Social Skills and Leadership

Holy Rosary Catholic School truly honors the call to develop socially and morally responsible individuals able to lead and succeed in a secular world. Children can only feel secure and fulfilled after having achieved the self-respect that results from discipline and mastery over his or her actions.
 
Discipline, Social Skills and Leadership Development in Our School
 
The true goal of any discipline program is to assist the students in achieving self-discipline, enabling them to become individuals that display logical reasoning and actions that are consistent with good moral principles.
 
“In order for children to gain control of their lives and realize a sense of academic and personal fulfillment, they must first learn how to accept responsibility for their behavior, how to respect the rights of others, how to solve problems, and how to make choices and decisions that can benefit them or others. Teachers who maintain a well-managed classroom empower their students to attain these goals.” The program that all faculty and staff are trained in and use is the model “The Well Managed Classroom” from Boys Town.
 
Teachers present lessons each week to their students, and parents have the opportunity to review and reinforce the skills at home with their children. Students benefit from the consistency of this powerful program that teaches both social skills and life skills.
 
The Holy Rosary academic environment teaches each student to respect the rights of others, while learning to solve problems and make choices that can benefit the individual and the group. Each student learns to accept responsibility for his or her choices and behavior, a moral compass critical to the development of responsible leaders in our secular world.
 
Students have many opportunities to develop leadership skills. Our active Student Council allows students in fourth through eighth grades to participate in a democratic system while directing many service projects that benefit the school and entire community. The peer helping system plays an important role in the school, whereby older students model appropriate behavior through example and by acting as a “pal” to younger students. Many academic competitions throughout the year, open to all students beginning with first grade, help our children to experience the joy of achieving their potential while fostering self-disciple and perseverance.