Today's world needs men and women of high moral character, sound intellectual understanding, and principled action to lead us into an uncertain future. But where will these leaders be found?

At The American Leadership School, we believe leaders are the product of a particular educational method -- one known to the great leaders of the past, but lost to modern academia. The American Leadership School at Eagle's Aerie is unlike anything you've ever seen in modern education. Here, 7th through 12th grade "Pre-Scholars" learn to understand classic literature, history, politics, the law, science and philosophy under the guidance of committed and caring adult "Mentors."

In the grand tradition of Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, the teacher/mentors at The American Leadership School believe students should be taught "how to think" - not just "what to think."

Now, students can again undertake this privilege and challenge, if they have the desire, determination, and character to pursue this most intense and exciting educational endeavor.

ALS Mentors:

Timothy Peak
David F. Whitlock
Kaleen Polakoff
 

Off-Campus Field Trips

The American Leadership School provides many opportunities for educational off-campus field trips. ALS sponsors an Annual American History Excursion each year, with the opportunity to travel to either the Washington D.C./Philadelphia or the Boston/New York area. These unique opportunities are open to all students who qualify to participate.

Aristotle's 12 PILLARS OF FREEDOM:

• Math
• Science
• History
• Literature
• Philosophy
• Theology
• Jurisprudence
• Politics
• The Arts
• Ethics
• Economics
• Health

Required Classics reading for The American Leadership School:

Documents:   Magna Charta, Declaration of Independence, and The Constitution of the United States, Northwest Ordinance, Monroe Doctrine, and The Gettysburg Address

Abbott                        Flatland
Adler                           How to Read A Book
Alcott                          Little Women
Allison                        “The Real” Series
Aristotle                      Nichomachen Ethics
Austen                        Pride and Prejudice
Asimov                       Understanding Physics
Bacon                         Novum Organum
Bastiat                        Essays on Political Economy, The Law
Bennet                        Book of Virtues
Benson                       The Proper Role of Government
Blanchard                  The One Minute Manager
Bronte                        Jane Eyre
Cicero                         The Laws
Covey                          Seven Habits for Highly Effective Teens
Darwin                       Origin of Species
DeMille                      A Thomas Jefferson Education:
Dickens                      Great Expectations, Tale of Two Cities, Christmas Carol
Emerson                    Essays
Gatto                           Dumbing Us Down
Hamilton                    Mythology
Henry                         The Gift of the Magi
Hinckley                    Standing for Something
Homer                        Iliad, Odyssey
Hugo                          Les Miserables
Latham                       Carry On Mr. Bowditch
Lewis                          Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Weight of Glory
Locke                         The Second Treatise of Government
L’Amour                     The Lonesome Gods
Madison, et al.           The Federalist Papers
Marx                           Communist Manifesto
Moody                        Little Britches
Nichomachus              Introduction to Arithmetic
Paine                          Common Sense
Post                             Etiquette
Roberts, et al.             Roberts Rules of Order (Newly Revised, 10th edition)
Skousen                      Making of America, Five Thousand Year Leap
Shakespeare              A Merchant of Venice, Henry V, The Tempest
Stratton-Porter           Laddie
Thoreau                     Walden
Tocqueville                Democracy In America (Volume II)
Tolstoy                       War and Peace
 Wister                        The Virginian

Suggested Classics reading for The American Leadership School:

John Adams, “Thoughts on Government”
Card, “Enders Game”
Defoe, “Robinson Crusoe”
Euclid, “Elements”
James Herriot series
Jiang, “Red Scarf Girl”
McCullough, “John Adams”
McCullough, “1776”
Newton, “Mathematical Principles”
Orwell,  “1984”
Plato, “The Republic”
Potok, “The Chosen”
Shakespeare, “The Collected Works”
Smith, “The Wealth of Nations”
Stowe,  “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Aesop’s Fables
Alice in Wonderland
Animal Farm
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
The Anne of Green Gable Series
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Because of Winn Dixie
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Black Beauty
Caddie Woodlawn
Charlotte’s Web
Chronicles of Narnia series
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Deerslayer
Don Quixote
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide
The Education of Henry Adams
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Five Little Peppers
The Fourth Wise Man
Frankenstein
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
The Greatest Generation
Gulliver’s Travels
Hatchet
The Hiding Place
Holes
Huckleberry Finn
Ivanhoe
The Hobbit
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Jacob, Have I Loved
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Johnny Tremain
The Jungle Book
King Arthur and the Round Table
The Last of the Mohicans
Little Men
Little Women
The Lord of the Ring Series
Miracle at Philadelphia
McGuffey’s Readers
Moby Dick
My Antonia
My Side of the Mountain series
“O Captain, My Captain”
O Pioneers
Old Yeller
Oliver Twist
Out of the Dust
The Red Badge of Courage
“Paul Revere's Ride”
Pigman
“The Road Not Taken”
Robin Hood
“Romeo and Juliet:
The SecretGarden
Shipwrecked
Soldiers, Statesmen, and Heroes
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
Stargirl
The Summer of the Monkeys
The Swiss Family Robinson
Tales of Arabian Nights
Tom Sawyer
Treasure Island
The Walking Drum
Undaunted Courage
Walk Two Moons
The Westing Game
White Fang
Where the Red Fern Grows
Who Moved My Cheese (for Teens)
The Yearling