25 Area CHARACTERplus Schools to Receive Promising Practices Award
CHARACTERplus, an initiative of Cooperating School Districts,
along with the Character Education Partnership (CEP), honor 25 St.
Louis-area schools for earning the annual Promising Practices
Award.
The CEP Promising Practices Award recognizes unique and
specific exemplary practices that encourage the ethical, social,
and academic growth of K-12 students through character education. A
Promising Practice is a unique and specific character education
strategy or program that addresses one or more of CEP’s Eleven
Principals of Effective Character Education. Winning practices
included creative ways to encourage positive relationships,
recognize students for good behavior, and offer students
opportunities to give back to their school and community.
Over 100 schools and districts from around the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and Singapore will receive 130 awards with 25 of
those coming from St. Louis metropolitan-area CHARACTERplus
schools. “When you realize that 20% of the schools to receive
Promising Practices nationwide come from the St. Louis area, it
confirms that our schools and districts are leading the country in
character education,” says Liz Gibbons, director of
CHARACTERplus.
CHARACTERplus is a project of Cooperating School Districts that
works to advance the cause of character education and sustain its
impact on educators and students. The CEP received 206 applications
overall. The theme for the event is “Investing in America’s
Future.” The 25 area schools will receive their awards at CEP’s
14th National Forum on Character Education, to be held November
1-3, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia.
2007 CEP Promising Practice
Winners
CHARACTERplus Schools from Illinois:
Bethalto East Elementary
(Bethalto CUSD #8) for Bethalto East Buddy Day;
Henry Raab Elementary School
(Belleville District #118) for Henry Raab Leadership Team;
Lewis and Clark Elementary
School (Wood River - Hartford School District #15) for
Challenge Assemblies & Character Camp;
West Junior High School
(Belleville # 118) for Pastries for Parents;
CHARACTERplus Schools from Missouri:
Bayless Elementary School
(Bayless School District) for Bully Box;
Bayless Jr. High School
(Bayless School District) for Pony Pals: Cross Age
Mentoring;
Bayless High School (Bayless
School District) for Service Learning: A Community Pledge;
Bayless Intermediate School
(Bayless School District) for Bayless Best BE's Video;
Don Earl Early Childhood Learning
Center (Fox C-6) for Life Skills;
Fox Middle School (Fox C-6)
for Character Team Building Fridays;
Harry S. Truman Elementary School
(Lindbergh School District) for Kids Helping Kids;
House Springs Elementary
(Northwest R-1 School District) for Peace Builder Challenge;
Lindbergh Early Childhood
Education (Lindbergh School District) for Family of the
Month; Lindbergh School District for Principle 10 - Lindbergh
District Leads Legacy and Learning for our Environmental
Future;
Long Elementary School
(Lindbergh School District) for The Pride Journal;
Maple Grove Accelerated
School (Northwest R-1 Schools) for MGE Ambassadors of
Character; Mark Twain Elementary
School (Brentwood Public Schools) for Mark Twain "Families"
Program; Northwest High School
(Northwest R-I School District) for Community
Collaboration;
Palmyra Elementary School
(Palmyra R-I School District) for Sportsmanship Under
Construction; Perry County Middle
School (Perry County Dist. #32) for BLAST;
Ridgewood Middle School (Fox
C-6 School District) for Zero's Aren't Permitted ZAP &
CHARACTERplus Half Days;
Sappington Elementary School
(Lindbergh School District) for Sappington Olympic Day;
Sullivan Primary School
(Sullivan School District) for Peace Pals & Powerful
Parenting;
Uthoff Valley Elementary
(Rockwood School District) for Connect the D.O.T.S. (Dads Of
Terrific Students);
Valley Park Middle School
(Valley Park School District) for Peer Mediation
Program.
