Grit is about perseverance and about knowing what you want and being fully motivated to get it. Every year at DCMS we provide orientation information to our students and parents about our school culture. This year we made an addition to the orientation to include overcoming obstacles and about finding and developing the range of personal skills and attitudes needed for your ultimate success.

1. GROWING STRONGER
TOGETHER
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2. Dodge City Middle School is a place for
transition. Our goal is to ensure that
every student is ready for high school.
Dodge City Middle
School

3. HOW BIG IS YOUR
BRAVE?
DO YOU?
THINK
ADAP
T OVERCOME
STRUGGLES

4. WHO DO YOU
WANT TO BE?
TODAY WE START
OUR JOURNEY IN
GROWING TOGETHER

5. YOU JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW
TO DEVELOP “GRIT”
Being brave means overcoming obstacles
YOU CAN BE WHO
YOU WANT TO BE

6.  Everyone will occasionally struggle –
what is important is how you react to
the struggle.
 Will you give up? Or will you keep going
no matter what? The choice is yours!
 “You have extraordinary power within
you to overcome life's difficult
challenges.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
Overcoming
Obsticels

7. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE TRY
HARDER THAN OTHERS?
ASK TWO
QUESTIONS
Why do some people
accomplish more than
others of equal (or
greater) talent?

8.  “Grit” is perseverance and passion for long-term goals.
 “Grit” means working strenuously toward challenges,
maintaining both effort and interest over years and
years – despite failure, adversity and even just stalls in
progress.
 The gritty individual approaches achievement as a
marathon; his advantage is stamina.
 Angela L. Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania
THEY HAVE DEFINED GRIT
THEY HAVE
DETERMINATION
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED
PERSEVERANCE

9.  Talent is about practice.
 Talent takes effort.
 Talent requires a good coach.
 Talent is about hard work.
HOW DO I GET TO BE GOOD AT
SOMETHING?
 You’re just born that way – you are naturally (athletic,
good at math, good at singing, good at English…)
 Recent research shows that it’s not in your genes!
It is about developing your
talents.

10. • Think of a person you know (or know of)
who practiced and practiced a skill until he
or she became proficient.
• Who is the person?
• What did he or she do?
Think of a person you
know who has “GRIT”.

11. Grittier adults complete more
years of education.
Grittier college
undergraduates have higher
GPAs than their peers, even if
their SAT scores are lower.
Research Findings

12. Think and Respond
 Why do you think that “grittier” students have
higher GPAs than students with less “GRIT”?
 Think silently for a moment, and I will call on a
few students to share your responses.

13.  Achievement is the product of talent
AND effort.
 Effort is not just intensity (how hard
you work) but also consistency (do
you keep going?) and duration (how
long do you work?)
Be an Elite Performer

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“GO CARDINALS”
“LOOK SHARP”
“GET INVOLVED”

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16. Setting Goals is
Having Courage
Being Brave

17. BY SETTING GOALS
YOU CAN BE
WHO YOU WANT
TO BE
YOU CAN BE THAT
NOW AND EVERY

18. Writing the goal down will help you to realize
what it will take to reach it.
List your obstacles.
Identify individuals or groups you will need to
work with.
Find ways to obtain the skills you will need.
Make a thorough plan of action.
Set a Goal

19. Reading & Math Goals
Every student should set a reading goal to
be above grade level before they leave the
8th grade. = SRI 1010 Lexile
Every student should set a math goal to be
above grade level before they leave 8th
grade. = SMI 1010
Students not meeting grade level goals will be
provided support through before and after school
programs.

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21. Three Ring Binder
Note Taking Skills
Things That Work

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23. Build Trusting Relationships
KNOW
What You Are
STAND UP FOR

24. Caring is important for building
relationships
Dodge City Middle School is a supportive
environment where everyone works
together to ensure success.
Your Advisory Teacher

25. Is it Bullying?
 When someone says or does something
unintentionally hurtful and they do it once,
that’s RUDE
 When someone says or does something
intentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s
MEAN
 When someone says or does
something intentionally hurtful and they
keep doing it- even when you tell them
to stop or show them that you’re upset
– that’s BULLYING

26. IF YOU
ARE
BEING
BULLIED

27. http://www.dcmscardinals.net/bullying-incident-
How Do I Report
BULLYING?
Report to
Teacher
Counselor
On Line

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29. LOVE
WHO YOU ARE
Most of us want to see
bravery in others but not
in ourselves.

30. YOU
ARE A BRAND
TELL YOUR STORY WITH
PRIDE

31. IF YOU DON’T TELL YOUR
STORY
SOMEONE ELSE

32. Every student is a member of our
community
Represent Dodge City
Represent Dodge City Middle School
Pride in Self

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34. If a student get’s involved then they have
something to look forward to every day.
They make better grades in school.
There are no
Excuses

35. YOUR ACTIONS
DEFINE YOUR
IMPACT

36. The Power is There
KNOW THE
The two most important words

37. We need to know.

39. The World is a better place with DCMS
Students
Play Video

40. The World is waiting on your
contributions
Each
and
every
one of
you is
a
genius

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GROWING STRONGER
TOGETHER