Goals for Thaddeus Stevens School Students

FIND AND USE YOUR VOICE

 

  • Stay comfortable with your opinions and remain confident and articulate, even in difficult situations
  • Respect and validate the opinions of others in the formation of your own opinions
  • Be open to new information

 

STRENGTHEN YOUR CHARACTER

 

  • Act respectfully toward yourself and others
  • Commit to ideas, people, and community by cultivating and maintaining a sense of social justice
  • Show self-discipline and integrity
  • Exercise the confidence to make sacrifices and/or compromises when making decisions for the common good
  • Demonstrate perseverance

 

VALUE EDUCATION

 

  • Pursue the “big ideas” and deep thinking
  • Develop responsibility for your own intellectual curiosity
  • Communicate your ideas effectively
  • Recognize the interconnectedness of art, history, literature, math and the world around you
  • Strive to be an independent learner
  • Persevere to develop self-reliance in academic work, athletics, and social interactions

 

UNDERSTAND CITIZENSHIP IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

 

  • Actively seek out resources to understand the diversity in the world
  • Demonstrate respect for the diversity of cultures and perspectives in the world
  • Discern between justice, bias, customs, and rights