CORE VALUES
LISTENING
LEARNERS
FAITH AND SERVICE
We value the integration of faith and learning, respect for every person, loving service, and unleashing fruitfulness in students around the globe by cultivating our four pillars of Intelligence, Leadership, Innovation and Service (ILIS).
ILIS
Intelligent leadership results in innovative service, and cycles back through each distinct pillar below, supporting our core values.
INTELLIGENCE
In this context, intelligence is something to be cultivated and we define it as “the collection of information” and “the skilled use of reason.” Hartwell students will be equipped with the ability to acquire the knowledge, skills, and understanding essential to making wise and logical choices throughout their lives.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom” (Proverbs 4:7).
“An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge” (Proverbs 18:15).
LEADERSHIP
As intelligent, listening learners, Hartwell students will be equipped to consider and regard the needs of those around them in collaborative service, enabling them to produce and ignite valuable contributions to society.
“For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory” (Proverbs 24:6).
“…let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves” (Luke 22:26).
INNOVATION
As intelligent leaders, Hartwell students will be equipped to creatively flex with the times, staying on the cutting edge of their vocations.
“Behold, I will do a new thing…” (Isaiah 43:19).
“Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings…” (Proverbs 22:29).
SERVICE
Through intelligence, leadership, and innovation, Hartwell students will be equipped and motivated for effective service in their local communities and around the world.
“…serve one another humbly in love” (Galatians 5:13).
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
Hartwell Quest® is a social enterprise with a mission to build pathways to a brighter future for students worldwide through innovative education on the foundations of timeless wisdom.
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