Character Counts in Livingston ISD
Developing positive character traits among youth is vital in today's society. With this in mind, the Livingston Independent School District has incorporated Character into the work of our local schools. We are firmly committed to developing young people with strong hearts as well as minds and building upon the following positive traits.
What is Character Education?
Teaching students how to take responsibility for their actions and to treat others with respect.
Showing students that there are specific payoffs in life for doing those things.
Modeling that behavior for students every second that they are with us during the day, and expecting them to do the same.
Creating an atmosphere at school where students can safely practice those behaviors until such behavior becomes the norm.
Honesty (September) To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. ~ John Ruskin
Telling the truth, admitting wrongdoing. Being trustworthy and acting with integrity.
Responsibility (October) Responsibility is the price of greatness. ~ Winston Churchill
Being accountable in word and deed. Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability, dependability and commitment.
Compassion (November)
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu Showing understanding of others by treating them with kindness, caring, generosity and a forgiving spirit.
Perseverance (December)
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ~ J. Askenberg Pursuing worthy objectives with determination and patience while exhibiting fortitude when confronted with failure.
Gratitude (January) If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Being thankful for what has been provided to you by others, your parents, your country, and your world.
Citizenship (February) Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world ... No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter with a clear conscience break his contract with society. To respect that contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to be a good citizen, to do more than your share under it is noble.
~ Isaiah Bowman
Being law abiding and involved in service to school, community and country.
Respect (March) Men are respectable only as they respect. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated. Understanding that all people have value as human beings.
Self-Control (April)
Prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root. ~ Robert Burns
Demonstrating hard work controlling your emotions, words, actions, impulses and desires. Giving your best in all situations.
Integrity (May) I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else. ~ Arthur Ashe
The Livingston Independent School District (District), as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and/or age in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment decisions. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner
Gregg Faith, Public Information Officer, Contact Us Livingston ISD, P.O. Box 1297,
Livingston, TX. 77351
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