• Legacy Preparatory Academy, Bountiful, K-9 — The school will use a classically based curriculum integrating the fine arts to develop a creative and reasoning mind. The language-intensive education demands that students use and understand words and uses history as its organizing outline, beginning with the ancients and progressing forward to the moderns in history, science, literature, art and music. Information at www.legacyprep.org.

• Liberty Academy, Elk Ridge, K-12 — The school focuses on the preservation of freedom and will offer classes such as the Foundations of Liberty, Constitutional Studies and Contemporary Issues. Socratic inquiry will also be used to encourage learning and exploration. There will be both a dress code and values program and students will explore the principles and values upon which liberty is won, ordered and sustained. For information e-mail brockbankmj@mtc.byu.edu.

• Monticello Academy, West Valley City, K-8. Monticello will place strong emphasis on academic achievement in a college-preparatory setting. The goal is to instill in students the value of learning and seeking higher education and impose high standards of behavior and performance. It will also provide studies in Latin, Mandarin and Spanish and will pioneer the Singapore Math Program. Information at www.monticelloacademy.net.

• Mountainville Academy, Alpine, K-8 — The academy will offer an academically rigorous and skill-based education, with special attention to language arts and math. It aims to foster positive character development emphasizing integrity, personal responsibility and respect and provide a well-rounded education through historical, scientific and cultural topics. Information at www.mountainvilleacademy.org.

• Noah Webster Academy, Orem, K-6 — The school plans to offer a safe and nurturing environment of classical education that fosters patriotism, cultural literacy, moral virtue, individuality and self-government. It specializes in a classical approach to academics with an emphasis on integrating world cultures and language acquisition to give students the tools necessary to achieve in the upper grades. Information at www.noahwebsteracademy.org.