Student Success Statement

“I have been asked what I mean by ‘word of honor’. I will tell you: Place me behind prison walls-walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground-there is a possibility that in some way or another i might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can i get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first.” - Karl G. Maeser

A word of honor is a solemn promise. It’s a promise you can not break at all or you will lose trust. Living with honor is an employable skill. It is something with great meaning. We have to show others that they can trust us because we won’t break any promises if it’s just about a secret or something very personal of theirs or anything like that. We can’t break promises like that because it shows we aren’t trustworthy and it really isn’t a good thing. Others think that our word of honor isn’t really important but in reality it is! It shows that we aren’t fake and won’t tell any lies or spread rumors or if you ask us not to do something in honor we won’t.