Habits of Heart and Mind

City High School’s Habits of Heart and Mind are integral to all that we do and help to reinforce real world application of our learning.

• Action: How do I make things happen?
• Evidence: What makes something believable and convincing?
• Expression: How do I share what I think, know, and feel?
• Inquiry: What do I want to know?
• Perspective: Whose viewpoints should I consider?
• Reflection: What have I learned?

These habits are embedded in rich subject matter and depend on students using the skills of reading, writing, logic, computation, research, and scientific inquiry to give them substance. These habits are both intellectual and affective and encourage students to develop consistent, rigorous, ethical, and caring ways of approaching the world.

Mastery of these habits occurs through a variety of channels. Students demonstrate these habits through activities and projects in their various courses throughout the year. In advisory, students reflect on and further develop their understanding of the habits, and they keep a portfolio that serves to showcase their understanding and mastery of the habits. Students reflect and present more formally and publicly on their progress with these habits several times throughout the school year in semester roundtables with parents, peers, and advisors, and in division gateway exhibitions.