COMMITMENT:..   To their learning through perseverance and self-discipline.  To others.

CONFIDENCE:         In themselves, having courage to take risks, applying what they know.

COOPERATION:.     Collaborating.  Knowing when to lead and when to follow.

CREATIVITY:   ...     Imaginative thinking in their approach to problems.

CURIOSITY:    .....    About the nature of learning and of the world and its people.

EMPATHY:      ....     Projecting themselves into another's situation in order to understand.

ENTHUSIASM:        Enjoying learning. Enjoying life!

INDEPENDENCE:   Thinking and acting, making their own decisions based on reasoning.

INTEGRITY:          ...Having a firm sense of fairness and honesty.  Able to do the right thing.

RESPECT:            .... For themselves, others, and the world around them.

TOLERANCE:      .   Having a sensitivity toward differences of all kinds.

Celebrate people around the world who have exemplified one or more of the characteristics listed above.

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