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1050 - (IHAK) Character and Citizenship Education

 
 
1050 (IHAK) Character and Citizenship Education 1050 (IHAK)
 
 
It is the policy of the Milford School Board that its schools include in their school program and/or educational environment principles of character and citizenship education.  These principles shall be developed in consultation with school staff, administration, parents, and other representatives of the school community.
    
The District will have the responsibility for integrating into the curriculum, as appropriate, the following principles:
  1. Pursuant to Part 2, Article 83 of the New Hampshire Constitution, humanity, benevolence, and truth and honesty with self and others. 
  2. Fairness, integrity, and justice.
  3. Respect, courtesy, and human worth.
  4. Community service.
  5. Pursuant to RSA 186:13, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. 
  6. Each individual has dignity and worth. 
  7. A free society requires respect for persons, property, principles and self.
  8. Each individual has a right to learn and freedom to achieve. 
  9. Each individual, regardless of age, gender, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, or disability, has the right to equal opportunity. 
  10. Each individual has the right to personal liberties and Constitutional rights.
  11. Each individual is responsible for his/her own actions, and should exercise self-discipline where and when appropriate.
  12. Each individual has a responsibility to the group as well as to the total society.
  13. The United States has a form of government in which the people hold power, but elect representatives to exercise that power in accordance with the Constitution.
  14. Problems are solved through reason and orderly processes.
  15. An individual should be tolerant of another's beliefs and should have the freedom to express his/her own.
  16. Each individual has the right to work, to pursue an occupation, and to gain satisfaction from personal efforts.
Teaching in the area of character and citizenship will take place throughout the K-12 program.

Legal References:

NH Code of Administrative Rules, Section Ed 306.04(a)(5), Character and Citizenship
 
Approved    December 13, 1993    
Revised    April 15, 1996, June 8, 2023