Graduate Profile

Desired Characteristics of an EANES ISD Graduate (WHEEL)

Well-Rounded Person

• Appreciates and participates in the arts and humanities
• Analyzes and adapts to changing environments
• Participates in activities that promote teamwork, leadership, responsibility, respect, and physical and emotional fitness
• Values cultural and linguistic diversity
• Understands personal strengths and areas of growth
• Displays realistic social and emotional self-awareness
• Identifies goals and takes steps towards their achievement
• Motivated to perform at your personal best
  

Healthy Individual

• Maintains a healthy self-concept
• Cultivates healthy habits and self-discipline
• Accepts responsibility for personal choices, actions, and mistakes
• Fosters resilience to recover and persevere in the face of setbacks
• Applies personal skills to resist negative influences
• Maintains life-long wellness
• Cultivates contentment and balance
• Adapts to change and challenges
  

Effective Communicator

• Exchanges ideas and information through multiple forms of expression
• Works collaboratively with persons of varied beliefs, interests and backgrounds to build consensus
• Initiates and maintains healthy interpersonal relationships
• Reads and responds to verbal and nonverbal social cues
• Listens actively
  

Engaged Citizen

• Respects self and others equally
• Exhibits honest and ethical behavior
• Demonstrates integrity
• Exhibits conscientious leadership skills
• Commits to serving the common good
• Understands the interconnected nature of our global community
• Respects differences
• Contributes positively to the community and environment
  

Life-Long Learner

• Thinks critically and creatively to solve problems effectively
• Performs diligently and capably
• Takes intellectual risks and is passionate about learning
• Understands multiple paths for post- secondary achievement
• Initiates and engages in learning
• Masters a foundation in core academic areas for college success
• Understands world issues and current events
• Develops personal/academic/technical skill sets to adapt to change
• Analyzes and evaluates information sources