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Portrait of a Graduate

The district's Portrait of a Graduate is a shared vision that defines the essential skills, mindsets, and attributes students need to thrive in an ever-changing world. More than just a framework, it serves as a guiding compass for teaching, learning, and decision-making across the district. By aligning educational experiences with real-world readiness, the Portrait of a Graduate empowers both students and staff to grow, lead, and succeed, ensuring every learner is equipped to confidently step into the future.

 

 

The Portrait of a Graduate was developed after a year long process of soliciting feedback from staff, parents, business and civic leaders, and community members. After reviewing and prioritizing more than 1,000 pieces of feedback, the Portrait of a Graduate Summit was held in April 2024. More than 150 people were in attendance. They reviewed the potential competencies, discussed their relevance, and decided on the six key competencies that make up our portrait. The portrait competencies have been embraced by staff and students as key elements for success at school and as essential qualities needed following graduation.

Collaborator

Being a COLLABORATOR means fostering trust and cooperation, contributing fairly, supporting shared responsibility, embracing problem-solving together and contributing to group goals.

Communicator

Being a COMMUNICATOR means being able to articulate your ideas and thoughts in pesonal conversations, in a group, and when presenting, while also being a good listener.

Creator

Being a CREATOR means generating innovative ideas and approaches, visualizing possibilities, adapting and taking risks, experimenting, exploring the unknown, and expressing yourself through the arts or other means.

Critical Thinker

Being a CRITICAL THINKER means assessing information, applying logic, looking at evidence, uisng reasoning skills, gaining insights and generating new ideas and approaches to challenges. 

Empathetic

Being EMPATHETIC means being understanding, showing kindness, being sensitive to the feelings of others, respecting different perspectives and showing concern and caring.

Resilient

Being RESILIENT means being optimistic, persistent, flexible, confident, taking action, bouncing back from setbacks and focusing on what could be.