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I find that grit is the most meaningful to me from this list. To me, grit means that we push through those seemingly impossible moments and excercise the power of yet. One of my favorite sayings is, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Pushing our students to use their own grit and find the power of yet is so important, because it is a lifelong skill that is much needed.

Thompson

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This year as we emphasize growth mindset in 5th grade, one mantra is "YET". Students frequently express a fixed mindset whenever a task is challenging. This is when GRIT is needed. Perhaps something is challenging now, but when students demo grit, they are still working toward the goal of accomplishing the skill or task.  Frequently, even gifted learners are challenged when  the answer or task is not easy for them so they need grit, as well. I even have to display grit as I do my job!
- Ackley

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I am excited to be teaching all of these! Last year we made a poster about integrity and talked about how integrity is really "would I STILL do this if ________ was watching".

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Hembree

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Your comments have been inspiring and I'm looking forward to this "Cultivating Culture" adventure. What I love about it, is that all of you exhibit these characteristics and who better to teach them and model them to our children than the adults they see every day. You make Price a better place  #makethechange
-Sherri

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Integrity is the most meaningful to me because it means doing the right thing even if no one else is looking.  This is an internal trait that is not rewarded by external things.  The reward is a clear conscience.

Leslie Berry

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Integrity is who you are! A person can be "rich, poor, black, brown or white" - but that really isn't a true reflection of who a person is. Honesty, trustworthiness, reliability, kind, hardworking are what define a person!  If you have nothing else - you have your integrity!

Morris

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Well it was tough choosing just one, but I'm going to say that integrity is the most meaningful. To me integrity includes having morals, and being honest which leads to a respectful, hard working person in our community. So yep, integrity gets my vote.
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Chatman

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I feel like integrity is being the best person you can be while valuing others and your relationship with them.  Integrity seems to be directly related to character.  It is being a person that can be counted on to do the "right" thing.

Oberg

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The word that has the most impact for me is empathy. Empathy is something that develops throughout life. The ability to understand and share the feelings of others can not just be taught, but has to be experienced and valued by those who seek it. We have to show it for our kids to grow and  develop it.

Wheatfall

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Empathy is the one word that is the most meaningful for me. I feel that showing our students how to care for themselves, and others will have a huge impact on their lives.
LaJoie

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To me, integrity is being a good person. Integrity is having good moral principals"

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Grit is the most meaningful to me. Grit is persistence, power, and a desire to win!  Grit is believing that you can, when you may have been told you can not! Grit gives you the ability to strive for excellent and not perfection.
Agyeman

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I think this word means the most to me out of all of them. As I go in different classrooms everyday I see this the most out of the students. Seeing how much respect, honesty and loyalty there is, is amazing. Also, when I see the students doing the right thing even when they don't want to reminds me why this word is so important. I think the best part is to build a great relationship in the classroom with your teacher and classmates will always make the students have more fun and be successful.

-Cash

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This is the one word that first stuck out to me, because if I can show my students how true empathy looks, then maybe it will begin to rub off on them. I think that sometimes they are quick to judge or be critical of others, when they should really stop and choose their words better and try to be empathetic. This is one reason why I love doing circle everyday this year; they crave it!

-Lloyd

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Empathy is the word that is the most meaningful to me. It is important to remember that we are all more alike than we are different. When we do that it gives us the ability to model empathy for our students.

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I think that as my babies enter, I want them to see each other and accept each other as they are. This is where it starts…diversity has so many meanings and definitions and I want them to embrace, accept, guide and love each other for who they are.  Together we can do great things:)
Scott

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Service is the word that hit home for me and one that I hope my students can look back and say that they knew I cared and I helped. Being in this field you have to love what you do because we are guiding our students and preparing them for their futures. I consider myself to be a Change Agent for my students.

Bunch

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Empathy is the most meaningful value to me, and one I wish I instill in my students. When a person can truly understand the perspective, and share the feelings of another, we begin to appreciate others' and their differences. When this happens, it allows for love, kindness, generosity, and acceptance to flourish. In the world today, I think

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I feel that their is value in being an honest person of good character. It's very important to show our students what that looks like and how they can model it as well.
- Peoples

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This is meaningful to me because a good relationship comes from mutual respect and trust. One must exhibit honesty in order to build on these relationships. Having successful relationships in the classroom helps foster all academic success .

-Hodridge

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Empathy is the most meaningful to me. I think that we need to empathize and relate with the students in our classroom. We must build and  maintain those relationships. It will lead to greater success for all and make us happier the more we practice it.
-Adams

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When we display empathy, we model caring and relating to someone.  Building the relationship with your students or colleagues helps you to model empathy.  If we truly practiced having empathy, our schools and society would probably be a happier place.

Padon

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Integrity is important to embody because people want to have the opportunity to trust someone. Being able to instill integrity within our students will prepare them to do the right thing throughout their choices and decisions in life.
-Guzman

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I believe when we teach student's the importance of integrity, student-teacher relationships grow. It not only teaches them to be a better overall human-being by being honest and accepting responsibility, but through modeling it teaches our student's how to better express their faults and failures. It allows us to grow as teachers in admitting the areas that we need to grow in. Mutual respect and trust are essential in a good student-teacher relationship and that can only happen when honesty and integrity are present in both relationships.
-Leah Simmons

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integrity in my heart means a lot. Growing up I was always taught some of the best things in life are free like honesty, responsibility, fairness, and doing what is right to name  a few. These are some of the things we will always be remembered by.

Hernandez

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"Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place." Be kind and always put yourself in others shoes. It will make the world a much happier and safer place for everyone.
Paige Paschall

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Integrity is the most meaningful to me. Anyone can talk a lot of talk, but to actually be able to be one of those people who can walk that walk, who can be honest, despite consequence and at all times, both with yourself, and with others, is something that is quite difficult for some people, especially our young people, to do. Many of our core moral offenses (lying, cheating, stealing) are violations of integrity. One of my favorite quotes from a lesson in high school is "Tried and true, what about you?". It has stuck with me and is an example I've done my best to set, not only with my own kids at home, but with those I interact with every day.

Anderson

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My favorite historic person is Winston Churchill who gave the famous speech "Never give up". He faced an extreme amount of pressure from parents and society to conform but he continued on his own path to become someone who was instrumental in stopping Hitler. Reid

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Personal integrity is the quality of being honest with yourself and others, and living a life that is aligned with your moral principles.
Kim

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When we realize that we all are similar enough that we can relate to others' experiences and they can relate to ours, we develop rapport and can put minor differences aside in order to accomplish common goals. - Gordon

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Integrity, in my opinion, is the most important life skill to teach.  It means many things:  honesty, responsibility, dependability, accountability, character.  Doing what is right for the right reasons; not for attention, but simply because it is the right thing to do.
Ross

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It is our ability to relate to feelings of others and therefore take actions to make the world a better place.
Sherri