Program Overviews
In addition to core academic coursework, endorsement programs require meaningful investment in co-curricular activities, service projects, and a capstone project. Students can work toward a major or a minor, and upon graduation, receive special recognition and a unique diploma. A commencement cord is bestowed upon those achieving a major. Students are encouraged to apply for their endorsement area of interest during their sophomore year. See each individual endorsement program page for additional information.
If you feel called to apply please visit the student portal.
Endorsement Programs
Our endorsement programs offer a cross-discipline study that enables select students to organize their graduation requirements around their core interests.
How Do Endorsement Programs Work?
Valor’s endorsement programs are designed to matriculate students who have combined rigorous academic coursework with hands-on experience.
The speed of learning is accelerating faster than ever before. In response, a growing number of top colleges are prioritizing applicants with real-world experience who have a clear idea of the questions they want to answer and the problems they want to solve.
These students know what they want to study in college and post-graduate programs and are eager to use their knowledge and experience to transform the world for Christ.
Endorsement Programs
Need a more in-depth look at our endorsement programs? Look through the different programs we offer our students to discover the best option for them. Students should start seriously considering their program their sophomore year.
Applied STEM
The Valor Applied STEM program is a gateway to industry, preparing high school students to make a global impact in the fields of science, math, engineering, medicine and technology. We are able to provide each STEM student with custom instruction.
Biblical Leadership
This program includes enhanced requirements within Bible courses, practical service, experiential engagement in a defined ministry/ leadership context, and a final capstone project/ presentation that stands separately from their senior presentation.
Business
This program provides students with a full array of business courses, experiential learning opportunities, competitions, and projects to build a business acumen that will be prepared for university work. Students are focus their learning around marketing, management, or finance.
Humanities
The humanities endorsement offers students an intellectually rigorous course of study and praxis that weaves together traditional humanities subject areas, including English, history, theology, and classical languages, into an integrated, multi-year program.
All endorsements are built around four core requirements:
Academic Courses
Experiential Engagement
Service Activities
Capstone Project
Latest Endorsement Program Stories
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- STEM
In March our students had the opportunity to use their STEM skills to serve a local Denver school. Valor students built a shed, removed a playground, and prepared a garden.
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- STEM
STEM Night was a great success, as students showcased their work through capstone projects, clubs, and competitions. Over 30 projects and interactive demos were highlighted during the evening. In addition, select students received awards for their innovation, creativity, and service through STEM.
![Valor Success at Colorado TSA State Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1678135113/govalorcom/bkkicntnbxqo8xlboofk/TSACO.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1678135113/govalorcom/bkkicntnbxqo8xlboofk/TSACO.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1678135113/govalorcom/bkkicntnbxqo8xlboofk/TSACO.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1678135113/govalorcom/bkkicntnbxqo8xlboofk/TSACO.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1678135113/govalorcom/bkkicntnbxqo8xlboofk/TSACO.png","width":1240}])
- STEM
![Running From, Running To]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1678133472/govalorcom/h6agkiqkzotmbbqrdzpb/Lent3.jpg","width":144}])
- Humanities
![Suturing 101]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1671031900/govalorcom/uufzvevn78i7blmw3zv4/Suturing.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1671031900/govalorcom/uufzvevn78i7blmw3zv4/Suturing.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1671031900/govalorcom/uufzvevn78i7blmw3zv4/Suturing.png","width":726}])
- STEM
Vertical mattress, simple interrupted, and continuous are all terms that have been thrown around in the Anatomy and Physiology classes recently.
![Cellular Respiration in Algae Beds]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1668017995/govalorcom/v7kpdk41tl7v0grpshu2/Biology.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1668017995/govalorcom/v7kpdk41tl7v0grpshu2/Biology.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1668017995/govalorcom/v7kpdk41tl7v0grpshu2/Biology.png","width":570}])
- STEM
Valor Biology and Honors Biology students have been hard at work observing the visible indications of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration in algal beads. Students had to use their newly learned lab skills to set up algal beads in a carbon dioxide indicator and observe a color change.
![AP Statistics: Barbie Bungee Jumping Experiment]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1668017579/govalorcom/tsybqpysu36qss8lqscw/BarbieBungee.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1668017579/govalorcom/tsybqpysu36qss8lqscw/BarbieBungee.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1668017579/govalorcom/tsybqpysu36qss8lqscw/BarbieBungee.png","width":592}])
- STEM
Are you adventurous? Like bungee jumping? Do you think the length of the cord and the size of the person matters when bungee jumping? Would it be smart to lie about your height or weight? Recently, as students learned about linear regression, in AP Stats, they explored this idea through a Barbie Bungee Activity.
![Dual Credit Rhetoric]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1666824137/govalorcom/crmr9aukn0qlkvlvbs40/Rhetoric.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1666824137/govalorcom/crmr9aukn0qlkvlvbs40/Rhetoric.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1666824137/govalorcom/crmr9aukn0qlkvlvbs40/Rhetoric.jpg","width":654}])
- Humanities
It might be remembered by the veterans of this program that the original name for the Humanities endorsement program was the Rhetoric endorsement program.
![Speed Traps and Calculus]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1666823400/govalorcom/cpq8uehdyttn6d9vt6p0/SpeedTrap.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1666823400/govalorcom/cpq8uehdyttn6d9vt6p0/SpeedTrap.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1666823400/govalorcom/cpq8uehdyttn6d9vt6p0/SpeedTrap.jpg","width":624}])
- STEM
Students in AP Calculus had a chance to play cops and speeders.