Core Virtues – 2019/2020
RMAE incorporates the Core Virtue education program into our daily life.
The Core Virtues Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Hanover, N.H. and founded by Mary Beth Klee, Ph.D. - Core Virtue Foundation Website Link
Core Virtues is a character education program that promotes civility, respect for the human person, and human excellence in every way. The word virtue, in fact, derives from the ancient Greek philosophical tradition and means excellence. It is our best hope for a brighter future.
The program objective is to ignite the imagination of the young, inspiring them to do and be their best. The program is a catalyst for academic success because it encourages the habits of the mind and heart that are necessary for quality scholarship.
Cycle of Virtues - (Year 1)
with grade level definitions
September: Respect and Responsibility
- Kindergarten:
Respect is treating others politely and kindly.
- First Grade:
Respect is treating others with high regard regardless of their race, their place, or the color of their face!
- Second to Sixth Grade:
Respect is treating others with high regard.
October: Diligence
- Kindergarten:
Diligence is working your very hardest and staying with it.
- First and Second Grade:
Diligence is steady, earnest, and energetic effort.
- Third to Sixth Grade:
Diligence is steady, earnest, and energetic effort.
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Diligence is doggedly doing your best.
November: Gratitude
- Kindergarten to Sixth Grade:
Gratitude is thankfulness for the gift of life and the gifts in life.
- Kindergarten to Second Grade:
Generosity is giving without thinking about getting.
- Third to Sixth Grade:
Generosity is giving with an open hand and an open heart.
December: Generosity
● Kindergarten to Second Grade:
Generosity is Giving with out thinking of getting.
● Third to Sixth Grade:
Generosity is giving with an open hand and an open heart.
January: Courage
- Kindergarten to Sixth Grade:
Courage is doing what is right in the face of fear.
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Courage is moving beyond fear.
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Courage is finding the strength to venture and persevere.
February: Honesty and Justice
- Kindergarten - Sixth Grade:
Honesty is truthfulness: loving the truth, telling the truth,and living truthfully in word and deed.
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Justice is giving the other his or her due.
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Justice is making a space for the rights and needs of others..
March: Compassion
- Kindergarten to Second Grade:
Compassion is feeling what others are feeling and trying to help with their troubles.
- Third to Sixth Grade:
Compassion is feeling the pain of others, and acting to end their distress.
April: Forgiveness
- Kindergarten to Second Grade:
Forgiveness is having enough heart to let go of hurt.
- Third to Sixth Grade:
Forgiveness is finding it in your heart to pardon or excuse.
- Fourth to Sixth Grade:
Forgiveness is freeing yourself from anger and the other from guilt.
May: Hope
- Kindergarten to Sixth Grade:
Hope is finding the light in the darkness, and trusting in right endings.
June: Heroism
- Kindergarten to Sixth Grade:
Heroism is taking noble action for a good cause.