Liberty High School is a

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located in the city of Frisco,

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. It is classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the

Frisco Independent School District Frisco Independent School District is a public school district based in Frisco, Texas, United States. The district covers portions of Denton County, Texas, Denton and Collin County, Texas, Collin counties, including portions of the cities of Fr ...

located in east central Collin County, and is currently one of twelve high schools in the district. The school initially opened in 2006 in what is now Fowler Middle School and the following year opened in its own building on Rolater Road. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

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. It has a rivalry with Centennial High School, which the students refer to as the "Rolater Rumble”

''Wingspan''

Wingspan is Liberty High School's award winning website. The website has won multiple NSPA Pacemaker Awards among many others throughout the years. The editorial staff consists of students, working together with the rest of the staff. The editors for the 2020-2021 school year were Aaron Boehmer, Trisha Dasgupta, Shreya Jagan, Caroline Caruso, and Ana Cuen. In 2015, the CSPA named it among the top 13 new high school sites in the nation.

Athletics

The Liberty Redhawks compete in the following sports: State championships: In 2017, the girls' cross country team won the 5A state championship. In 2020, the girls' varsity basketball team won the state championship in a 35-26 victory over San Antonio Veterans Memorial High School. *

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* Cross Country *

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* Swimming and Diving *

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Debate team

Liberty's speech and debate team has won district, regional, and state titles in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy (CX) Debate, and Informative and Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking, including UIL CX state qualifications in 2017 and 2018, as well as winning the 2018 5A State Championship title in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Although occasionally participating in

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competitions, the team primarily competes in UIL.

Performing arts

Opportunities for students interested in performing arts include

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, band, Rockskool, orchestra, theatre, choir, dance team, and marching band. File:Liberty-HS-Friso-TX-9943.jpg, Auditorium

Languages offered

Language courses offered include Chinese, Spanish and French.

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was offered in cooperation with nearby CHS but has since been discontinued. German was once offered in cooperation with nearby CHS/ HHS, but was discontinued in 2012.

Academic Decathlon

Since opening in 2006, Liberty has excelled at the

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. At state level, for the years of 06-07 and 07–08, the team won second place in the 3A division. In the 08-09 year, Liberty won state championship in the 4A division. During the 11-12 competition, it placed second in the regional round as well as 9th in the state round at

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, Texas.

Notable alumni

* Laci Mosley (2009) Actress * Jay Ajayi (2011) - football player * Nick LeBrun (2013) - Cybersecurity Researcher * Sasha Lane (Class of 2014) - actress * Keaton Parks (2015) - soccer player * Carrie Fish (2018) - track & field athlete * Hannah Anderson (2019) - soccer player * Zion Richardson (2019) - basketball player * Evan Stewart(2022) - football player

References

External links

Liberty High School webpage

Frisco Independent School District

Wingspan
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