In Ohio, celebrations for CHARACTER COUNTS! Week 2004 (Oct. 17-23) included:

Akron

At a ceremony on October 22, William Considine, CEO of the Akron Children's Hospital, recognized employees and schoolchildren who were models of the Six Pillars. The event took place at the hospital, before an audience of fellow employees, children, and their parents. Employees had nominated coworkers by submitting forms describing how they had exemplified good character. Akron schools recognize kids throughout the year via stories published with photos in the local paper and on a bulletin board at the hospital.

Warren

Champion Middle School held an assembly on Friday, October 22. The main activity was a Jeopardy game with questions (or rather answers) on the Six Pillars. Students drafted the answers, and both students and teachers participated as contestants. They set up a large screen that displayed PowerPoint slides of the answers and questions.

Cleveland

"We were excited to celebrate CC! Week," said coordinator Donna Rice of John Marshall High School. "John Marshall is a character education school with the development of character in our mission."

The highlight of this inner-city high school's CC! Week was the painting of its rotunda, where the Six Pillars of Character now appear as marble Grecian columns. Work will continue over the next month.

At the start of the Week, John Marshall's entire student body of 2100 viewed a responsibility video, then discussed it in classrooms. The drama department developed and performed several skits on good character, broadcast over Channel 1 during the homeroom news. Students showing respect earned respect ribbons, and each teacher received two posters to give to two deserving students, which they applied to their lockers.