A task force made up of students, teachers, staff and people from all walks of life in Knoxville has come up with their idea of what the ideal Knoxville High School graduate should be; and the district will seek to help all students achieve this ideal.

The Portrait of a Graduate project brought together about 60 different people associated in one way or another with the school; District Superintendent Cassi Pearson says they spent about two and a half hours discussing the attributes students should have, ranging from integrity to compassion.

The outcome settled on five traits which they would like to see Knoxville students exhibit — communication, critical thinking, adaptability, personal responsibility and social skills.

Pearson says the job market is constantly evolving, and a job which is common today could be gone tomorrow; so the goal is to help students develop these traits so that they can be flexible enough to adapt to whatever employment opportunities may come their way in the future.