Truth Enters the Heart first and then goes to the head and becomes reason! – Author Unknown

“Washington, July 21–At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, former Education Secretary William J. Bennett and a bipartisan group of Senators will release an “Appeal to Hollywood,” signed by more than fifty prominent Americans, including two former presidents. The appeal calls upon the entertainment industry–television, film, music, video, and electronic games–to devise a voluntary… Read more »

Ethical Guidepost How do you make your Choices? HORMONES vs VALUES REVENGE vs RESTRAINT IMPULSE vs CONSCIENCE IMMEDIATE vs DELAYED DISCARD vs RESPECT

Only with the heart can one see rightly! What is essential in life is invisible to the eye! – Gene Bedley

C Shirt (C=Character Shirts) for promoting a class of problem solvers We’re Your Problem Solving Kids!

The Heart of the Problem is the Problem of the Heart – Author Unknown

Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot in my life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were… Read more »

Columbine High School Update :When Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis opened his school Aug. 16 he called for students to sit next to people they don’t know at lunch and appreciate the humanity of their fellow students. That may go against the grain of teen cliquishness. It’ll require determined reinforcement, at school and home. Yet it’s… Read more »

Carrick and Carrick-Old Mother Witch Cohen-The Carp in the Bathtub Dalgliesh-The Courage of Sarah Noble Daugherty-Andy and the Lion D’Aulaire-Abraham Lincoln De Clements-Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade Estes-The Middle Moffat Flack-Ask Mr. Bear Godden-The Mousewife Greene-Mother Teresa Hughes-Nutty for the President Keats-Louie Korschunow-The Foundling Fox Low-Don’t Drag Your Feet McCloskey-Make Way for Ducklings Morey-Gentle Ben… Read more »

Teachers at Anderson will have a Rainbow of Respect up this year in their rooms and all will participate in the Weekly respect ideas. Along with that each teacher will must spend some time daily on social skills. We have started with How to Follow Instructions, How to Walk in the Hall, How to Behave… Read more »