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Congratulations to the Liberty Patriot Girls Wrestling team who competed in the 2023 Masters Tournament this past Saturday. Vanessa Fakrogha, a sophomore, qualified for the state tournament beginning this Thursday at Mechanics Bank Arena.

Patriot basketball, soccer, and wrestlers are in the postseason! Our undefeated Lady Patriot soccer team earned the #1 seed in D-I. The Pats have a 1st round bye and will host a game on Friday 2/17. Congatulations to the girls soccer program for all three levels finishing undefeated! Boys soccer is on the road in D-II this Tuesday 6pm at Mission Oak in Tulare. In addtion, we host two first round D-II basketball games this week. Girls basketaball hosts McFarland on Tuesday at 6pm. Boys basketball hosts Sierra Pacific on Wednesday at 6pm. Finally, we had 8 wrestlers qualify for the Masters tournament later this week.

Thank you in advance for participating in our Parent/Family Survey! Your input is important and necessary to help us improve the educational experience and outcomes for your student(s). Your responses will help us better understand what it’s like to be a Patriot family member.

It is fog season in the central valley. In the event a fog delay is needed, KHSD will make all efforts to call the delay no later than 5:45 A.M., in order to meet the 6:00 A.M. news report. Bus routes will run 2 hours later and school will start at 10:30am. Delays will be posted on the Kern County Superintendent of Schools (KCSOS) Alert Line website: alertline.kern.org.

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The champions of Kern County high schools competed Wednesday night for the South Yosemite Conference championship title. Liberty freshman Delilah Robles (W28-L7) at 119 pounds defeated her Golden Valley opponent 5-4 to earn the prestigious championship title. She also placed first in her weight class at the South Yosemite River League Championship competition Jan. 27 at Frontier High School.

The third quarter Listening Circles meeting of approximately 50 students was held last week. Listening Circles, which have been held on campus for five years, are an opportunity for students to get to know other students, to give them a place to talk about things big and small, and to learn to listen to one another and develop empathy by seeing someone else’s perspective.

Congratulations to all the Liberty athletes who were recognized as BVarsity all-area team members! These include volleyball player of the year: Emma Frederick, volleyball defensive player of the year: Paige Sentes, volleyball coach of the year: Morgan Dake, football player of the year: Kresean Kizzy, co-offensive football player of the year: Jalen Hankins, football defensive player of the year: Grant Buckey, and coach of the year: Bryan Nixon.

Liberty is looking for qualified candidates to join the Patriot Family. The Bilingual Instructional Assistant (BIA) will support our English Language Learner students in classrooms. The application closes Monday, January 23. Please reach out to the Liberty office with any questions.

We encourage seniors to take advantage of the Bakersfield College priority registration for fall 2023! Please stop by the College and Career Center (Room 1201) for help. Click on this news story to visit the BC webiste and a step by step guide in the application process.