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Valley Park Middle School
Character and Learning go hand in hand…
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Respect
"The highest result of education is tolerance." — Helen Keller
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Working hard…
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Responsibility
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” — Chinese proverb
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Students in math class…
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Honesty
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.” — Elvis Presley
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Students playing basketball…
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Peace
"If you want to work for world peace, go home and love your families."
— Mother Teresa
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Peer Mediators working at resolving conflicts…
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Compassion
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
— Aesop
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After the Spelling Bee…
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Citizenship/Service
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask
what you can do for your country.-John F. Kennedy
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NJHS students at the Ronald McDonald House – 2007
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Cooperation
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
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VPMS Cheerleaders…
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Integrity
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." — Count Leo Tolstoy
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Students working to make a project great…
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Courage
"Courage is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway." - John Wayne
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Students participating in a healthy heart race…
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Perseverance
"I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process."
— Thomas Edison
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Students working hard to gather information at the 2007 Career Fair…
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Tolerance
“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.” — Jesse Jackson
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Pep Rally games…
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Self-Control
"Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities." — Terry Josephson
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Jello eating contest during the Pep Rally…
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