How we instil integrity in our students
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
- Shakespeare
The well-known saying my word is my bond neatly expresses the essence of the Prep view of what constitutes integrity.
As we strive to inculcate and nurture in our students such fundamental values as honesty, uprightness and morality, we seek to impress upon them the necessity to always match one's deeds with one's words. If integrity is to encompass a state of being truly whole, then it cannot be diminished or impaired by a conflict between what is said and what is done.
The principle is simple and yet it is one that we believe is readily grasped and accepted by the children entrusted to our care...a principle that becomes the hallmark of a Prep student and a moral compass in their journey through life.