Remaining Constant

 

As we wrap up this spectacular school year, I am particularly impressed and grateful for the accomplishments of the Class of 2025.  This week, we celebrated the schools, businesses, and organizations that have collectively offered more than $12,000,000 in scholarships to this year’s seniors.  The hard work of this senior class has made its members a good investment.  They will burnish the reputations and enhance the campus life of colleges and universities all over the country.  This is a special group.  Its leadership, fun personalities, and contributions to the learning community will be missed.  

 

This time of year brings a lot of celebrations and accomplishments for our entire student body.  The Academic Awards Night last week was a meaningful chance for teachers to reflect on the accomplishments and contributions of 

students. Earlier last week, the LCHS music ensembles performed at CSU's Griffin Hall for the second year in a row, courtesy of a generous contribution from the Latzke family.  It is a beautiful performance space, and students rose to the occasion, creating sublime instrumental and vocal performances.  The school community was also treated to a performance of the high-school musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  It was a richly acted and beautifully sung staging of this work by Andrew Lloyd Webber.  Many of our athletic teams and individual competitors are in playoffs and at state competitions.  In sum, this is a time of year when students, parents, and staff get the pleasure of seeing a whole school year of hard work pay off with new knowledge, new skills, and new achievements.

 

We look forward to the changes next year will bring.  I, for one, will be sad to lose the junior-high students.  I taught 7th- and 8th-grade history for many years, and I really enjoy that age group.  I am, however, excited for them to launch on this new adventure in a new facility.  Much care has gone into making sure the change is intentional, thoughtful, and serves Liberty families well.  The high school will support the junior-high school in any way it can as it embarks on this odyssey.  

 

Around here, we will be a little smaller next year.  I would estimate we will have a student body at the high school in the high 300s.  It will stay smaller for a couple of years and then begin to fill up again to its full capacity as next year’s larger 7th-grade class enters 9th grade.  There will be a lot of continuity in the high-school programming during this transition.  Next year, our bell schedule will not change.  All high-school students will share a single, unified lunch period as they do now.  Minor improvements will be made to the use and structure of House Time, taking advantage of the space and time provided by the junior-high move.

 

New staff members will add significantly to the strength of the high-school team.  New administrators, AST professionals, support staff, and classroom teachers are bringing strong background knowledge from previous schools, industry, and other professions.  We are grateful to welcome them into the Liberty family.

 

Among all of the changes, our mission as an institution remains constant.  We will continue to put our energy toward providing a rigorous, high-quality education.  LCHS is college preparatory and classically oriented.  This high-quality learning will take place in an environment that accentuates and celebrates virtue and good character.  Have a great summer.  Firmitas Facit Familiam!