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Floresville Family:
Our goal with character education is to focus children to understand, care about and act upon personal attributes that my own parents, community, school, and organizations like the Boy and Girl Scouts of America have been teaching for years. We call these attributes such as respect and fairness core ethical values. These are the basic principles that we consider when making decisions and judgments in our lives. Please take some time to explore with me how we define these values and why they are so important to help us build a community of character.
Sincerely,
David Vinson, Ph.D.
Superintendent

Whose Core Ethical Values?

One may consider the value of respect more important than citizenship or perseverance more than empathy. Education research says that to be effective, each school and community needs to develop its own set of core values. In keeping with this argument, a group of teachers, community leaders, students, and parents adopted a school and community set of core values. After all, if we are building a community of character in Floresville, aren’t the most important values the ones we hold most important?

The group ultimately decided on six values as the core ethical values. These core ethical values include respect, responsibility, fairness, citizenship, trustworthiness, and caring. Each of these values has been defined by the Josephson Institute of Ethics CHARACTER COUNTS! program. Although FISD is not a CHARACTER COUNTS! school district, we found these values to fit the values of our community. The definition of these values is described below.

Trustworthiness: Be honest. Don’t deceive, cheat or steal. Be reliable — do what you say you’ll do. Have the courage to do the right thing. Build a good reputation. Be loyal — stand by your family, friends and country.

Respect: Treat others with respect; follow the Golden Rule. Be tolerant of differences. Use good manners, not bad language. Be considerate of the feelings of others. Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone. Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements.

Responsibility: Do what you are supposed to do. Persevere: keep on trying. Always do your best. Use self-control. Be self-disciplined. Think before you act and consider the consequences. Be accountable for your choices.

Fairness: Play by the rules. Take turns and share. Be open-minded; listen to others. Don’t take advantage of others. Don’t blame others carelessly.

Caring: Be kind. Be compassionate and show you care. Express gratitude. Forgive others. Help people in need.

Citizenship: Do your share to make your school and community better. Cooperate. Get involved in community affairs. Stay informed; vote. Be a good neighbor. Obey laws and rules. Respect authority. Protect the environment.