promoting language acquisition, building strong teams and programs, and assessment using the ACTFL can-do statements.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty made the top 100 Schools list in Arizona last year, ranking 10th! Our school participated in the Pennies for Patients Program and contributed $29,600.83.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) Liberty Student Council and PTO collected almost 500 boxed food items for the Chandler CARE Center this Thanksgiving holiday season for Chandler families in need.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2017-2018) CTA Liberty Media specialist Kristin Tollefson brought in special guest author Shannon Messenger for an author visit for Liberty's 3rd - 6th graders.  
  

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