Character Ed Ideas... By Liz

One was "Random Acts of Kindness Month." We had a huge calendar hanging in the foyer along with individual calendars for each room and for the students to take home. The random acts included things like: Writing someone a note telling them how much you appreciate them, offering to share something of yours with someone else... The students all got really into it and it made the school a very happy atmosphere.

Another program we did that was also successful focused on the pillars of good character. Each month, we would choose one pillar to focus on (for example, fairness). The teachers would do fun activities about fairness and students would read quotes about fairness during morning announcements. Teachers would Have slips of paper that one one side said "YOU WERE CAUGHT..." and on the other side said "Being fair!" The teacher would write in what the child was doing and sign it. The student would then get to enter the slip into a school-wide raffle. The kids were very motivated to get these slips of paper.

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