Durant Independent School District
Northwest Heights Elementary School
Character Education
Education more than the mind
Life Principle Themes
Character education helps students develop character, which includes knowing, caring about, and acting upon core ethical values such as caring, honesty, fairness, responsibility, and respect for self and others.
The following is a list of life principle themes fostered in character education:
Second and third graders participated in the Happy, Healthy and Drug-Free Art Contest.
Students created artwork that depicted a drug-free place or activity where they felt happy and healthy.
- Courage
- Responsibility
- Honesty
- Respect
- Friendship
- Effort
- Citizenship
- Perseverance
- Compassion
- Cooperation
- Optimism
- Patience
- Courtesy
- Forgiveness
- Service
- Loyalty
- Self-Discipline
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Common Sense
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Problem-Solving
- Justice
- Commitment
- Esprit De Corps
- Fortitude
- Humanitarianism
- Propriety
- Temperance
- Dedication
- Humility
- Empathy
- Sincerity
- Patriotism
- Resiliency