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The Liberty Varsity Dance Team has experienced many emotions this year, but they have only strengthened their bond. The team continues to leave its audiences shocked.
The success of the Liberty Dance Team
Leighana Rose, Reporter • February 13, 2025

The Liberty Dance Team has been a club at Liberty since 2017. From the challenges of getting brand new coaches this school year to getting warmed...

Choirs for a Cause continues to raise money for important causes. (photo used with permission from Elaina McDonald)
Voicing change: Choirs for a Cause
Leighana Rose, Reporter • January 15, 2025
Each month a maximum of 10 students sign up to bring food and a positive attitude to play bingo or trivia.
Liberty IN SHOC
Emerson Townsend, Reporter • November 15, 2024
The Liberty Varsity Dance Team has experienced many emotions this year, but they have only strengthened their bond. The team continues to leave its audiences shocked.
The success of the Liberty Dance Team
Leighana Rose, Reporter • February 13, 2025

The Liberty Dance Team has been a club at Liberty since 2017. From the challenges of getting brand new coaches this school year to getting warmed...

Three new AP courses will be added for next school year: AP Seminar, AP English Language and AP Physics C.
Liberty expands AP course offerings for the 2025-26 school year
Avery Riehl, Managing Editor • February 4, 2025

As the 2024-25 school year comes to a close, students are looking ahead to what’s next. Many students will be excited to learn they now have...

Choirs for a Cause continues to raise money for important causes. (photo used with permission from Elaina McDonald)
Voicing change: Choirs for a Cause
Leighana Rose, Reporter • January 15, 2025

Liberty High School hosted the 2025 Choirs for a Cause. This event has been an ongoing tradition in the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD)....

Students play all kinds of competitive video games and create lasting friendships.
More than a game: The Liberty e-sports team
Rebecca Matiyabo, Reporter • November 21, 2024

Competitive electronic sports have increased in popularity nationwide, including at Liberty. Electronic sports (e-sports) are played with game...

Each month a maximum of 10 students sign up to bring food and a positive attitude to play bingo or trivia.
Liberty IN SHOC
Emerson Townsend, Reporter • November 15, 2024

IN SHOC, Interact Students Helping Our Community, is a Liberty club created in 2017. English teachers, Zachary Lively (he/him) and Mary Binzley...

The ACT is administered now in an online and paper format, test takers can choose how they would like to take the exam.
ACT changes ahead: what a simpler test means for students
Averie Bilskemper, Reporter • October 4, 2024

The ACT (American College Testing) is the most popular test among 11th and 12th graders across the nation. Students take this exam for many reasons,...

The technical theater program works tirelessly in the months leading up to productions to ensure that everything is prepared for the actors.
Sustainability takes the stage
Amelia Marquardt, Reporter • September 19, 2024

The behind-the-scenes work has already begun as Liberty approaches its annual fall play. Transforming a blank stage into a wide-range of settings...

Classrooms throughout the school are being brought to life as new staff get to decorate and add personality making their rooms unique.
Liberty’s new teachers and staff
Averie Bilskemper, Reporter • September 11, 2024

A new year means new faces at Liberty. The new staff are coming here from all over the country. This article will introduce these teachers through...

One out of the two vending machines has cooling capabilities for drinks.
Liberty’s vending machines
Megan Quinn, Editor-in-Chief • May 15, 2024

Before winter break, students were informed that Liberty would be receiving two vending machines. However, following this announcement, there...

A great alternative to college or university is vocational school, as it is cheaper and just as beneficial.
Should you go to trade school?
Vanessa Litton, Reporter • May 6, 2024

The average American student loan debt is about $38,000. Collectively, student debt in the United States is about $1.8 trillion. Prices are rising,...

This time of year, many students are overwhelmed by their classwork and tests.
Testing season survival guide
Kaelyn Rickels, Editor-In-Chief • April 24, 2024

As the end of the school year approaches, so does exam season. Between class finals, AP tests, and standardized tests, this time of year can...

Students work hard for their future, but many still ask what they should do after graduation.
Options after high school
Mimi Marquardt, Foundations Reporter • April 17, 2024

Students at high schools all throughout the country study for tests hoping that one day their work will pay off and get them to college. Around...

Students at Liberty will be taking The Iowa Statewide Assessments April 16th and April 17th.
State testing through the years
Megan Quinn, Editor-in-Chief • April 15, 2024

Standardized testing at school was officially established at the University of Iowa, where the first state-wide assessment for high school students...

Cast and crew build lasting friendships over the course of a show.
“The Little Mermaid” preview
Avery Riehl, Managing Editor • March 29, 2024

For this year’s spring musical, Liberty will be putting on “The Little Mermaid.” The show will tell the classic Disney story of a young...

Students chromebooks show the amount of time left in their pass.
Thoughts on SmartPass – one week in
Kaelyn Rickels, Editor-In-Chief • March 22, 2024

In the week returning from spring break, Liberty administration announced a new system for authorizing digital passes to and from classrooms....