Upper School

Honor Code

Conducting oneself honorably is essential to living a meaningful and successful life. Honorable conduct is a gift that one gives to enhance the entire community. I choose to tell the truth, do my own work, treat others decently and fairly, and take responsibility for my actions. Integrity, goodness, and truthfulness are ideals I strive to live up to each day. By living honorably I respect myself and serve others.

Upper School Motto

VIRTUS ET VERITAS
Thoughts associated with this motto:

Virtus

The two main components of goodness are humility and charity. Having humility, people understand their own worth, but understand as well that they are only part of a larger whole. Therefore, even as individuals strive for personal excellence, for example, they are free of arrogance or excessive self-centeredness, seeing the larger context of the community and feeling a responsibility to that community. Charity inclines us to see God in others and accordingly to treat them with kindness, care, and respect.

Veritas

The two main components of truth are honesty and integrity. Having honesty, people speak the truth, battle deceit and falseness, and strive for genuineness and sincerity in word and action. Having integrity, people are trustworthy; others trust them implicitly to uphold standards, follow through on promises, and act consistently for fairness and that which is just.