The qualities we target:

Christ-like Integrity
• Respectful toward Authority
  – Teachable: Heeds corrections promptly and cheerfully
  – Self-control: Behaves appropriately
Gracious toward Peers
  – Kindness: Speaks and acts considerately
  – Service: Looks for opportunities to serve and bless others
  – Peacemaking: Speaks directly and graciously when offended
Faithful toward Tasks
  – Diligence: Works hard to complete tasks thoroughly
  – Responsibility: Faithfully takes ownership of learning
  – Perseverance: Responds to challenges with determination and contentment

Biblically Discerning
• Employ the Bible as the ultimate standard for thoughts, desires, and actions.
• Confront unbiblical ideas and behavior with truth and love.
• Choose the wise path in spite of sinful, selfish inclinations.
• Love the Lord Jesus Christ in a way that is reflected in every area of life.
• Courageously communicate a biblical perspective to current issues.

Rigorously Educated
• Possess a well-rounded knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences.
• Defend logical conclusions, recognizing invalid reasoning and false assumptions
• Equipped to enjoy reading and learning as lifelong disciplines.

Graciously Eloquent
• Employ engaging, articulate, and persuasive written and oral communication
• Defend beliefs confidently, courageously, and graciously.
• Seek to bless others with communication.

Appreciating Heritage
• Value the worthy contributions of those who have gone before us in our family, community, Church, nation, and Western Civilization
• Display a historically informed grasp of literature, music, and the arts.
• Consult the past to understand and describe the present.