Mission & Philosophy of Honor

CALVERTON MISSION

Fostering a culture of respect, high expectations, and shared experiences, The Calverton School instills in students intellectual curiosity, personal responsibility, and a strong work ethic to prepare them for higher education and responsible citizenship in a democratic and global community. 

CALVERTON PHILOSOPHY

Within a supportive environment, The Calverton School provides: an allegiance to a rigorous academic curriculum; a commitment to service to the community; a dedication to health, athletics, and physical well-being; and a fostering of an active appreciation of the arts.  Calverton strives to create a safe and encouraging atmosphere within which the community of learners engages in continual self-evaluation and reflection. 

A spirit of honor guides all members to develop personal virtues of honesty, tolerance, mutual respect, and regard for the thoughts and feelings of others.  All are challenged to make choices, to be accountable for them, and to be responsible for the effect of those choices both on themselves and on the School and wider communities.

All members of the community are expected to be active learners.  Calverton offers a dynamic, broad-based and developmentally appropriate program in the liberal arts, enabling all to cultivate intellectual curiosity, perseverance, and self-discipline to pursue learning to its fullest and, in doing so, to develop a life-long love for learning.  Through this pursuit and through the acquisition of the habits of mind and the attributes of the learner profile, students prepare themselves for college and, more importantly, for life in a democratic and global society, thereby helping to create a better and more peaceful community and world through intercultural understanding and respect.

CALVERTON PHILOSOPHY OF HONOR

The Calverton School is a community of respect, tolerance, and learning.  In this community honor is of paramount importance, for only with honor do we prosper.  All members of The Calverton School live and learn in an environment of trust.  With this trust comes relief and freedom: there are no locks on lockers; there are neither hall monitors nor school bells signaling the beginnings and ends of classes.  Here, each member assumes responsibility and, with this responsibility, we all enjoy shared independence.  Tension will always be present in any environment that fosters independence; yet through healthy, constructive tension, we only improve and prosper.

At The Calverton School there is no external edict that delineates for us right or wrong; instead, our expectation is that each member of our community assumes a personal obligation to act honorably.  Here, honor is synonymous with the Golden Rule: it is acting selflessly, respecting guests, faculty, staff, students, and oneself.  To act honorably is to uphold integrity, trust, and civility.  Honor is valuing each other.  Never condoned are lying, cheating, stealing, discrimination, or violence, because when one commits acts that hurt or otherwise dishonor someone else, the entire community suffers.  Understandably, in order to protect itself and its honor, the Calverton community will take action should this philosophy be violated.

Everyone will make mistakes—but honor, growth, and learning are the taking of responsibility for these mistakes, making any necessary corrections, and continuing forward.

Be it known that we will uphold this understanding of honor, responsibility, and respect on behalf of all who enter The Calverton School.