As a result of a changing global and generational culture, education alters to fit the pursuits of the students. In order for this to successfully occur, the catalog of courses in schools are constantly in rotation, reflected in the upcoming options for classes in the 2026-2027 school year at Liberty High School.
The week of Monday, Jan. 18 will mark the start of the process when Liberty students will register for their 2026-2027 classes with the aid of counselors in English class periods. In addition to the classes from the last registration period, students will have the opportunity to attend classes such as Computer Animation, Power Volleyball, Theatre 5: Capstone and Honors Geometry.
Honors geometry will be an advanced course option for students taking the graduation required course of geometry at a more in depth pace. Tim Flaming, the Liberty math department chair head, described the demographic of students participating in the course: “students that want to push themselves in mathematics during their high school career, eventually culminating in taking one of our upper level honors courses such as AP Precalculus or AP Calculus. These may be students interested in a career in a STEM field, or possibly someone who has always excelled in math and wants to prepare themselves to pass college level math in the future”
Additionally, the math department is striving for this course to result in an easier transition into Honors Algebra 2 and other advanced math courses with consistent numbers and students not overestimating and dropping courses. The curriculum, according to Flaming, will be similar to base line geometry with more of an emphasis and deep dive into algebra topics and the reason behind geometry methods to accomplish the goal of the department.
The teachers have pushed for this addition for a number of school years, Falming even stated they’ve “dreamed about adding Honors Geometry for a long time,” because “Over the years we’ve had many students forced to take regular Geometry, as it’s required by the district to graduate, who have not felt challenged by that class, while many of their peers need additional time for practice and further explanations and help.”
In an article from “History Tools” titled “5 Compelling Reasons to Switch Classes in High School (and How to Do it Successfully),” the act of student switching to new classes at the semester mark has benefits in “feeding passions with electives, optimizing schedules, finding academic challenges, gaining college-ready skills, and exploring future career options,” while also, “providing students with invaluable personal and intellectual growth opportunities.”
The driving force behind adding these classes is student opportunity and growth in areas in which they have passion in. The more routes of interest students are provided through courses, the easier it proves to find future college majors, careers and other future paths.
In contrast, the administration also has to make the decision to remove course options that aren’t aligning with the current demands of the school. This is true for the course of National History Research Seminar, which is set to be removed from the course options in the 2026-2027 school year.
