Of Song, Stage, and the Whole Child

Spring at Liberty Common School arrives not just with warmer weather but with music and theater.  In recent weeks, the junior-high and high-school stages have come alive — a spring band concert, a choral and orchestra concert — and there is more ahead.  The Plato campus production of Follow That Rabbit takes the stage Fri 10–11 APR 2026, the Aristotle campus brings Treasure Island to life on Fri 17–Sat 18 APR 2026, Hello, Dolly! opens at the LCHS Great Hall on Thu 23 APR 2026, and JAVA (Jazz and Visual Arts) Night — a beloved celebration of student artistry — returns Tue 28 APR 2026, filling the Great Hall from 5:00–8:00PM.  I hope to see the entire Liberty community at each of these events.

The ancient Greeks did not separate the cultivation of the intellect from the cultivation of taste and beauty.  Aristotle understood a fully formed person is not merely one who can reason but one who has learned to be moved — by great writing, by music, by the discipline of a well-rehearsed performance.  Our performing-arts programs exist to develop this wholeness.  What students demonstrate on LCS stages is not merely talent, it is the same character forged in the classroom – perseverance through weeks of rehearsal, humility before a craft larger than oneself, and the courage to stand before an audience and give everything.

This is also, I would suggest, one of the most powerful arguments we have for enrollment.  When prospective family members sit in that auditorium and watch a Liberty student perform, they are not watching a mere extracurricular event.  They are watching the mission unfold before them.  

As our school year moves toward its final stretch, we still have enrollment openings across several grades.  We’re reaching out to families in Northern Colorado that may not yet know Liberty is a viable option for their children.  But no advertisement outperforms a personal invitation from a current LCS parent.

If you know a family searching for something better for their children, bring them to Follow That Rabbit.  Bring them to Treasure Island.  Bring them to Hello, Dolly!.  Bring them to JAVA Night.  Let them see what we see every day.

The end of a school year has a way of arriving before we are ready.  There are still performances to attend, music performances to hear, and stories to share with families who have not yet found their way to Liberty.  A child summoning the courage to perform, a hall full of families sharing in that moment — these are the things worth making time for.  

Do not let these final weeks pass quietly.  Show up for this school the way Liberty's teachers and staff show up for our children — fully and without reservation.