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We want our students to be creative, critical thinkers who question claims and embrace evidence in making decisions, who continue to be curious, and who seek solutions to problems of personal value.
We want our students to be able to communicate in a world where, increasingly, they will have the means and need to reach audiences in ways unfamiliar to us as adults. We want them to leverage the strengths of others and contribute their own strengths to reach goals that could not be accomplished without collaboration.
Finally, we share the hope of every parent that our children grow up to be good people, live with integrity and empathy, show personal, civic, and global responsibility, embrace change, and above all, seek balance in their lives, both now and in the future.
Our challenge in District 102 is to create the conditions which we believe have the greatest potential to develop and nurture these skills and characteristics in the children whose lives we touch. District 102 is living its Vision for every student, every day through its work around Connected Components.
Skilled Communicator & Collaborator
Speaks and writes for authentic purposes
Communicates in multiple formats
Listens actively to understand
Designs communication for target audiences
Effective Problem Solver & Decision Maker
Exhibits curiosity
Evaluates ideas based on evidence
Considers multiple points of view
Seeks new solutions
Ethical & Open-minded Global Citizen
Embraces unique perspectives of others
Disagrees respectfully
Exhibits integrity, honesty, empathy, fairness, and respect
Demonstrates personal, civic, social, and global responsibility
Determined & Empowered Individual
Accepts feedback and grows from it
Works persistently to reach goals
Embraces change with confidence
Seeks balance in life
Crafted from our Future Planning Process
D102’s Portrait of a Graduate was crafted with the help of students, staff, and community members as part of our Future Planning process during the 2015-16 school year, the portrait of a D102 graduate represents our aspirations for our students. It is by no means exhaustive. During as many as eleven years in our district, D102 students learn and grow academically, socially, and emotionally in a wide variety of contexts, and the sum total of those experiences can never be captured in a single image. Yet in conversations among stakeholders, several themes emerged and are outlined as attributes above.