Character Education
Hillside is proud to be implementing the Core Essentials character education program. The program provides a “value of the month” focus that encourages individual classrooms, the entire school, and every family to emphasize the same aspects of each value. Core Essentials is designed to synchronize the home and school by presenting values on which both can agree.
A value is an inward belief or attitude that affects someone’s outward behavior. The values that Core Essentials emphasizes are common attitudes that every parent and teacher wants children to learn and demonstrate.
Values affect behavior by helping you…
• treat others right
• make smart decisions
• maximize your potential
The following is a line-up of the values Hillside will be focusing on this school year:
September 2010
Respect
Showing others they are important by what you say or do
Take Home Sheet – English
Take Home Sheet – Spanish
Media List
October 2010
Initiative
Seeing what needs to be done and doing it
Take Home Sheet – English
Take Home Sheet – Spanish
Media List
November 2010
Uniqueness
Learning more about others so you can know more about yourself
Take Home Sheet – English
Take Home Sheet – Spanish
Media List
December 2010
Joy
Finding a way to be happy, even when things don’t go your way
January 2011
Determination
Deciding it’s worth it to finish what you’ve started
February 2011
Kindness
Showing others they are valuable by how you treat them
March 2011
Courage
Being brave enough to do what you should do even when you’re afraid
April 2011
Humility
Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve
May 2011
Forgiveness
Deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn’t have to pay
