Portrait

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 * self-directed learners who **(discovery)**
 * demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a commitment to learning as a lifelong process.

Students' intellectual curiosity is stimulated and they are given the tools to become lifelong learners.


 * creative thinkers who **(innovation)**
 * transfer knowledge and skills with ease to unfamiliar situations.

Students transfer formally acquired language skills to successfully follow directions and explanations given in the target language.


 * skilled and responsible users who **(innovation)**
 * employ digital technology as means to access, manage, evaluate, and integrate information from a variety of sources, including multilingual.

Students use the internet to search for information, and the wiki to manage and integrate what they found.


 * adept team players who **(collaboration)**
 * cooperate effectively with others to generate knowledge and understanding, and to solve problems.
 * contribute actively and assume shared responsibility for collaborative work.
 * value the individual contributions made by each team member.

Students have the opportunity to hone their collaboration skills.


 * models of respect, integrity, and compassion who **(excellence)**
 * understand and appreciate similarities and differences between the customs, values, and beliefs of his/her own culture and the culture of others.

Students research different cultural aspects which stimulates conversation, increases awareness, stepping stones towards understanding and appreciation.