Habits of Mind and Heart

Wildwood's middle and upper school program is built around a set of values and skills that will serve students throughout their lives. Everything from curriculum to assignments to narrative assessments is based on these Habits:

       • The Habit of Convention: Meeting accepted
         standards in any academic area in order to 
         be understood and to understand others

       • The Habit of Perspective: Addressing 
         questions from multiple viewpoints and using 
         a variety of ways to solve problems

       • The Habit of Evidence: Bringing together 
         relevant information, judging the credibility of 
         sources, finding out for one's self

       • The Habit of Connection: Looking for 
         patterns and for ways in which things fit 
         together in order to bring together diverse 
         material and form solutions

       • The Habit of Collaboration: Making 
         appropriate provisions for accepting and
         giving assistance

       • The Habit of Service to the Common Good:
         Demonstrating an awareness of the effects 
         of one's actions upon others and a desire to 
         make the community a better place for all

       • The Habit of Ethical Behavior: Demonstrating 
         how personal values influence behavior and 
         a set of principles by which to guide one's life