Month: January 2016

Welcome 2016

Students at Douglas charter school, Liberty Traditional School, learn about and are encouraged to embody the Six Pillars of Character:

  • Trustworthiness: able to be relied on as honest or truthful
  • Respect: a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements; due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions of others
  • Responsibility: the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something; the opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization; a thing that one is required to do as part of a job, role, or legal obligation; a moral obligation to behave correctly toward or in respect of
  • Fairness: impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or discrimination
  • Caring: (adj.) displaying kindness and concern for others; (n.) the work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially sick and elderly people
  • Citizenship: the character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen*