Guthrie Graduate Profile

Learners/Problem Solvers/Critical Thinkers 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have: 

• Creative and entrepreneurial in crafting innovative solutions
• Investigate, analyze, organize information and discern truth
• Open-minded, curious, and risk-taking
• Academically capable
• Reflective, self-directed, and adaptable     
• I can create pretty cool solutions to hard problems.
• I can look for information and decide if it is truthful and/or useful.
• I can accept new ideas and try new things without being afraid.
• I can do my school work with confidence.
• I can think about what I am doing or thinking, and make changes
  if I need to.

Effective Communicators 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Confident and self-secure
• Communicate in an articulate, effective, efficient, and positive manner
• Critical listeners
• Communicate by use of advancing technologies
• I feel good about my abilities and the work I can do.
• I can tell someone exactly what I am thinking in a positive way.
• I can listen well to others and know what they are trying to tell me
• I can use technology to tell others about what I am learning.

Persons of Strong Character  

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Healthy habits and lifestyles
• Persevering toward achieving personal goals
• Honest and trustworthy
• Assertive and competitive 
• Resilient and determined
• Fiscal responsibility
• I take care of my body by eating healthy and exercising regularly.
• I can work towards a goal.
• I am honest and people can trust me to do what I say I will do.
• I always try my best.
• I will try again when I fail.
• I can manage money and live within my means.

Productive and Valuable Team Members 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Good leaders
• Self-aware and self-managing
• Work collaboratively with persons of different beliefs, interests, backgrounds, and cultures
• Engaged and accountable
• Authentic and transparent
• Effectively use tools and technology for collaboration
• I am a good leader.
• I always know what I am supposed to be doing and do it.
• I get along with others even if they don't look like me or think like me.
• I do what I say I will do.
• I know what I believe in and can share that with others in a positive way.
• I can use technology to work with others on projects.

Compassionate and Responsible Citizens 

Guthrie graduates are/can/have:

• Socially responsible
• Knowledgeable participants in the democratic process
• Grateful/thankful/humble
• Courteous and respectful toward others/differences
• Contributors of their energy/time/talent in service to others and their community 
• Responsible steward of resources
• I can follow the rules and laws of my classroom, state and country.
• I know that voting is the way I have a voice in our government.
• I am grateful for the good things in life.
• I am courteous to others even though they may think or act differently than me.
• I use what I know to help others.
• I use the resources around me in a responsible way.