Does your School Measure Up ? Take the WALK THE TALK Survey! Familiarize yourself with each of the ten WALK THE TALK characteristics and descriptions. Rank the characteristics in the order you feel they exist in your organization. Give 10 points to the characteristic exhibited more, 9 to the next, and so on, ending with… Read more »
Yesterday and Today “Manners are of more importance than laws.” -Edmund Burke, British statesman, 1700’s “Without good manners, human society becomes intolerable and impossible.” -George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1800’s “If manners were an animal, it would be an endangered species.” -Henry C. Rogers, American public relations expert, 1984 How things were different not too… Read more »
More than 250 Altus teachers, administrators, support personnel, and parents attended an afternoon presentation by Gene Bedley, Executive Director, of the National Character Education Center, Santa Margarita, California. The in-service program, hosted by Altus Public Schools and sponsored by APOE, dealt with character-centered classrooms. Bedley’s materials are currently being used in over 5500 schools nationwide…. Read more »
Author’s Note: The following activities have been created for intermediate students; however, you are encouraged to modify and adapt them to fit student age, experiences, current units of study, etc.! As educators and role models, we must continually make a concerted effort to model and demonstrate the values we teach on a daily basis. Activity… Read more »
Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight; Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic; don’t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege. Should you have a bad day at work; Think of… Read more »
A Class Plan from the Characters Character, Whooti Who is Whootie Owl? The host of “Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow by”http://www.storiestogrowby.com”>www.storeistogrowby.com.. Whootie Owl, “The Characters Character”, presents a selection of ethical and entertaining fairytales and folk tales from around the world. Why teach a Values Class? To drive home the point that holding positive values… Read more »
The following poem is quoted from “Audrey Hepburn” by Barry Paris, (c)1996 Putnam She read it to children for inspiration For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers… Read more »
Group Promotes Keeping Virginity Aemi Kato is a rebel at her high school. But not in the traditional sense: The 15-year-old has signed a pledge to avoid sex until she’s married. “I’m pretty much by myself on this at my school,” the New World School of the Arts student said with a shrug. “But sex… Read more »
Violence at home is a major crisis in our society. It covers a broad range of crimes. From child abuse to spousal beatings, from sexual assaults to murder. Family abuse can happen to anyone. It knows no economic, geographic, cultural or gender boundaries. A woman who remains in an abusive home is one of the… Read more »
“My prayer for you is that your love may more and more abound Both in wisdom and wealth of experience so with a clear conscience and blameless conduct you will learn to value the things that really matter!” – Author Unknown
