Tag: virtue of the month

Virtue of the Month for May/June 2016:  Detachment Detachment is a wonderful virtue to bring into focus in our last term of the year, and...

Valentine's Day at the Junior School is a wonderful day to highlight friendship and how much we care about one another. So it makes...

St Michaels University School Tessa Lloyd, Junior School Counsellor Virtue of the Month for February/March Caring... It’s a wholesome, old-fashioned virtue that should never go out of style....

St Michaels University School Virtue of the Month for January - Excellence Tessa Lloyd, Junior School Counsellor Excellence. It’s a noble virtue that when practised attentively and...

St Michaels University School, from Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School Virtue of the Month for November/December: Co-Operation Co-operation is both the act and the art...

St Michaels University School, from Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School Virtue of the month for October 2015: Flexibility Flexibility is a worthwhile virtue that is...

St Michaels University School, from Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School Virtue of the month for September 2015:  Love Character development is a central component...

by Tessa Lloyd, Junior School counsellor Compassion, according to German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, is the “basis of morality.” If kindness is an act, compassion is...

St. Michaels University School-Junior School Virtue of the Month for March/April 2015:  Compassion Compassion, according to German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is the “basis of morality”.  If...

From Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School Virtue of the Month for February 2015:  Kindness Kindness.  A little can go a long, long way.  We live...

by Tessa Lloyd, Junior School counsellor When we utter the wish “Happy New Year!” are we imagining happiness occurs by luck or by design? One...

From Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School - Virtue of the Month for January 2015:  Purposefulness When we utter the wish “Happy New Year!” are we...

From Tessa Lloyd at the Junior School - Virtue of the Month for December 2014:  Generosity Generosity is a beautiful virtue.  It has many interesting...

Virtue of the month for November 2014: Understanding With Remembrance Day not far away, let’s make time to contemplate the virtue of Understanding.  What would...

Virtue of the month for September 2014: Friendliness From Tessa Lloyd, Junior School Counsellor Character development is a critical component of your child’s education and one that...

As we approach the end of the school year, it is a marvelous time to turn our attention to what we are grateful for.  Here...

Virtue of the month for January 2014:  Commitment A brand New Year with no mistakes!  Time to take a quick glance back over our shoulders...

  (Click on Picture to Enlarge) Where does peacefulness begin?  Is it something that happens “out there” in the world?  And are we dependent upon...

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and it is a lovely thing to turn our attention to what it means to be thankful. Why should we cultivate...

One of the most important pieces of our leadership program and woven through so much of what we do at the school is character...

The Junior School virtue for January is especially appropriate for the beginning of a new year: commitment. As countless adults set New Year's Resolutions,...

Kindness. Where does it fit in our fast-paced, competitive and wired world? The answer is “everywhere... “. We are all so very busy balancing competing...

Junior School Counsellor, Tessa Lloyd, shares with us the Virtue of the month for March/April 2012. What would the world be like if we were...

The Junior School Counsellor, Tessa Lloyd, shares with us the Virtue of the month for February 2012 Flexibility is a worthwhile virtue that is often overlooked...

by Tessa Lloyd, counsellor Who wants to be gentle these days? If we look for role models in the media who practice this virtue, they...