quest Principles

Age Recommendation: 15-17

Prerequisites: Pyramid Project and possibly Quest Traits

Concurrent Project Recommendation: Classical Acting or Edison Project

The Name of this Project comes from Steven Covey's 7 Habits.  Covey defines the Qualities of principles as Universal, Enduring, Self-evident, and Timeless. 

Principles taught in Quest Principles:

Self governance

Principles of Freedom found in The 5,000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen

Principles of strong communities

Jurisprudence

Principles of leadership

 An in-depth and personalized study of the principles of leadership. Scholars come face-to-face with 6 great leaders and their landmark speeches. They read about, write about, and discuss the circumstances that led them to their missions and impact.    They will then write a persuasive essay in response to a question posed based on the person.  This is not a paper about the person, but about the impact knowing about his person can have.  It is highly recommended that a scholar obtain a writing coach to give additional support throughout Quest.

In the first semester, scholars will learn to execute four different parts of Governance.  They will be learning about self-governance while they do an in-depth study of Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Principles of governing a nation are learned as they memorize and write about the application to current events of the 28 principles of good government outlined in Skousen’s The Five Thousand Year Leap.  

Scholars will learn about the landmark cases of the Supreme Court, then choose two cases to write legal briefs and argue before a mock trial.  They learn to see the world through 6 different worldviews and understand how other people in our nation and in our world see reality, humanity, the role of government, the basis of laws, and many, many other things. This is a necessary study for anyone who wants to build bridges in their leadership skills.

*Please note that age recommendations and prerequisites are not hard and fast. There is room to individualize as a scholar's needs dictate.   The Quest classes can be taken in any order, but more will be expected of a second year Quest scholar.  After they complete their second year, regardless of which Quest project it is, they will be invited to a graduation dinner and they will give a culminating speech.   First year Quest students will also be invited to attend, but will not give a speech until their second year.