Digital Scholars | 5 Pillars

Academics
Students who achieve high standards in academics model this important trait to other students in their schools. The pursuit of knowledge and understanding extends beyond the grade that one earns in a class and focuses on the process of learning itself. Hard work, persistence and the ability to ask important questions are key factors to academic success.

Leadership
Leaders are individuals who establish goals and take the necessary steps to accomplish them. They set an example through their own actions and motivate their peers around them. Leaders are able to guide groups because they have the ability to envision both the whole and the constituent parts of complex projects.

Service
The dedication to service is based on being able to see beyond oneself. Helping others and giving back to the community not only serves others, but enriches those that serve as well. The idea of service recognizes the responsibility that we all share to make our schools, our communities and our world a better place. Digital Scholars should strive to complete a minimum of 20 hours of community service per year.

Technology
Students who are proficient in technology use this as a tool for communication, research and creation of new knowledge. Technology allows students to work both independently and collaboratively to solve unique and unpredictable problems while creating new sources of information at the same time.

21st Century Networking
A combination of skills comprises 21st Century Networking. These include the ability to build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally. It also involves being able to design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes. Students must manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information and also be able to create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts.