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SEPTEMBER

"He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." 

-Charlemagne

OCTOBER

​Self-Discipline

NOVEMBER

​School Theme

DECEMBER

​Charity & Service

JANUARY

Civic Courage
Involves political courage or a willingness to take the heat and have others defame you. Courage in relation to law and liberty is a willingness to stand up for these as ultimate goods. Courage in war. Tie in with unit on American Revolution.

FEBRUARY

Democratic Principles
Natural rights. Equality of persons. Majority rule. Essential freedoms. Representative government. Tie-in with unit on Constitution.

Constancy
Special focus on those who persevered for change, for movement toward a more just regime. Tie in with unit on Constitution or antebellum American Reformers.

"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights and among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

-Jefferson

MARCH

Faithfulness
What does it mean to stand with others? To stand for them? Faithfulness to those one serves. Faithfulness to higher principles. Higher law. Tie in with medieval unit. Codes of chivalry and honor.

​APRIL

Understanding & Forgiveness
Hearing what others are saying. Working collaboratively and respectfully.

MAY

Wonder & Hope
Intellectual and moral virtues.