Learners/Problem Solvers/Critical Thinkers 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have: 

• Creative and entrepreneurial in crafting innovative solutions
  
• Investigate, analyze, organize information and discern truth
• Open-minded, curious, and risk-taking
• Academically capable
• Reflective, self-directed, and adaptable

   

• I can create pretty cool solutions to hard problems.
  
• I can look for information and decide if it is truthful and/or useful.
  
• I can accept new ideas and try new things without being afraid.
  
• I can do my school work with confidence.
  
• I can think about what I am doing or thinking, and make changes
  if I need to.
  

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Effective Communicators 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Confident and self-secure
  
• Communicate in an articulate, effective, efficient, and positive manner
  
• Critical listeners
  
• Communicate by use of advancing technologies

   

• I feel good about my abilities and the work I can do.
  
• I can tell someone exactly what I am thinking in a positive way.
  
• I can listen well to others and know what they are trying to tell me.
  
• I can use technology to tell others about what I am learning.
  

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Persons of Strong Character  

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Healthy habits and lifestyles
  
• Persevering toward achieving personal goals
  
• Honest and trustworthy
  
• Assertive and competitive 
• Resilient and determined
  
• Fiscal responsibility

     

• I take care of my body by eating healthy and exercising regularly.
  
• I can work towards a goal.
  
• I am honest and people can trust me to do what I say I will do.
  
• I always try my best.
• I will try again when I fail.
• I can manage money and live within my means.

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Productive and Valuable Team Members 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Good leaders
• Self-aware and self-managing
  
• Work collaboratively with persons of different beliefs, interests, backgrounds, and cultures
  
• Engaged and accountable
  
• Authentic and transparent
  
• Effectively use tools and technology for collaboration
  

    

• I am a good leader.
  
• I always know what I am supposed to be doing and do it.
  
• I get along with others even if they don't look like me or think like me.
  
• I do what I say I will do.
  
• I know what I believe in and can share that with others in a
  positive way.
  
• I can use technology to work with others on projects.

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Compassionate and Responsible Citizens 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Socially responsible
  
• Knowledgeable participants in the democratic process
  
• Grateful/thankful/humble
  
• Courteous and respectful toward others/differences
  
• Contributors of their energy/time/talent in service to others
  and their community 
  
• Responsible steward of resources

    

• I can follow the rules and laws of my classroom, state and country.
  
• I know that voting is the way I have a voice in our government.
  
• I am grateful for the good things in life.
  
• I am courteous to others even though they may think or act
  differently than me.
  
• I use what I know to help others.
• I use the resources around me in a responsible way.

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