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Welcome From Our Headmaster
A Philosophy Rooted in Tradition
"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about." — G.K. Chesterton
Family is Fundamental
Parental Responsibility for Education
Liberty Common School honors “The Universal Truth” of education – it is the right and responsibility of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children. This responsibility begins when families choose the school, its educational philosophy, and its corresponding academic strategies. Parents lead in ensuring fidelity to the school’s tradition and philosophy by staying informed, volunteering, and reinforcing aligned educational goals at home.
Classical, Proven, and Timeless
Intellectual and Moral Excellence
Liberty’s academic objectives pursue the direct acquisition of knowledge. The school’s classically oriented, liberal-arts emphasis aims to provide students deep and broad intellectual orientation toward the good, the true, the beautiful, and the perfect. The curriculum strives to equip young scholars with the skills to become thoughtful, moral, and engaged leaders in the American Republic. Liberty’s fidelity to these enduring principles produces consistent, remarkable results.
Virtue Education
Character for Lifelong Citizenship
Virtue education is essential in the complete development and formation of young scholars at Liberty Common School. Liberty invests thirteen years of intentional character education in its students—reinforced through classical literature, case studies, biographies, and through a direct emphasis on the cardinal virtues. This classical tradition encourages young citizens to act with integrity, empowering them to make prudent decisions based on ethical principles and authentic wisdom.
True Professional Educators
Excellence in the Classroom
Liberty Common’s team of professional classroom instructors is widely regarded as among the nation’s best. Instructors are professionals with high-level subject-matter expertise and philosophical alignment. Members of the faculty are caring and supportive educators committed to providing the very best educational experience for each individual child. Professional classroom instructors are carefully selected from fields of nationwide applicants. The benefit for students is stunning.
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Three Campuses
Liberty Common School consists of three campuses in Fort Collins, Colorado. Two elementary-school campuses serve grades K–6 and one combined junior-high and high-school campus serving grades 7–12. Explore this section to learn more about our campuses.
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“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
― Aristotle
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."
― Plato
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."
― Socrates
Campuses Locations
Elementary - Aristotle Campus
Grades K-6, Southwest Fort Collins
Elementary - Plato Campus
Grades K-6, Northeast Fort Collins
Junior High
Grades 7-8, East Fort Collins
High School
9th-12th Grade, East Fort Collins
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Explore Our Opportunities
Discover the core curriculum at Liberty Common School. It is supplemented by a wealth of enriching programs designed to nurture personal development and empower students for future success.
K-12
Grades Offered
1
Unique Order and House System
23
Sports Offered Grades 6-12
600+
Student-Athletes
40
Student Clubs and Co-curriculars
19
Classes Offered In The Arts
3
Campuses
1475
Students
28
Years of Excellence
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News & Events
Featured News
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Liberty Students...
Elizabeth Timpe, Board of Directors
“Liberty Common School students are amazing!”
Headmaster Schaffer recently challenged staff members to begin each article with "Liberty students..." The goal? To highlight how everything the school does is for students and because of students.
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Restoring Quality Civic Discourse to the Body Politic: Liberty Leads the Way
Mary Renstrom, LCHS Western Literature and AP Language and Composition Instructor
Every Sunday as a teen I watched William F. Buckley’s Firing Line, a weekly television show in which Buckley crossed rhetorical swords with the intellectuals and politicians of the day.
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Liberty Common School Names New Junior-High Principal
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Liberty Common School Headmaster Bob Schaffer announced, today, the appointment of Mrs. Kathleen Kearney as Principal of Liberty Common Junior High School
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171 days, 1,197 hours, 71,820 minutes
Jenna Allen, Elementary Assistant Principal (Plato Campus)
171 days | 1,197 hours | 71,820 minutes
This is the amount of time instructors are granted to imbue the knowledge and skills needed for Liberty Common students to earn promotion to the next grade level.
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Clean Water Flows Here
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Being proactive, as they always are when it comes to student safety, Liberty’s professional maintenance team occasionally tests the school’s drinking-water fixtures to ensure they meet the latest safety standards for lead.
