Westgate Mission Statement:
At Westgate, we celebrate each other and grow as a community of lifelong learners and leaders.We do this through Leader in Me.
At Westgate, we celebrate each other and grow as a community of lifelong learners and leaders.We do this through Leader in Me.
CLASS MISSION STATEMENT
Pending:
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids- based on the book, The Leader in Me by Stephen Covey |
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Students will:
1. Develop motivation; take pride in work. 2. Act responsibly towards self, family, school, community,
3. Show initiative and entrepreneurialism. nation, and the world.
4. Use unique talents and abilities to full 5. Think about choices; be accountable and responsible for
potential. actions and results, and understand that choices affect
others.
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind
Students will:
1. Use critical thinking to organize information. 2. Develop the intrapersonal skills of self-confidence and
3. Use creative and entrepreneurial thinking to self-management.
solve problems. 4. Develop the ability to set goals and to follow through.
5. Develop strong oral and written communication
skills.
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Students will:
1. Demonstrate time-management skills. 2. Cultivate a strong work ethic, flexibility, and adaptability.
3. Develop intrapersonal skills of self- 4. Be accountable and responsible for actions and results.
management. 5. Begin to cultivate analytical skills.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Students Will:
1. Use unique talents and abilities to the fullest; 2. Develop flexibility and adaptability.
3. Be open-minded and nonjudgmental when 4. Demonstrate attentive listening skills.
considering the views of others. 5. Cultivate a spirit of cooperation to live in an inter-
dependent community and world.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Students Will:
1. Demonstrate attentive listening skills to build 2. Cultivate good social and communication skills.
and maintain healthy relationships. 3. Show compassion towards others, share, and put
4. Appreciate different relationships. others first.
5. Learn to relate to people who are alike as well
as different, and work effectively in group settings.
Habit 6: Synergize
Students Will:
1. Express and present information and ideas 2. Use unique talents and abilities to the fullest; value
clearly in oral, visual, and written forms. others' talents and abilities.
3. Cultivate the ability to inspire, motivate, and 4. Communicate and work as a team in a multicultural
draw out the best in others. and interdependent world.
5. Show initiative and entrepreneurialism.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Students Will:
1. Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, 2. Develop strong intrapersonal skills; self-reliance,
wants, and feelings. self-confidence, and self-discipline.
3. Demonstrate characteristics of a responsible 4. Recognize relationship between personal behavior
friend and family member. and individual well-being.
5. Strive to be healthy for life.