In Character Development School District special recognition: We’d like to congratulate as well recognize Cherry Hills School District and staff for their excellent program efforts to promote Character Development. Here are some examples of what they are fostering in their young people: LIFE SKILLS ~ including CHARACTER EDUCATION ~ are an integral part of each… Read more »
If you take care of respect in your school and family everything else is taken care of. – Gene Bedley
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Sir Winston Churchil
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. – (John) Churton Collins
Promises Made — Promises Kept 1- State agreement by saying what you need from the child. (We tend to describe what we don’t have rather than what we need.) 2- Get child to verbalize agreement by repeating what you need. Usually you have to do this several times. (verbalization by the child leads to conceptulization.)… Read more »
One thing you can keep as well as give away! Your Word! I’ll keep my word and I’ll give you my word! – Sally Bedley
Farmer was one of the few in town that owned a horse. Horse ran, broke loose and ran away. The Farmer’s neighbors couldn’t wait to see his reaction. “Isn’t this terrible?” they asked. “PERHAPS,” said the farmer. The very next day the horse returned with two wild horses. “How wonderful,” the neighbors replied. “PERHAPS,” said… Read more »
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. – Lord Byron
In 1980 a dream was born, a dream in which there was a generation of children at peace with themselves and the world at large. A dream in which children were revered and looked upon as teachers in their own right. It started in a small town in Pennsylvania and has grown slowly but steadily,… Read more »
Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more. – Michael Josephson
