SKILLS ensures that each student achieves her or his educational and personal potential in a safe and happy environment. We will ensure that students:
S Stay Positive
K Know Their Values
I Imagine, Dream and Explore
L Look, Listen, Learn and Research
L Love Oneself and Others
S Support Others and Sustain the Community’s Resources
The school’s core values define how everyone will work together to achieve the school’s vision and carry out its mission. We embrace the following core values in our everyday work:
- Equity the term equity refers to the principle of fairness.
- Responsibility is to be reliable and accountable for our decisions and actions. Students are motivated to become independent and to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Collaboration is to cooperate with others as a team to achieve the best results.
- Perseverance is to work towards a goal and overcome obstacles.
Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent adherence to strong moral and behavioral principles and values. - Integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions.
- Respect is to be polite and kind to others. Respect means that you accept somebody for who they are, even when they’re different from you or you don’t agree with them. Respect in your relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing. Respect is to honor oneself, others and the community
- Creativity is the ability of a person or group to make something new and useful or valuable, or the process of making something new and useful or valuable through imagination and exploration.
- Courage is to be able to stand up and speak up without fear to accomplish good’ things. You show courage when you clearly state what is acceptable and what is not, and when you hold people accountable for their actions. You are brave when you honor your own needs.
- Compassion is to make a difference through acts of kindness, forgiveness and empathy.