1612 NE Garfield St.
Camas, WA 98607
360-833-5850 FAX: 360-833-5851
www.camas.wednet.edu
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Gary Moller, Associate Principal
Stephen Baranowski, Dean of Students
Marilyn Boerke, Principal
August 17, 2015
Welcome to Liberty, 6th grade students and families! We have built a very positive, safe, and student-centered learning community here at Liberty and
we are excited that you will be joining us for our tenth year! Our office is open from 8-3:00 and we are eager to meet and greet you. Although you can
pay fees and turn in paperwork at your back to school night, you may also come in now to avoid the lines.
Orientation
This year, orientation for our 6th grade students is August 25, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Families should plan to attend the entire session. We work hard to
dedicate this event to welcoming our students and families to Liberty. It is not designed for extensive parent/teacher conversations. Although parent
participation in this orientation is highly recommended, parents may drop their students off at 1:30 and pick them back up at 4:30.
Schedule
1:30 – 1:45
1:45 – 2:10
2:10 – 4:30
Students and their families will arrive and receive their 6th grade schedule and a map from the tables outside the front entrance to
Liberty.
Students and their families will follow their student’s schedule and briefly meet their teachers.
Students and families will arrive back at their first period classroom before separating.
 Students will go with their first period teacher to experience an assembly, and then rotate through the following stations where
they will have pictures taken for the yearbook and identification cards, set up their lunch account, and be assigned and practice
opening their locker.
Station 1 – Gym
Get pictures taken for the yearbook
and ID cards.
Station 2 – 1st Street
Station 3 – Commons
Assign and practice opening lockers.
Setup lunch account
 Families will have an opportunity to choose from a variety of workshops to attend (see below) and will be able to pay fees and
turn in paperwork (if not previously done).
Students and families will reunite back in the cafeteria for a snack.
4:30
Family Workshop Options
All workshops will be hosted three times and will begin at 2:30, 3:15, and 4:00

Online Communications – Skyward is an online program which is extensively used by all teachers to communicate information about assignments,
attendance, missing work, and grades. This workshop will show parents how to navigate Skyward. Taught by TOSA, Saundra Mann or Meghan
Johnson, in the 2nd Street computer lab (Room 201)

Parenting in the Digital Age – Parenting a “tween” can be extremely difficult, especially now with the explosion of social media. This session will
address working with our scholars based on the work of Kathy Masarie, author of the books Raising Our Daughters and Raising Our Sons. Taught by
Liberty School Counselor, Billie Jo McEathron in the Library

10 Tips for Academic Success – Learn how to help your student be a successful middle school scholar. This session includes ten things every
family can do to help their child be a better student and increase their academic success. Taught by Liberty School Counselor, Emily Fitch on
Liberty’s Division Street in Room 213

Middle School Roundtable – Do you have questions about middle school? Come ask! Led by Principal Marilyn Boerke and PTO President, Alison
Benjamin in the 1st Street computer lab (Room 104)
Marilyn Boerke
Principal
Gary Moller
Associate Principal
HOME OF THE LIONS
Stephen Baranowski
Dean of Students