Values in Action (VIA)
Discover how KC students grow in character and values through service to their school and community, from helping the elderly to donating to families in need.
VIA focusses on developing character and acquiring values through service to the school and the community. VIA experiences enables KC students to live out core values such as empathy, compassion, service and resilience; hone skills such as organisation and communication and strengthen civic responsibility and emotional connection to the community.
In CHIJ Katong Convent, the VIA focus, experience and development for Sec 1 to 5 is progressive – focusing on self, school and the local community in lower secondary and extending towards the wider community and nation in upper secondary.
These VIA activities can be organised at the individual, class or CCA level. They are particularly encouraged to initiate their own VIA opportunities whereby on their own accord, they identify specific needs of the community partner or beneficiary and then follow on to plan and implement VIA activities to meet those needs. Such student-initiated activities allow students to hone leadership and organisational skills, in addition to developing them to be compassionate servant leaders.
Figure 1 Getting active with elderly from Fei Yue Family Centre as part of the Sec 2
Service Learning experience
Figure 2 The Compassionate Servant Leader - Serving others by collecting clothes and donating to needy families