Our Core Values
1. Accountability – We hold ourselves accountable for our own actions, admit when we failed our own standards, and always strive to be our best selves.
2. Appreciation – We show appreciation for one another whenever possible. We appreciate our parents and teacher for everything they do for us and appreciate the kindness of our friends.
3. Community-Minded – Our school is a central hub of our community. We welcome the community to our school to share their skills and knowledge. We also want to contribute our skills and efforts to improve our local community through knowledge exchange.
4. Compassion – We are a school that grows children who care for one another, are concerned about the suffering of others, and want to act to make a better world.
5. Cooperation – We work well together with all of our friends and classmates. We want everyone to learn and succeed, and this requires us to work together, compromise, and share, in order to succeed.
6. Courage – We are a school that boldly faces challenges and support each other through difficult moments in our learning and life.
7. Critical Thinking – We embrace and encourage thinking critically about the world’s problems. We teach students how to learn and be analytical so they can go out into the world as lifelong learners to solve the problems of the 21st Century.
8. Do Unto Others – We acknowledge the universal rule of “do unto others as we would have done to ourselves”. We actively think about how we would like to be treated if we were in the other person’s situation.
9. Doing More with Less – We believe that by doing more with less, we can leave a smaller footprint in the environment, pass on a sustainable world to the next generation, and work more efficiently.
10. Doing your Best – We always strive to work on ourselves and achieve our personal best in the classroom.
11. Embracing Change – We believe change can be a positive opportunity for creating a better self, school, and society.
12. Encouraging one Another – We believe that encouraging one another can help build up each other’s confidence. Through encouragement, we can work through challenges and succeed as a team.
13. Energetic – Every day, we turn up to class excited and ready to participate. We put all of our energy into our activities so we can get the greatest reward out of them.
14. Excellence – We are a school that strives to excellence in academic, sporting, and artistic pursuits.
15. Friendship – As a school community, we see each other as friends in our learning journeys. Friends treat each other with respect and kindness every day.