• What is a buddy?


    Role Model

    Your younger buddy is looking to you to show them how we act at Oak Brook. You must consistently demonstrate Oak Brook’s core values: respect, responsibility, integrity, self-control, kindness, and curiosity. 

    Respectful 

    Being a respectful buddy means that you treat them with care. You listen to them and stay with them the entire buddy time. They are your partner! For example, when you pick them up from their room you greet them and walk with them to your destination.

     

    Responsibility

    Your buddy is looking at you as an example. What you say and do affects your buddy. The choices you make can show your buddy how to be responsible. For example, your friends want you to come hang with them at buddy recess time, but you politely decline in order to stay with your buddy or you offer to include others while staying with your buddy.

     

    Integrity

    Using integrity means always doing the right thing, even when an adult is not watching. Your buddy is watching you the whole time. For example, while with their buddies in the hall, you choose to walk with your buddy. 

    Self-control

    Using self-control is an important skill to model for your buddy. Self-control means thinking before you act and making the right choice. Even when an adult is not watching, your buddy is watching you the whole time. For example, while others are running with their buddies in the hall, you choose to walk with your buddy. 

     

    Kindness 

    Kindness means acting with understanding, generosity, and care. For example, you need to listen to your buddy when they are speaking to show that you care about them and what they say.

    Curiosity

    Curiosity is being eager to know or learn something. This means being excited to learn all about your buddy as well as sharing your interests with them. For example, you could ask them “Do you have pets? How many brothers or sisters do you have? What do you like to do?”