Moral Education

Children are the most precious treasure a community can possess, for in them are the promise and guarantee of the future. Therefore it is in early childhood that a firm foundation must be laid. While the branch is green and tender it can easily be made straight.

The School provides moral education programs for its students of all levels. Children’s classes aim to nurture the hearts and minds of children. The emphasis of these classes is on helping children to learn to reflect on and apply spiritual principles, such as love, unity and justice, to their own lives and to the lives of those around them. These classes seek to inspire in children a love of God and His Messengers and of humanity in all its diversity. The classes include short lessons, activities to build friendship, games, stories, art and music.

The junior youth empowerment program typically engages older youth as animators of younger peers; junior youth aged 11 to 14 to help them develop their powers of expression, capacities for moral reasoning, and an ethic of service to others. The program combines study, mentorship and social action. The group offers a space in which the junior youth can develop patterns of thought and behavior that will characterize them throughout their lives and understand the world around them.

The atmosphere of these groups strives to be joyous and friendly where the junior youth can enhance those qualities and attributes that a life of service to humanity requires. In such a setting, the members of the group, free from the fear of criticism or ridicule, can express their thoughts on complex questions.

They learn to listen, to speak, to reflect, to analyze, to make decisions, and to act on them.

Once individuals leave behind their junior youth years, they are ready to serve their community by getting trained to act as animators or teachers for the children classes. Youth enhance their skills and develop attitudes required for carrying these acts of service by studying specifically designed material together in study circles. These study circles provide spaces to study, consult and reflect together. They then become human resources, aware of their crucial role in contributing towards the advancement of their respective communities.