I Am; I Can; I Will; I Have

Our motto is to serve as a reminder of what we are striving for in the lives and education of our children.

I Am

I am an important human being.

As their parents and teachers we must communicate to our children that they are loveable valuable human beings; that we love them and that God loves them.

I Can

I have the abilities given to me which make me capable of accomplishing what life and duty require me to do.

We need to communicate to our children that they are able and capable and they can. "Do all things through Christ who strengthens them."

I Will

I will do what is right.

It is a sense of duty - a sense of right and wrong. Continual wrong thinking and wrong doing can silence the conscience. Parents need to step in and help form habits of proper actions and right thinking in our children.

I Have

I will forget myself and do what is right.

After realising their infinite worth, their God-given capabilities, and the right actions required of them as contributing member of society, our children need to be assured that they can 'have' the will inside themselves to do what needs to be done.

Sometimes right actions will require courage - they can 'have' the power of God in themselves to be courageous and act.

 Adapted from a Charlotte Mason Book