The Bronxville Promise was created in 2014 and represents the priorities and values of the Bronxville Union Free School District. Enhanced in 2019 to add desired student outcomes. These values are proactively discussed with all students, parents, faculty, and staff throughout the school year. This is who we are and what we care about. It's our North Star.
Innovating is being curious, recognizing the opportunity for improvement and taking risks to create or design solutions that add value, serve a need, or inspire.
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Students will demonstrate creativity by making something new from what they know
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Students will use design thinking by empathizing and asking questions to understand, and brainstorming, imagining, and incubating original ideas or approaches to a problem or need, by planning, designing and creating prototypes and applying the design and testing, and using data and/or feedback to improve on and revise
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Students will be risk takers and see failure as a part of learning by showing a willingness to engage amidst ambiguity
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Students will use Artificial Intelligence responsibly and other technologies ethically to challenge and expand upon their thinking
Engaging as a citizen is becoming informed and acting to make an impact.
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Students will show respect for diversity by:
connecting to self and others, listening to understand multiple perspectives by reserving judgment and asking clarifying questions and understanding someone’s experience with empathy
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Students will assess options for action and sustainable solutions to community or global problems by appreciating charity (short-term fixes) and problem solving (permanent solutions)
Critical thinking requires disciplined processes to deepen understanding, evaluate possibilities, and construct a reasoned judgment.
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Students will analyze by asking relevant and probing questions, identifying supporting evidence and reasons and recognizing, explaining, and interpreting patterns or themes
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Students will evaluate by determining and questioning the accuracy, relevance and bias of sources including artificial intelligence, and by identifying and using criteria to make reasoned judgments
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Students will synthesize by asking questions to extend thinking, making connections or creating new meaning to develop a new perspective based on evidence and argumentation
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Students will engage in civil discourse by asking questions and listening, honoring diversity of thought, respectfully engaging in conversation, and identifying common ground
Students will be compassionate, empathetic and supportive of others
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Students will be collaborative by listening to others, handling discord responsibly, and working toward a common goal
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Students will be reflective by identifying their own strengths and struggles, and articulating values and passions, by setting goals and monitoring them, and accepting and incorporating feedback
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Students will demonstrate perseverance, self-confidence, and integrity
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Students, the School, and the broader community will work together to cultivate an environment that values diversity and is one in which everyone avoids making assumptions and feels a sense of belonging
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Students will demonstrate social and emotional wellness, including mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and executive functioning skills
