7.9 - Elective Courses

In accordance with our school's philosophy, elective courses are to be developed and offered to students with three principles in mind:

Academic: In The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them, Dr. E.D. Hirsch states, "Having received foundational knowledge and skill (in the early grades) students can follow more varied and intensive strands of academic and vocational study according to their interests and abilities." At Liberty, the elective courses are the avenue for this.

Liberty’s Thinking Framework: By grade 7, we want to provide opportunities for students to develop the 4th order thinking skills—creativity and problem solving. This is a productive effort requiring both discipline and knowledge and is the goal of agency education, the journey toward self-reliance.

Physical Development: Students in their early teenage years undergo tremendous changes. Many require controlled, physical outlets for the energy associated with their hormone fluctuations. Training both the mind and the body are fundamental components of a classical education.

Liberty will offer a range of academic electives that appeal to a variety of student interests and provide opportunities for creativity, problem solving, and physical activity.

The class registration process should encourage students to select a range of different electives to achieve a balanced course schedule.

Adopted: 07-18-2002

Amended: 12-03-2011

Amended: 11-21-2019