The purpose of our Lifelong Guidelines and Lifeskills are to provide direction that will help children make better choices when working alone and with others. It is our hope that as children learn and practice these Guidelines and Lifeskills at school, they will begin to interact with others in a positive way.
Below are our 5 Lifelong Guidelines and all 17 Lifeskills based on Susan Kovalik’s ITI model. The Lifeskills highlighted are ones we will be covering during Lifeskill Tuesday assemblies this school year.
LIFELONG GUIDELINES
·  TRUSTWORTHINESS
·  TRUTHFULNESS
·  ACTIVE LISTENING
·  NO PUT-DOWNS
·  PERSONAL BEST (Using the Lifeskills)
LIFESKILLS
Effort: doing your best
Curiosity:a desire to investigate and understand your world
Cooperation:working together towards a common goal
Caring:feeling and showing concern for others
Sense of Humor:the ability tolaugh and be playful without harming others
Integrity:acting according to your sense of what’s right and wrong
Friendship:making and keeping a friend through mutual trust and caring
Responsibility:responding when appropriate; being accountable for your actions
Common Sense:using good judgment
Patience:waiting calmly for someone or something
Courage:the ability to persevere and withstand danger, difficulty, or fear
Organization: to plan & arrange in an orderly way; to keep things neat & ready to use
Perseverance:keeping at it
Problem Solving:creating solutions to difficult situations and everyday problems
Initiative:doing something because it needs to be done
Pride:satisfaction from doing your personal best
Flexibility: willingness to alter plans when necessary