Virtue of the Week: INTEGRITY
Article of Faith: 6TH "We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, and so forth."
Scripture of the Week: "......till I die, I will not remove my integrity from me." Job 27:5
Quote #1: "The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." ~Confucius
Quote#2: "You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of integrity and self-respect to self-interest." ~Robert Brault
Pre-Scholar Quote: "Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation and caring so little about wisdom, and truth, and the greatest improvement of the soul?" ~Socrates (Ancient Greek Philosopher)
We spent this week discussing what integrity is and decided that it is, "doing the right thing, all of the time, no matter what the consequences are." We introduced the children to people from history, the scriptures and people that we know right now who are doing, or who have done that. Some have had unbelievably difficult consequences for doing what was right, but I think the children were touched by these people's courage and "integrity" and hopefully inspired to do the same in their lives. Ask them to tell you about our own Sister Rosa and when she and her husband had to make a very difficult decision, but had integrity! Also ask them to tell you about Elder Walker!
January 29, 2011
January 22, 2011
STAGES OF LEARNING: Please take the time to review this so that you understand what Liberty Youth Academy is all about!
Foundations: Typically between ages 4-8 years. You learn primarily through play and exploration. Key in this stage is learning the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. You are learning the "foundations" of language and mathematics and ideally you are learning about your world (history, science) through stories, biographies etc. Your parents and teachers read Classical Children's Literature to you because they know that morals and values are taught there and that hearing rich language at a young age improves your ability to write well and also gives you a good "foundation" in vocabulary to help you read more difficult Classics in the future including Biographies, Autobiographies, and original writings from great thinkers, leaders, and statesmen/women of the past.
Love Of Learning: Typically ages 9-12 (but you can stay in any stage for much longer). You want to know everything about everything! You are constantly asking questions and seeking for the answers through your parents and mentors. You are reading Classical Children's Literature like the because you love it and you want to know more. You are pouring through Visual Atlas's, Science books and History books. Dorling Kindersly or Usborne's visual histories and atlas's are a particular favorite. You've become more aware of the world around you and you're trying to find your place in it. You're beginning to develop talents and interests which are a big clue to your life's mission. Your writing, spelling, math skills, and vocabulary are greatly expanding. You still are not self driven, but you have a great interest about a lot of things!
Pre-Scholar: Roughly ages 13-15, this is extremely individual! I've seen 12 year olds in this phase, but rarely. You are more focused and determined to receive the best education you can and you are starting to begin to see and feel comfortable with the fact that to the extent that you put forth the effort, you will receive a good education. You are excited about the fact that you've been given more freedom to study what you are interested in and when your teacher is teaching, you take notes on the things that you don't know and make time later when you get home to look it up, check out a library book, or ask your teacher where you might find more information about that topic. You don't wait for an assignment from your teacher to learn and to study. You are largely self driven in your studies and you are reading more difficult Classics like, Treasure Island, Little Women, The Arabian Nights, Don Quixote etc. because you know that reading difficult books like these that teach incredible things about history, morals, values etc. are also rich in the language necessary to further read other writings by the greats like Einsteins journal, or other important documents like the U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers etc. in your scholar phase. You are working with a mentor who is making suggestions as to what you should read, and you are discussing these classics with this mentor and writing papers related to what you've read and learned and how you will apply these things in your life. You are also involved in the arts and are improving in the areas of talent and interest that you may be involved in, like dance, painting, musical instrument etc., and spend a significant time practicing and improving.
Scholar: Approximately 15-19, but again this is an individual thing and a student may fluctuate between pre-scholar and scholar phase. This is the phase that the above stages have been preparing you for. This is the time where you are completely driven to learn more by reading original sources, documents, and coming face to face with greatness by reading the more significant works ever written. You are willing to take significant time to read, discuss and write about what you have learned and you have mentors helping you with this. You are also continuing to improve in other areas of art, music, physical improvement etc. All of this is to help you to learn the things that you will need to know to be a leader and to fulfill your life's mission, so it will look very different from one student to another.
