- Lincoln-West School of Global Studies
- Portrait of a Graduate
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OUR STUDENTS WILL BE:
• Confident, self-advocates who take ownership of learning and have a vision for their future.
• Highly effective and creative collaborators, critical-thinkers, problem-solvers, and communicators using civil discourse.
• Community-minded, culturally-competent leaders who champion diversity.
• Innovators with compassion for self, others, and the global environment.OUR STUDENTS WILL:
• Identify, examine and take action on issues of local and global significance to improve human conditions.• Investigate and engage in rigorous and relevant academic work linked to real and current world issues.• Foster and maintain a student-driven community characterized by high levels of engagement, motivation, service, collaboration, and respect for self and others.• Acquire the knowledge, skills, and disposition necessary to matriculate successfully to college and career.• Gain social-emotional skills and attributes needed to successfully transition from adolescence to adulthood.• Understand the potential of technology and become savvy users and contributors to a technologically-rich world.• Extensively study and practice languages, culture, and commerce of other countries.OUR STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE:
• Interaction, exploration, and internships with government entities, public officials, organizations, and businesses, with a global emphasis.• Local, regional, national or international travel.• Service projects and expeditionary learning opportunities that draw together personal experience and intellectual growth to promote self-discovery and efficacy.• Showcasing mastery in a body of knowledge and skills within each academic discipline.• School community life through clubs, athletics, service organizations, and school governance.