Core Values *New Draft - Berwick Academy
Core Values *New Draft - Berwick Academy
Core Values *New Draft - Berwick Academy
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<strong>Draft</strong> 11-25-08<strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><strong>Core</strong> <strong>Values</strong> <strong>Draft</strong> #3Balance – <strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> community members all participate in a quest for balance that,when achieved, is readily demonstrated in <strong>Berwick</strong>’s sense of community, which is marked by joy,optimism, and humor. We continually embrace a healthy and spiraling cycle of discovery, selfreflection,and growth. While we recognize that each community member’s journey towards thisvalue is an individualized work in progress, we share a common understanding of the tensions thatexist within our definition of balance:• Challenging ourselves and nurturing each other• Attaining personal excellence and wellness• Risk-taking and safety• Achievement and humility• Reaching harmony among academics, arts, athletics, and service• Valuing both tradition and innovation• Defining our roles and allocating our time and energy among <strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>, South<strong>Berwick</strong>, and global communities• Ownership of our present school and stewardship of <strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s future• Appreciation for individual success as well as national recognition for the community
A Community of Excellence – While academic excellence is central to the <strong>Berwick</strong> experience, ourcommunity of high standards expects all constituents to be in a process of striving for their personalbest in these additional areas:• Support of or achievement in all aspects of the <strong>Berwick</strong> program - academics, arts, athletics,and service• Building and sustaining meaningful relationships with an emphasis on collaboration• Independence, self-advocacy, and emotional growth• Seeking avenues for personal improvement towards achieving one’s potential (e.g. extra help,professional development, mentoring, etc.)• Creativity, imagination, and innovationStretching through Engagement – <strong>Berwick</strong> assumes that we all benefit from personal exploration,taking healthy risks, and genuinely diving into new endeavors. All members of the <strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>community are expected to stretch themselves in the following ways:• Leaving one’s zone of comfort• Accepting occasional healthy failures that lead to a deepening sense of resiliency and learning• An unwillingness to embrace apathy and/or passivity• Grappling with intellectual knowledge, demonstrating an ethic of sportsmanship, andexhibiting artistic expression• Embracing a life long commitment to learning and growingCommitment to Integrity – Being a member of the <strong>Berwick</strong> community requires a deeply heldcommitment to being a person of strong character and continually refining one’s ethicalunderstanding of the evolving world. Our belief in the fundamental importance of integrity functionsas a rudder that guides us through all personal explorations and risks. Our concept of integrityencompasses:• Honesty, responsibility, and personal accountability• Caring and respect• Acceptance and tolerance• Wholeness and wellness• Self-awareness and reflection