Love Of Learning: Typically ages 9-12 (but you can stay in any stage for much longer). You want to know everything about everything! You are constantly asking questions and seeking for the answers through your parents and mentors. You are reading Classical Children's Literature like the because you love it and you want to know more. You are pouring through Visual Atlas's, Science books and History books. Dorling Kindersly or Usborne's visual histories and atlas's are a particular favorite. You've become more aware of the world around you and you're trying to find your place in it. You're beginning to develop talents and interests which are a big clue to your life's mission. Your writing, spelling, math skills, and vocabulary are greatly expanding. You still are not self driven, but you have a great interest about a lot of things!
Pre-Scholar: Roughly ages 13-15, this is extremely individual! I've seen 12 year olds in this phase, but rarely. You are more focused and determined to receive the best education you can and you are starting to begin to see and feel comfortable with the fact that to the extent that you put forth the effort, you will receive a good education. You are excited about the fact that you've been given more freedom to study what you are interested in and when your teacher is teaching, you take notes on the things that you don't know and make time later when you get home to look it up, check out a library book, or ask your teacher where you might find more information about that topic. You don't wait for an assignment from your teacher to learn and to study. You are largely self driven in your studies and you are reading more difficult Classics like, Treasure Island, Little Women, The Arabian Nights, Don Quixote etc. because you know that reading difficult books like these that teach incredible things about history, morals, values etc. are also rich in the language necessary to further read other writings by the greats like Einsteins journal, or other important documents like the U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers etc. in your scholar phase. You are working with a mentor who is making suggestions as to what you should read, and you are discussing these classics with this mentor and writing papers related to what you've read and learned and how you will apply these things in your life. You are also involved in the arts and are improving in the areas of talent and interest that you may be involved in, like dance, painting, musical instrument etc., and spend a significant time practicing and improving.
Scholar: Approximately 15-19, but again this is an individual thing and a student may fluctuate between pre-scholar and scholar phase. This is the phase that the above stages have been preparing you for. This is the time where you are completely driven to learn more by reading original sources, documents, and coming face to face with greatness by reading the more significant works ever written. You are willing to take significant time to read, discuss and write about what you have learned and you have mentors helping you with this. You are also continuing to improve in other areas of art, music, physical improvement etc. All of this is to help you to learn the things that you will need to know to be a leader and to fulfill your life's mission, so it will look very different from one student to another.
January 21, 2011
ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE!!
***Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching?? (This was their challenge this week....to have an attitude that is worth catching!)***
We spent all week talking about our attitudes and how they can completely influence the lives of others for either good or bad. We talked a lot about how when we change our attitude about things that are hard or things we don't like, we are able to get through them easier and able to have a much better outcome! We watched a few short inspirational stories about people with some severe disabilities and how their attitudes were contagious. People around them were more inspired and found that their attitudes changed as they watched them conquer their trials with an inspiring attitude.
Virtue of the Week: ATTITUDE
Article of Faith: 5th "We believe that man must be called of God, by prophesy and by the laying on of hands, by those who are in authority to preach the gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof."
Scripture of the Week: "As he thinketh in his heart, so he is." ~Proverbs 23:7
Quote #1: "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson-
Quote#2: "Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude." ~M. Russell Ballard
We spent all week talking about our attitudes and how they can completely influence the lives of others for either good or bad. We talked a lot about how when we change our attitude about things that are hard or things we don't like, we are able to get through them easier and able to have a much better outcome! We watched a few short inspirational stories about people with some severe disabilities and how their attitudes were contagious. People around them were more inspired and found that their attitudes changed as they watched them conquer their trials with an inspiring attitude.
Virtue of the Week: ATTITUDE
Article of Faith: 5th "We believe that man must be called of God, by prophesy and by the laying on of hands, by those who are in authority to preach the gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof."
