Scholars (12+)

Scholar Phase

The Scholar Phase kids (ages 12+) come face to face with greatness in the scholar projects guided by Leadership Education Mentoring Institute trained mentors. We offer at least one LEMI scholar project per year to enable our older kids to discover and prepare to live their life's missions as they learn HOW to think not WHAT to think by attaining the skills to read like a lawyer, write like an author, compute like a mathematician, observe like a scientist, and speak like an orator.

The scholar projects at LTI in 2023-2024 school year are Quest 1&2 and Key of Liberty

Quest 1&2

For youth ages 14+ who are ready for a challenge

  • Students come face-to-face with greatness by studying six influential leaders and their landmark speeches. They read about, write about, and discuss the circumstances that led them to greatness.

    Second semester they seek out and discover their own leaders in history and current times who exemplify the traits that great leaders exemplify: Virtue, Wisdom, Courage, Diplomacy, Inspiring Greatness in Others and Moving

    the Cause of Liberty.

    Certified Leadership Education Mentoring Institute mentor will train students as they read, discuss, write essays and research papers, prepare and deliver speeches and presentations, and complete projects to help scholars see themselves and their peers as people who can and will influence the world FOR GOOD.

    Course can be used to fulfill requirements for high school English, Writing, History, and Leadership subjects. 

COMMITMENT:

- desire to work hard

- positive attitude of self-respect and respect for peers

- complete assignments on time and be prepared for class each week

- two-hour class once a week

Required Book List

- A Place to Stand by Gene Veith

- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

- Give Me Liberty by Vaughn

- Ender's Shandow, Orson Scott Card

- Fighter Without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton

- My Life With Martin Luther King Jr. by King

- The Chosen, Chaim Potok

- Lincoln: A Photobiography by Freeman

- Emma by Jane Austen

- One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

More books to be announced

Key of Liberty

Students should be at least 12 years as of October 31, 2023.

The first semester of Key of Liberty is a study of freedom through U.S. Revolutionary history. You will read classic literature and biographies of America's founding era, then come together to discuss what you've read. You will learn about forms of government that promote freedom through simulations and short lectures. You will write papers on assigned themes which inspire you to ponder freedom. Current events may also be included in the class discussions. You will prepare and present oral presentations and memorize parts of our nation's founding documents.

Key of Liberty is a practice scholar project which:

• Includes the American Founding and Revolution Era Gets students on the path of great thinking, writing, and public speaking

• In-depth study of The Declaration of Independence and The United States Constitution Students study the Founding of America and gain an in-depth experience with the Constitution. The students are inspired to memorize the Declaration of Independence, and surprisingly, they usually do!

COMMITMENT:

- desire to work hard

- positive attitude of self-respect and respect for peers

- try out new things

- two-hour class once a week

Required Book List For The First Semester

- The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin (Discussed August 30th)

- The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty (Discussed September 20th)

-  John Adams by Leonard Falkner (Discussed October 18th)

-  Stories of George Washington, Well Educated Heart Freedom Series (Discussed December 6th)

Scholar Projects

Scholar Projects are thematic courses spanning various disciplines, including history, math, science, government, and literature. Projects are structured sequentially to develop a student’s Vision, sense of Mission, and mentored growth in each individual’s Abilities, Skills, and Knowledge. Scholar Projects follow a continuum, increasing in difficulty and complexity as a scholar progresses through them. Each Scholar Project comprises an arc of growth through personal challenges, failures, and victories.

2022-2023 scholar projects were Sword of Freedom/Hero Project and Transition to Scholar Shakespeare Class. In Sword/Hero the students 14 + studied the US civil war era in depth through debates, discussions, simulations, and memorizing the Gettysburg Address. They helped put on a Civil War ball as a community project in December 2022. In the Hero portion of the class, students explored the first and second world wars and researched and presented on ten heroes of their choice from great figures in history. They participated in a simulation of the Nuremberg trials and a final smack down jeopardy-style final exam to test their recall of World War II facts, persons, and ideas.

The Transition to Scholar Shakespeare Class were challenged to read, watch, or listen to 17 Shakespeare plays. Students studied Shakespeare, the man, his language, and the stories and characters that make his plays great. Each week, students came prepared to discuss the themes and ideas in a different play. The class culminated in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream put on by the students.

2021–2022 scholar projects were Shakespeare Conquest and Pyramid Project.

2020–2021 scholar projects were Key of Liberty and Quest 1&2. In Key of Liberty, the scholars learned about the American Revolution and the founding of America. They memorized the Declaration of Independence and became Constitution experts as they competed in and won the Constitution Bowl. They surpassed their parents, and scholars from Colorado and California in their knowledge of the constitution. In our Quest class, youth read and discussed 10 significant books, wrote meaningful papers, and finished with sharing a major project they had worked on during the year, such as training a wild horse, creating a video project on stoicism, and building a sensor-controlled robot.

What does Scholar Phase look like?


A scholar is a youth between the ages of 12-18 who are on the path of leadership education. They are invested in pursuing an education to match their mission. They are the youth who are self motivated to learn all they can. They will grow up to be the future leaders, mothers and fathers, artists and statesmen of the next generation.

They understand that the years of their youth are crucial preparation years before they are responsible for family, homes and careers.

At LTI, we understand that this seems like a huge disparity between what the average American “teenager” is doing and what an inspired scholar youth is doing. We have a mission to help more teens become inspired, scholar youth.