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 »
June 15,1999 BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — Respect is about to become the law in Louisiana’s classrooms. The Legislature is on the verge of passing Gov. Mike Foster’s bill requiring students to address teachers and other school employees as “ma’am” or “sir” or use the appropriate title of Mr., Miss, Ms. or Mrs. It could… Read more »
BUILDING destiny is my purpose and mission SEEING in each child all that I can envision ELEVATING each student to a higher position PURSUING the future with the boldest of vision LEADING with empathy by heartfelt decisions MAKING a difference with driving persistence BUILDING DESTINY is my purpose and mission
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 »
Looking for Interesting Employment? Teacher’s Aid is a program which lets a teenager put into action the values which he or she has learned. Under co-development by the Bureau of Essential Ethics Education and the public charity Optimizing National Education, Teacher’s Aid is available for *private* viewing at www.opnated.org/programs Filling a niche in the menu… 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 »
Father of Two Victims of the Columbine High School LITTLETON, COLORADO BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME – HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE – UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, MAY 27,1999 Since the dawn of creation there has been both good and evil in the heart of men and of women. We all contain the seeds of… Read more »
School-Associated Violent Deaths The National School Safety Center offers the following checklist derived from tracking school-associated violent deaths in the United States from July 1992 to the present. Follow this link to the School Associated Violent Deaths Report. After studying common characteristics of youngsters who have caused such deaths, NSSC has identified the following behaviors,… Read more »
The S.A.V.E. members of Laney High School in Wilmington have decided to bring their parents to school (isn’t it usually the other way around?). Motivated by a number of incidents that occurred on the campus last year, chapter members Adrienne Moore and Brittany Blake asked principal Maryann Nunnally if it would be possible for parents… Read more »
