Statement of Core Values

Shared values are an important element of the educational experience of the Town School community. Town School for Boys has five core values of equal weight and importance, all of which are necessary for educational excellence.

We value academic excellence.
Within the context of an academically rigorous program, which also includes physical and emotional development, the school supports and encourages each student to fulfill his individual potential, and discover his strengths and talents within his style of learning.

We value respect for ourselves and for others.
The school encourages the highest level of self-respect and mutual respectfulness by asking children and adults alike to develop and display qualities such as honesty, integrity, fairness, acceptance of responsibility for our actions, civility, courtesy, tolerance, decency, and kindness.

We value a diverse and inclusive school community.
We recognize that a diverse and inclusive school community best reflects the world we live in and offers a learning environment enriched by broader perspectives. We actively seek the involvement and support of students, faculty, staff, families, and outside resources to foster diversity and inclusiveness.

We value community involvement and community service.
We seek age-appropriate, meaningful community service activities for all of our students to enable them to be involved members of their school and of the larger communities of the city, state, country, and the world in which they live.

We value positive conduct that can be modeled by others.
Because our actions affect those around us, we seek to model positive conduct in our behavior toward each other.


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