Character Tree Traits in Action
First grade student Noah Keen helped to start my Friday morning on a positive note. I was running a few minutes late to school and rushing to get into the building with my hands full of “stuff.” He was far enough ahead of me that I didn’t even know he noticed me on...
Goals and Growth…for Faculty
What makes a community ideal for learning and growing? An ideal learning community encourages ALL learners to set goals and make plans for achieving them so they can grow — intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically. In a truly ideal learning community, when we say ALL learners, we are including...
Character Tree Traits in Action
In the words of second grade teacher Mary Craig Brown: Owen Fincher and Pierce Augusti displayed compassion when they offered to help other classmates carry their book bins to the library because they had a lot to carry. Also, Lang Law displayed honor when he overheard the answer...
Building Character Through Children’s Literature
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. ~James Bryce At Parent Night, you heard me say that we would be using children’s literature and book clubs to engage students in discussions about their values and treatment of others. To...
Character Tree Traits in Action
In the words of third grade teacher Mrs. Baccus: I have beeen so impressed with Cooper Horwin and how responsible he is. I assigned some sections of IXL for homework last week and he inadvertently miscopied the assignment omitting one of the sections that I had assigned. When...
