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At Athlos schools, we teach children the importance of 12 traits that we call Performance Character traits. Our Performance Character pillar recognizes the deep connection between these character traits and success.
At Athlos schools, we teach children the importance of 12 traits that we call our Performance Character traits. Our Performance Character pillar recognizes the deep connection between these character traits and success. The development of Performance Character is integrated into every learning opportunity, allowing students to experience this connection first hand.
BY BILL ROBERTS Employees of Athlos Academies have moved into their new Downtown headquarters offices in the renovated Macy’s building at 10th and Idaho streets Athlos provides curriculum and other support to 30 charter schools through out the country. Staff is occupying two floors. A grand opening is planned in June. Athlos’ buildings includes […]
In polling earlier this year, Idahoans cited education as the No. 1 issue facing the state. We recognize the importance of education, but what many may not recognize is the importance of certain skills and habits that are not commonly taught in today’s education system.
At a charter school in Brooklyn Park, Minn., 11 miles northwest of Minneapolis, hundreds of students pour onto indoor artificial turf in a gym for 45 minutes of daily physical exercise. They do calisthenics and play volleyball and other games.
“Kids aren’t sitting around learning about volleyball, they are doing it,” said Jennifer Geraghty, the principal. “We have kids here who came here overweight. We have some kids who have lost like 20 pounds.”
Reflect for a moment on your last job interview. Was most of that time spent on determining if you had the skills to accomplish the job? Or, was most of the time spent with the interviewer trying to determine if you had the integrity, social intelligence, grit, or creativity to succeed in the job?
The current buzz word in education is grit. Everyone is talking about grit. Angela Duckworth popularized the topic and has even provided a test to determine your grit score. How much grit do you have?
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