Triton Profile of a Graduate - intentional experiences

As previously mentioned the Triton High School Activities Department has a mission of developing the profile of a graduate characteristics within our students. The eight characteristics that define a Triton graduate are communication, work ethic, resilience, problem solving, dependability, critical thinking, integrity and self awareness.
In addition to teaching our students about these characteristics, our coaches and advisors also develop intentional experiences for our students to have to demonstrate these skills. This can be seen in numerous ways throughout all of our extracurricular activities.
The Triton FFA program completes a massive corn drive each and every year. During this time students need to be able to utilize their work ethic and communication skills to be able to communicate with different groups of people ranging from students, farmers and school administrators to make sure that everyone is on the same page, and meet expectations from both the school and the local community.
The Triton Wrestling program exemplifies dependability every time we host a wrestling meet. Our custodial staff loves our wrestling program due to the fact that our wrestlers will set up our mats and scorer’s tables, as well as clean our bleachers before and after each and every meet. It is a known fact that the student-athletes will complete this for every home meet.
Our volleyball program holds a “Give Back Night” every year in which donations of gift baskets are raffled off and the proceeds are donated to a local charity. The coordination and communication for the night is completed with help from our student-athletes.
Every week our Triton Football players have a “Becoming a Better Cobra” assignment. This assignment can range from learning and demonstrating proper etiquette of a handshake, to connecting with alumni of the Triton Football program to learn about the history of the program and to make connections with former players.
This process allows us to connect our student-athletes to the communities of West Concord, Claremont, and Dodge Center, as well as develop the characteristics that we hold dear. Additionally this integration of culture across all of extracurricular activities provides us with more opportunities to demonstrate our pride in the Triton community.
When we pair this foundation of culture with the success we have seen in competition, be it state and national recognition in BPA and FFA, a section championship in football, or setting the school record for wins in girls basketball the culture built around the development of the Profile of a Graduate characteristics will push Triton to new heights in the community, the classroom and competition.