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Belle Valley Elementary School

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Empowering Every Student for What’s Next

The MTSD Portrait of a Graduate is our community-crafted roadmap, defining the six core competencies every student needs to thrive in college, career, and life. We are integrating these essential skills into every classroom and policy to ensure your child graduates with a growth mindset and the tools for lifelong success.

circle with 6 sections that list attributes of a graduate

 

Career Ready

  • Adaptability & Flexibility: I adapt and evolve in response to the ever-changing workforce and global community, aligning my work with my personal and community goals.
  • Continuous Learning & Skill Development: I have a strong commitment to self-improvement and ongoing learning.
  • Community Enrichment & Purposeful Career Goals: I contribute to the enrichment of my community through meaningful work aligned with my passions and strengths.

Character

 

  • Integrity & Responsibility: I act with integrity, even when it's difficult or unpopular, and I take ownership of my actions, words, and decisions.
  • Empathy & Respect: I demonstrate empathy, kindness, and respect toward others and myself and I foster positive relationships.
  • Continuous Self-Reflection & Improvement: I reflect on and nurture my physical, mental, and emotional well-being and am dedicated to personal growth.

Communicator

  • Practical Communication Skills: I employ healthy communication skills. This includes active listening and expressing ideas clearly, respectfully, and constructively across various mediums to diverse audiences.
  • Emphasis on Advocacy & Uplifting Others: I advocate for myself and others by sharing my passions and uplifting others through effective communication.
  • Culturally Sensitive and Flexible Communication Skills: I interact effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and navigate cultural differences sensitively and respectfully.

Critical Thinker

  • Embracing Productive Struggle & Questioning Assumptions: I persevere through productive struggles to problem-solve and question my biases and assumptions.
  • Utilizing Skills, Knowledge, & Resources: I am a flexible thinker. I utilize skills, intellect, and prior experiences, and I can identify reliable resources to generate solutions and tackle problems creatively.
  • Openness to Feedback & Consideration of Others' Viewpoints: I accept constructive feedback, consider diverse viewpoints while problem-solving, and engage in collaborative efforts.

Contributor

  • Acts of Service & Contribution: I am willing to give time, contribute my strengths and talents, and find ways to serve my local, national, or global communities.
  • Adding Value & Making Contributions: I add value to groups or communities by utilizing my experiences, ideas, strengths, and talents to contribute to a larger purpose.
  • Understanding the Importance of Engagement & Participation: I recognize the value of engaging and doing my part at home, school, or within the broader community to contribute positively to collective goals and endeavors.

Collaborator

  • Active Engagement & Contribution: I actively engage with multiple perspectives, contribute unique viewpoints, and collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
  • Responsibility & Accountability: I am responsible and accountable for my efforts within a team to create outcomes representative of collective values.
  • Effective Communication & Cultural Awareness: I communicate respectfully and ethically, with an appreciation of diverse cultures and perspectives. I give and ask for assistance, encourage and advocate for others, and reflect on feedback for improvement.