“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephan Grellet
The little boy got quite upset. He looked straight into the store owner’s eyes, pointing his finger, and said, “I don’t want you to give him to me. That little dog is worth every bit as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay full price. In fact, I’ll give you $2.37 now, and… Read more »
Behavior Goal Setting It’s essential for all adults who work with a difficult child to consult and plan together for best results. 1- Hold a mutual goal setting meeting to determine the type of goal setting strategy and what targets will be your first priority. ( Gene has several ideas in his new book Discipline… Read more »
Welcome back for our tenth year. We now have over 7,000 schools in the Values in Action! Network. We have some great ideas to help you assist and guide your students/staff in creating an ethical community. As you have experienced in the past, our goal is to provide you appropriate age level solutions and strategies… Read more »
Rick Warren Author Purpose Driven Life 1)Live with Discernment Continually discern what is right and test what is authentically true. 2) Live with Integrity- Avoid living a segmented life but rather be the same wherever you are and whatever you do. 3) Live with Humility-Release your desire to control everything. You can only control your… Read more »
“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth … Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.” John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), American director of FBI –… Read more »
Friday, February 24, 2006 By JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM HERALD NEWS Kiara Tanguis, a sixth-grader at Memorial School, said the bullying she’s endured is so hurtful that she dreads going to school every day. “It’s hard to ignore them,” the bespectacled 11-year-old said at the Home and School meeting Tuesday night in the school library. “They… Read more »
During clean-up time the Center Inspector is responsible for making sure peers have cleaned up the area they have been working in before leaving and at the end of work time. They check their respective centers and ask peers to go back and pick up materials as well assist them. Robyn Meadows Montgomery County Schools… Read more »
CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, in his address to graduates at Yale recently, made some excellent points. However, he forgot to mention success comes as we apply certain principals to our lives. Here are some key points you may not have learned in a college classroom but which are necessary for anyone’s success: (1) Find your… Read more »
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. – George Washington Carver