Scripture of the Week: "As he thinketh in his heart, so he is." ~Proverbs 23:7
Quote #1: "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson-
Quote#2: "Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude." ~M. Russell Ballard
January 15, 2011
Christmas Program Highlights
A huge thank you to our wonderful PAC President, Linda Knudsen, who made our beautiful DVD of our Christmas program! Thank you for putting so much time and effort into this! We are so proud of each of these students! They did an amazing job testifying of the truth of Christ's birth!
This week in School! Jan. 10th
Theme: A New Year: A New Beginning!
Virtue of the Week: CREATIVITY
Article of Faith: 4TH: "We believe in the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: First faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, second repentance. Third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. Fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Scripture of the Week: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new." ~2nd Corinthians 5:17
Quote #1: The beginning is the most important part....For that is the time character is being formed." ~Plato (Greek Philosopher)
Quote#2: "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." ~Benjamin Franklin
What a great first week back in our New Year! The children have really been working well, having fun getting to know the new students, and have embraced this week's theme and virtue! We have discussed that each new year gives us the opportunity to do a personal inventory and decide if we are "creating" through our thoughts and choices, the person that we want to become, and if so, ways to continue to improve and if not, to re-think and renew our resolve to change and become a different person. We discussed people who created greatness in their lives and who because of that, blessed the lives of many, many people. We talked about Mother Teresa, and are working on memorizing her famous quote titled, In The Final Analysis! We also talked about Corrie Ten Boom and how she, along with her sister Bessie, created an environment of faith and hope even in a concentration camp. We also talked about Martin Luther King and his "Dream!" We watched his "I Have A Dream" speech, talked about his influence for good in the world and that before we do anything, we have to think it and create it in our minds first like he did! We also were very fortunate to have Micah Young come in and speak to us about his choice to create a life of goodness and faith, even while serving our country in Iraq. He bore powerful testimony of the fact that when the Lord is with you, you need not fear, even if in the middle of a war zone! It's up to you to create what you will depending on your choices and your attitude! He had the children eating out of the palm of his hand! We decided that because it's not every day that we get to meet a real hero that we would share our "Heroes" poem by William Canton, that we memorized for the Spring Program last year. He was extremely impressed, and touched by YOUR children's presentation of this poem!
Virtue of the Week: CREATIVITY
Article of Faith: 4TH: "We believe in the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: First faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, second repentance. Third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. Fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Scripture of the Week: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new." ~2nd Corinthians 5:17
Quote #1: The beginning is the most important part....For that is the time character is being formed." ~Plato (Greek Philosopher)
Quote#2: "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." ~Benjamin Franklin
What a great first week back in our New Year! The children have really been working well, having fun getting to know the new students, and have embraced this week's theme and virtue! We have discussed that each new year gives us the opportunity to do a personal inventory and decide if we are "creating" through our thoughts and choices, the person that we want to become, and if so, ways to continue to improve and if not, to re-think and renew our resolve to change and become a different person. We discussed people who created greatness in their lives and who because of that, blessed the lives of many, many people. We talked about Mother Teresa, and are working on memorizing her famous quote titled, In The Final Analysis! We also talked about Corrie Ten Boom and how she, along with her sister Bessie, created an environment of faith and hope even in a concentration camp. We also talked about Martin Luther King and his "Dream!" We watched his "I Have A Dream" speech, talked about his influence for good in the world and that before we do anything, we have to think it and create it in our minds first like he did! We also were very fortunate to have Micah Young come in and speak to us about his choice to create a life of goodness and faith, even while serving our country in Iraq. He bore powerful testimony of the fact that when the Lord is with you, you need not fear, even if in the middle of a war zone! It's up to you to create what you will depending on your choices and your attitude! He had the children eating out of the palm of his hand! We decided that because it's not every day that we get to meet a real hero that we would share our "Heroes" poem by William Canton, that we memorized for the Spring Program last year. He was extremely impressed, and touched by YOUR children's presentation of this poem!
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