Day 3: The Mustang Way-4

Objective: Determine how the guiding principles of Mountain House high school apply to real life and set the stage for college and career readiness. 

Mountain House High School’s values are guiding principles and provide a vision of what we expect from ourselves as teachers and you as our students.  

The Mustang Way

Step 1: Review the following presentation with your teacher:

Step 2: Now that you have a better understanding of what the Mustang Way is, we will look at an example of it in practice.

Step 3: Click here Links to an external site. to read a short summary about the benefits of developing resilience according to Psychology Today.

Step 4: Now watch the clip below as Sarah Blakely, the founder and CEO of Spanx, talks about resilience and failure in real life.

Business Insider: Spanx CEO On Failure Links to an external site. from Eleanor Rigby Links to an external site. on Vimeo Links to an external site..

Step 5: Think Pair Share

Consider the MHHS mastery based grading policies that we looked at in the previous lesson. How do those polices align support the principles of the Mustang Way? How do they allow you to learn and grow from mistakes? How will they help prepare you for life beyond high school?

Be ready to share your thought with a partner and with the class!