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Philomath SD 17J community workshop produces candidate "portrait of a graduate" statements and plans June follow-up
Summary
About 13 district staff, board members and community participants brainstormed and clustered qualities for a "Portrait of a Graduate," producing six candidate anchors (including "thrivehood," "critical thinking," "empathy," "strong work ethic," "collaborative," and "citizenship") and agreeing to refine language ahead of a June meeting.
About 13 participants gathered in a Philomath SD 17J workshop to draft a "Portrait of a Graduate," synthesizing sticky-note ideas into six candidate statements and agreeing on next steps for refining the language.
The session opened with the facilitator apologizing for not circulating a promised community survey and laying out the exercise: recall a recent former student, pull out qualities that made that student successful, cluster ideas on a gallery board, then synthesize a single word or brief statement to represent a desirable graduate attribute. "I owe you an apology," the facilitator said. "I promised you that I would do a community survey between last time and this time. I didn't do that... but we're just gonna do a search through and process, and we're gonna do portrait of a graduate first." (Moderator)
Why it matters: The workshop aimed to convert classroom- and community‑level observations into language that can guide district priorities and communication about what graduates…
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