The Franklin Way
The following are the five Core Values of Benjamin Franklin Charter School. These values are what define our culture, attract people to our school, and are a set of essential and timeless guiding principles. Together, they create the Franklin Way.
Our Core Focus is to prepare students to live full and honorable lives by educating their hearts and minds in a wholesome environment.
1. Practice and Emulate Virtue
Act honorably and with integrity in all situations.
Realize that actions speak louder than words.
Seek to understand and practice virtue.
2. Be Intellectually Curious
Pursue knowledge.
Understand that learning is a lifelong pursuit.
Be ready to learn something new.
3. Have a Growth Mindset
Be strong and rejoice in the challenge.
Do not place limitations on yourself.
We are never “stuck.”
4. Be Intentionally Positive
Be more than “not negative.”
Enter every situation with the right intention.
Make a genuine effort to be positive in all situations
5. Promote Civility
Seek first to understand.
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Treat everyone with respect and dignity.
