At The Burlington Academy of Learning, our goal is to help children develop a strong character and positive values for life, including strong family values. To accomplish this, character development is a key component of the curriculum at all levels at The Academy. Such concepts as patience, honesty, respect, generosity, responsibility, fairness, courtesy, gratitude, determination, and love are put into daily practice within our school family. Character education is also integrated into the curriculum whenever possible.

A Variety of activities are done to help children build a sense of community in the classroom and reinforce the importance of positive values for school and everyday life. Each month, one character development theme is focused on throughout the school. Below is a list of our monthly Character Development Themes. Although one trait is focused on each month, character traits relate to each other in many ways. Therefore, we discuss why it is important for children to be aware of and exhibit all the traits focused on during the year.

 

MONTHLY CHARACTER DEVELOPEMENT THEMES
	September:	Patience
	October:	Honesty
	November:	Thankfulness and Cooperation
	December:	Generosity
	January:	Positive Attitude
	February:	Love and Caring
	March:	Respect and Tolerance
	April:	Responsibility
	May:	Fairness
	June:	Determination