Month

Trait

Definition of Trait

August

Responsibility

• Being dependable in carrying out obligations and duties.
• Showing reliability and consistency in words and conduct.
• Being accountable for your own actions.
• Being committed to active involvement in your school and community.

September

Kindness

• Being considerate, courteous, helpful, and understanding of others.
• Showing care, compassion, friendship, and generosity.
• Treating others as you would like to be treated.

October

Respect

• Showing high regard for other people, self, property, and country.
• Understanding that all people have value as human beings.

November

Courage

• Having the determination to do the right thing even when others don't.
• Having the strength to follow your conscience rather than the crowd.
• Attempting difficult things that are worthwhile.

December

Integrity

• Having the inner strength to be truthful, trustworthy, and honest in all things.
• Acting justly and honorably.

January

Self-control

• Demonstrating hard work and commitment to purpose.
• Regulating yourself for improvement and restraining from inappropriate behaviors.
• Being in proper control of your words, actions, impulses, and desires.
• Doing your best in all situations.

February

Loyalty

• The quality of being loyal to someone or something.
• If you are faithful and devoted to someone or something, you're loyal.
• A loyal friend supports you all the time, no matter what.

March

Compassion

• Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
• Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it

April

Reliability

• the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well.

May

Perseverance

• Being persistent in the pursuit of worthy objectives in spite of difficulty, opposition, or discouragement.
• Exhibiting patience and having the determination and strength to try again when confronted with delays, mistakes, and failures.

June

Confidence

• a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities.

July

Patriotism

• Patriotism or national pride is the ideology of love and devotion to a homeland, and a sense of alliance with other citizens who share the same values.