Culture and Climate

We the students, staff, families and community members of Orrington School agree to the following norms and values:

We are respectful

• Listen to understand instead of react
• Active listening
• Listening with the goal of collaboration
• We understand that there are multiple perspectives

We are kind

• Encourage one another
• Accept and acknowledge other's different perspectives
• Be an upstander
• Speak and listen from the heart

We are responsible

• Demonstrate collective responsibility
• Willingness to be open to new ideas
• Following through to our commitments to each other and our students

We are ready to learn

• Trying my personal best
• Everyone contributes
• Everyone's needs are respected so that everyone feels comfortable