OUR CORE VALUES RESPECT FOR SELF RESPECT FOR OTHERS OTHERS RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Mar 23, 2016
OUR CORE VALUES
RESPECT FOR SELF
RESPECT FOR OTHERS OTHERS
RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
VALUE
VALUES
ATTITUDESAPPROACHESJUDGEMENTS
WHICH UNDERLIE ALL WE DO,
SAY ANDTHINK
UNWRITTEN RULES
“My children always come first”
“Home is where the heart is”
“Honesty is the best policy”
EXAMPLES KNOWN TO US
At St. Mary’s
just ONE very clear value
underlies everything:
RESPECT
WHAT SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE
AMONG OURSELVES IF THE VALUE OF
RESPECT IS REALLY UPHELD IN OUR SCHOOL?
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ST. MARY’S IS A PLACE WHERE:
INDIVIDUALS FEEL OK TO BE THEMSELVES
WHERE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS HEALTHYAND RELAXED
WHERE THE APPEARANCE OF THE CORRIDORS AND CLASSROOMS REFLECT CLEARLY THAT THEY ARE CARED FOR BY STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE CLEANING STAFF
DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF
RESPECT:•ADMIRATION•HIGH OPINION•ESTEEM•VALUE•REVERENCE•REGARD
WHICH OF THESE BEST REPRESENTS
HOW YOU SEE
YOURSELF?
“RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS
WILL RESPECT YOU”
Confucius
“DO NOT DO TO OTHERS
WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT DONE TO
YOURSELF”
Confucius
SELF RESPECT IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT
WHAT WE DO.
IT IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE
SELF RESPECT IS ABOUT:FEELING VALUED
SELF RESPECT IS ABOUT:
BEING ABLE TO STAND TALL AND
FEEL PROUD OURSELVES
SELF RESPECTIS ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO LOVE
OURSELVES –JUST AS WE ARE
SELF RESPECT IS THE CORNERSTONE
ON WHICH MANY OTHER ATTRIBUTES
ARE BUILT
OUR SENSE OF SELF
IS OFTEN DETERMINED
BY LIFE’SKNOCKS
AND BRUISES
IF WE HOLD ON TO RESENTMENTS,
UNTRUTHS,DISHONESTY AND LIES
ABOUT OURSELVES OUR SELF RESPECT
WILL SUFFER
WE CANNOT
GET
SELF RESPECT FROM OTHERS.
IT COMES FROM WITHIN US AND MUST BE KNOWN BY US
AND EXPERIENCED BY US AS OUR OWN TRUTH.
MY LIFE WILL BE HAPPIER IF I HAVE
A GOOD SELF IMAGE,SELF ESTEEM,
REVERANCE AND REGARD
FOR MYSELF
MY SELF RESPECTWILL BE
CLEARLY SEENIN HOW I CARE
FOR MYSELF
HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
QUESTIONS I CAN ASK MYSELF:
DO I EAT PROPERLY?
DO I TAKE SOME EXERCISE?
DO I GET ENOUGH SLEEP?
DO I TAKE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL?
HOW DO I PRESENT MYSELF IN SCHOOL?
WELL GROOMED HAIRCLEAR SKIN
BLOUSE WITH CLEAN COLLAR
PRESSED SKIRTCLEAN SOCKS AND
SHOESA WELL-CARED FOR BAG
ALL THESE OUTWARD SIGNS INDICATE HOW
I VALUE MYSELF
“YOU ARE PRECIOUS IN MY EYES AND
I LOVE YOU”
LET US, THE GIRLS AT ST. MARY’S,
BE OUR BEST SELVES
NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR
OTHERS TOODEVELOP
RESPECT FOR YOURSELF AND YOU WILL BE
RESPECTED BY OTHERS