Grade 12 - Senior Year

Developing healthy character through boundaries and facing reality

Course Modules

Healthy Character I: Boundaries

CASEL: Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-MakingCST: Rights & Responsibilities

Defines character as the capacity to face reality and introduces the Character Structure of Separation—the ability to be distinct from others and say 'no'. Students learn to establish healthy boundaries by taking responsibility for their own emotions, choices, and limits.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define character as capacity to face reality
  • Understand the Character Structure of Separation
  • Learn to establish healthy boundaries
  • Take responsibility for personal emotions and choices

Key Activities:

  • Boundary-setting exercises
  • Character assessment activities
  • Separation vs. connection balance
  • Responsibility identification
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Healthy Character II: Facing Reality

CASEL: Self-Management, Social AwarenessCST: Hope & Redemption

Focuses on the Character Structure of Integration—the ability to embrace both positive and negative realities about oneself and life. This module teaches students to move beyond an 'all-or-nothing' mindset by integrating painful and redemptive experiences with hope and self-compassion.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the Character Structure of Integration
  • Embrace both positive and negative realities
  • Move beyond all-or-nothing thinking
  • Integrate experiences with hope and self-compassion

Key Activities:

  • Reality integration exercises
  • Case study analysis
  • Hope and redemption reflection
  • Self-compassion practices
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