ZCA core values

1. Accountability – We hold ourselves accountable for our own actions, admit when we failed our own standards, and always strive to be our best selves.

2. Appreciation – We show appreciation for one another whenever possible. We appreciate our parents and teacher for everything they do for us and appreciate the kindness of our friends.

3. Community-Minded – Our school is a central hub of our community. We welcome the community to our school to share their skills and knowledge. We also want to contribute our skills and efforts to improve our local community through knowledge exchange.

4. Compassion – We are a school that grows children who care for one another, are concerned about the suffering of others, and want to act to make a better world.

5. Cooperation – We work well together with all of our friends and classmates. We want everyone to learn and succeed, and this requires us to work together, compromise, and share, in order to succeed.

6. Courage – We are a school that boldly faces challenges and support each other through difficult moments in our learning and life.

7. Critical Thinking – We embrace and encourage thinking critically about the world’s problems. We teach students how to learn and be analytical so they can go out into the world as lifelong learners to solve the problems of the 21st Century.

8. Do Unto Others – We acknowledge the universal rule of “do unto others as we would have done to ourselves”. We actively think about how we would like to be treated if we were in the other person’s situation.

9. Doing More with Less – We believe that by doing more with less, we can leave a smaller footprint in the environment, pass on a sustainable world to the next generation, and work more efficiently.

10. Doing your Best – We always strive to work on ourselves and achieve our personal best in the classroom.

11. Embracing Change – We believe change can be a positive opportunity for creating a better self, school, and society.

12. Encouraging one Another – We believe that encouraging one another can help build up each other’s confidence. Through encouragement, we can work through challenges and succeed as a team.

13. Energetic – Every day, we turn up to class excited and ready to participate. We put all of our energy into our activities so we can get the greatest reward out of them.

14. Excellence – We are a school that strives to excellence in academic, sporting, and artistic pursuits.

15. Friendship – As a school community, we see each other as friends in our learning journeys. Friends treat each other with respect and kindness every day.

16. Giving One Another a Chance – Everyone has a right to participate and have a go. We think about others and make sure other people in our team have had a chance to contribute, share their ideas, and have their ideas considered in class.

17. Goal-Oriented – We’re a goal-oriented school. We set ourselves personal goals that are challenging but achievable. We work every day to meet our goals.

18. Gratitude – We practice gratitude for our parents, our teachers, our free country, and our beautiful school.

19. Growth – We have growth mindsets. We always believe we can improve and work every day to learn something new.

20. Here to Learn – School is a place for learning. We turn up every day prepared to listen, think, practice, and act on our new knowledge.

21. High Expectations – We have high expectations of ourselves and believe that we are capable of achieving more than we set out to.

22. Honesty – We value honesty when communicating with one another. The greatest test of honesty is when we must admit when we were wrong.

23. Humility – We are humble in both success and failure. We acknowledge that we are standing on the shoulders of giants and that our personal successes are achieved through the hard work and love of our parents, teachers, and community.

24. Inclusion – All students are welcome in our classrooms and their uniqueness is celebrated. Students with additional needs

25. Individualism – We are a school that encourages people to embrace their true selves and share their uniqueness with the world.

26. Integrity – We are both honest and driven by a clear moral compass. Students with integrity strive to do the right thing at all times.

27. Justice – We believe in creating a world that is fair and just. We hold ourselves accountable for promoting fairness and identifying injustice where it occurs.

28. Kindness – We value being kind to one another, using our manners, and being considerate of each other’s feelings.

29. Leadership – We strive to become the leaders of tomorrow by practicing leadership in our school community today.