Character Education is based on the Six Pillars of Learning – respect, caring, fairness, trustworthiness, responsibility and citizenship. Every month a different pillar becomes the theme to which all activities within the school are based.

Some of the character education activities include the STAR student assembly in which students are honored for their behavior; the character trees that decorate the hallways displaying the names of students who have done something kind; and prize slips handed out on the school bus when a driver wishes to award positive behavior.

These words are also used to decorate the elementary school hallways, with each hall having its own name, such as “Responsibility Road.” Even the playground has its own name – “Fitness Field.”

Throughout the school, signs bearing the name of the latest pillar are displayed. You can’t miss them, and they are now being displayed throughout our community at places like McDonald’s and Stewart’s.

The pillars for each month are:

• September/October - Respect
• November/December - Caring
• January - Fairness
• February - Trustworthiness
• March and April - Responsibility
• May and June - Citizenship

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