Virtue in Carline
At Great Hearts Arlington, we believe that education is a matter not only of intellectual formation, but moral formation. Our work helping our students grow in moral excellence extends to every part of our school day—including carline. Our students know that they are expected to show the virtues of responsibility and obedience during carline so that everyone stays safe and carline moves as quickly as possible.
The single most effective way we help our students grow in virtue is by modeling virtuous behavior for them. We are asking you, our parents, to demonstrate integrity and citizenship for your children in carline by following our guidelines. In particular, please keep the following in mind:
· Do not use your cell phone in carline. Distracted driving presents an immediate danger to our students, our teachers, and yourself.
· Pull forward only when instructed to do so by the traffic monitor. We are working hard to improve the speed of our carline, but this requires parents following our procedures and staying in their lane.
· Do not send your children into moving traffic. Students should always wait for a teacher to open the car door. If you are not using the carline, parents must park and safely escort their students to the sidewalk.
· Please show courtesy and kindness to our teachers. Our incredible faculty are outside running carline day-after-day in the heat, rain, and whatever other weather comes our way and doing so with relentless goodwill. We expect all members of our community to show good manners to one another at all times.
· Lastly, always drive cautiously and at a reasonable speed.
Thank you to all of you who are meeting these expectations, even when it is challenging. We know that carline can be a source of frustration, but the safety and efficiency of our carline rely on all of us requiring the same virtues of ourselves that we encourage in our students.
