Character Education has a long standing history in the School District of Washington. For over 23 years, the SDOW has had a partnership with Character Plus. As a community, we have identified four core values we want to ensure all students graduate with: Respect, Ownership, Commitment and Kindness (ROCK).
ROCK is a partnership with families so that our students not only graduate with the academic skills necessary to succeed with their post secondary goals, but also have the character to succeed in life.
We will utilize the 11 Principles of Character Education as a framework for our work with Character Education.
The principles are as follows: