Liberty Youth Academy: November 2009

November 22, 2009

Quote of the Week

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward

November 18, 2009

Thanksgiving Feast

We had such a fun time at our Thanksgiving Feast today. Thank you to all who brought the delicious food. Everyone had such a great time and the kids looked adoreable! How cute is this turkey?

November 15, 2009

Quote of the Week

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." ~H.U. Westermayer

November 14, 2009

We are looking at beginning a chess club/class beginning in Jan. It will be open to the community. This will be an after school activity and cost for existing LYA students will be a minimal existing fee of approximately $10.00 just to cover supplies. This would make a great Christmas gift to the child who loves chess, or the child who would like to learn.

Thanksgiving Feast Nov. 18

This Wednesday, November 18th our school will be filled with little Pilgrims and Indians and we will be "sharing" our food and feasting like was done at the first Thanksgiving! We are asking that each family help by bringing food to share. We will be making food assignments, but if you have something special that you would like to bring, please let us know.

Nov. 9-12

We are so lucky to be able to have the opportunity to teach the children the things related to History, Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts as it applies to being a follower of Christ! In this world where my children are constantly seeing the opposite of what I'm teaching in our home as right and good, I'm so grateful that they have the opportunity to come to Liberty Youth Academy and hear again the teachings that I'm trying to instill in them, and not spending their week in classrooms devoid of the teachings that I hold dear! The children learn better because the spirit is in our school! It's truly a priveledge for me to be able to teach in this way and to be able to offer this type of education to others in our community!

We talked about the commandment to "love our enemies" this week and we are all striving to live that commandent better. We are doing secret acts of service for each other! We will do this until our Christmas break as our Christmas gift to the Savior. We have also been talking a lot about having an "attitude of gratitude." We have and will continue to spend time helping the children to see how many blessings that they have and that they have much to be grateful for! -Sister Dale

November 11, 2009

Extra Curricular Classes

We are thrilled to be able to announce that Liberty Youth Academy will be offering more music classes to our current curriculum. These will be after school classes, Monday-Thursday. We will be offering one-on-one lessons in voice, guitar and piano. The instructor for these classes has had several years of experience teaching the above classes. She is will be charging $10.00 per 1/2 hour session. If we have enough interest, we would also consider group guitar lessons. Music helps with critical thinking skills, problem solving, right and left brain development, and builds confidence!

November 6, 2009

November 2-5

We had another very productive week at Liberty Youth Academy! We spent time last week learning about Columbus and how the Lord guided him here, and this week we learned about the Pilgrims who came here seeking religious freedom. The children were very struck by the sacrifices that they went through so that they could have this freedom. They were especially surprised when they found out that the first winter they were rationed to only 5 kernels of corn per day for food. We began our lunch on Wed. with giving the kids 5 kernels of corn to see how full they got. They were shocked! We also learned about William Bradford and how the Indians helped the Pilgrims.

Quote of the Week

It is my firm conviction-no, more than that-it is my certain knowledge that the greatness of our beloved nation was foreshadowed and foreseen by ancient prophets who lived here. It is assuring to know that this nation has a prophetic history, that all of the great events that have transpired here, including the coming of Columbus, the Pilgrim Fathers, and the War for Independence, were foreseen by ancient prophets.

*Ezra Taft Benson

Staheli Farm Field Trip!

The Staheli Farm field trip was a blast!! Thank you to all of the families that came! The children learned a lot about all the different animals on the farm and how they milked the Jersey cows. We went on a tracker ride out to the pumpkin patch and learned how a pumpkin grows and some of the secrets to having a successful pumpkin patch. We got to pick out a pumpkin for each classroom! After that we enjoyed the corn maze and then played on the farm playground! It was a lot of fun and we are so thankful to Staheli farm for allowing us to come! Liberty Youth Academy has some great families that make these field trips amazing!!!