The Portrait of a Graduate
REGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD
Bridging the Portrait of a Graduate to School-wide Goals
A student who loves God with all his heart, soul, and mind
The student will:
Seek to glorify God in all of life
Seek to know Christ and be transformed into His likeness
Pursue the person of God through all studies
Understand his place in God’s narrative of history
Recognize, honor, and submit to God’s authority
Understand and love God’s Word
Practice spiritual disciplines
A student who loves others
The student will:
Encourage and edify others
Dignify and respect all people
Actively serve their churches and communities
Pursue servant-leadership in vocation, family, and community
Pursue peacemaking
Respect authority in thought, word, and deed
A student who loves learning
The student will:
Love wisdom and understanding
Embrace challenging subjects and topics
Read carefully and critically
Delight in the written and spoken word
Participate in the “Great Conversation” through familiarity with the “Great Books”
Pursue learning throughout his lifetime
The student will:A student who reasons logically and communicates persuasively
Listen carefully and discerningly
Think clearly, precisely, and creatively
Be versed in the tradition of the liberal arts in order to think critically and clearly about all of life
View every subject as integrated in and through Christ
Learn and think independently
Write and speak articulately, eloquently, and effectively
The student will:A student who Engages and influences culture with a Christ-centered worldview
Apply Christian worldview principles to everyday life
Understand that Christ is preeminent over all creation
Articulate and defend his faith persuasively and humbly to both his culture and other cultures
Critique and create culture for the sake of expanding Christ’s kingdom
A Student who Embodies virtue
The student will:
Demonstrate genuine fruit of the Spirit-
Live and speak in a manner seasoned with grace and humility-
Understand virtue is a result of God’s grace-
Pursue appropriate decorum in speech, attitude, and demeanor-
Manifest courageousness-
Pursue physical fitness and discipline
A Student who Delights in beauty
Love truth, goodness, and beauty-
Discern and love beauty as manifested in creation and the arts
Find pleasure and joy in the things of God
Possess aesthetic sensibilities leading to worship and delight in God’s glory
Make aesthetic judgments about art that reflect a biblical worldview