Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. Love.

Improvise, adapt, overcome, and love.

That was our Headmaster's message to our school community, back in 2020, which quickly turned into an unofficial motto at Liberty Common School when the pandemic occurred and we were very much needing to do all four. 

The first three words were borrowed from the United States Marine Corps to reflect their core value that no Marine who is given a mission is allowed to use the excuse that they didn’t have what they needed to accomplish said mission, or that the plan didn’t go as expected. 

The last word, well, it hopefully goes without saying.  It’s what we were called to do during a very hard time for our school; and, even larger than that, our community, our great country, and even our world.

This year was another example of that – launching a standalone junior-high campus in a half-built building with a very small amount of space for a very large number of students.  It required a dedicated core group of the exact right people to come together to not only get through and just complete the year, but to do it with excellence – and love.

Our teachers sacrificed comfort, time, and certainty to create classrooms filled with structure, joy, and learning, even while surrounded by construction dust, shifting plans, and daily challenges.

Our support staff quietly carried an enormous load behind the scenes, solving problems before most people ever knew they existed, all while keeping students safe, supported, and well cared for.

LCS parents extended grace, flexibility, trust, and encouragement throughout a year that often required patience and partnership at every turn (quite literally with traffic).

Students rose to the occasion in ways far beyond their years embracing the adventure of building a new campus culture, all while continuing to pursue excellence in academics, athletics, music, leadership, and character.

The LCS community stepped forward repeatedly with generosity, volunteerism, resources, and unwavering belief in the mission of Liberty Common School and what this new standalone junior-high campus could become.

What was accomplished, this year, was not possible because conditions were perfect; it was possible because this community chose, every single day, to improvise, adapt, overcome, and love.

Thank you all for a beautifully imperfect year.  I’m grateful.