Stronger Than Ever.

The third year at the Aristotle Campus has ended. It has been a solid year of academic achievement.  The Liberty Board of Directors and administration could not be happier with the accomplishments of students, instructors, support staff, and parents.  I am proud to say it was a successful year. 

Liberty Common School is the premier school in northern Colorado due to the proper partnership of parents, professional staff, and hardworking students. Many thanks to the families that chose our school for its academic rigor and culture. 

The front-office and custodial staff worked long hours to make sure the building was ready for students.  From a student population this year of around 385, the Aristotle campus will continue to grow to around 460 next year.  It is so fun to see the growth each year.

Liberty Common School is an example of how a school should operate.  We provide freedom to choose the education that meets a family’s needs.  Together, we delivered one of the finest schools in Colorado. 

 

We should be very proud of students as they have accomplished much this year.  We have seen incredible academic growth.  The key to success?  Focus on academic rigor using the Core Knowledge content.  Bravo to all the hard work of our families, staff, and students.  If you focus on academic achievement, you will see results in academic achievement, and we did.  

 

Classroom teachers persevered as well.  As

always, they are knowledgeable about the content they teach. Classrooms and hallways speak to the nature of this rich content.  Mos maiorum teachers coordinate with homeroom teachers and act as the cross-curricular hub helping students make connections.  When students study Medieval ages in 4th-grade, for example, they learn architecture of cathedrals in art and Gregorian chants in music.  All content is curated, organized, and coordinated with purpose.  

 

Liberty hosted many visitors this year from schools curious about our success in this schoolwide collaboration.  We had a visit from the National Core Knowledge Foundation staff in April to renew our "School of Distinction" status.  

 

Teachers utilize data to assess student progress and plan a month-to-month cohesiveness across our campuses.  Grade-level teams from both campuses met monthly to plan the next month’s lessons.  We knew during this expansion it would be imperative to keep everyone on the same page.  We are one school with four campuses. 

 

Teachers discussed student progress and gave feedback to one another to ensure students were provided the best instruction.  Entering and analyzing data, discussing students, and providing interventions to help struggling students has been adapted, refined, and polished over years.  Our Academic Support Team and classroom teachers worked countless hours to make sure all students had access to the incredible Core Knowledge Curriculum. Our goal is to close the achievement gap and help all students access the rich curriculum. 

 

Finally, we bought our building in January.  Next year, we plan to install a brand-new playground structure.  We will install a concrete fence along Taft Hill Road.  We will enlarge our grass playground area.  We have plans to create a second art room, enlarge the Library of Alexanderia, carpet a few rooms upstairs, paint the outside of the building and the Circus Maximus.  And to top it all off, our school will be dressed up with a new monument sign at the corner of Horsetooth and Taft Hill along with two permanent building signs.  This place is going to look sharp.  I can’t wait for everyone to see this.

Liberty's mission is to provide a contextual body of knowledge, which will, in turn, provide students a rich domain vocabulary.  This rich vocabulary, along with strong phonetic instruction, allows students to both decode and comprehend what they read.  Literate students make quality citizens.  Quality citizens make for freer society.  Liberty Common continues to stay on track with its mission.