Willmar Junior High is using grant funds to provide CHARACTER COUNTS! School Agendas to its students, according to school social worker Annette Carlson. These daily planners highlight a different Pillar each month and feature inspirational biographies of people who exemplify each one.
Principal Mike Prunty told the Associated Press in January 2005 that CHARACTER COUNTS! "plants the seed. Maybe some kids won't come on board right away; maybe they will later in life." Though just midway through the year, he noted, "I'm glad we did it and we're on the journey. It's very effective, I think."
Among other changes, CC! has affected discipline. The school now doesn't just suspend unruly students, but has the student and parents sign a contract and agree to work with school personnel. "We don't just say goodbye for a few days," Mr. Prunty said.
Comments
Appropriate Disciplinary Actions
Fews Alternative School , Montgomery Alabama
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzZONznI1Mk
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457KMceLrxw&feature=related
CBS 8 News Exclusive: Montgomery School Supt. John Dilworth Reacts to Teacher's Videotape
This is a CBS 8 News Exclusive -- The superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools has now spoken out to CBS 8 News about a teacher's videotape that appears to show violence taking place inside a classroom.
CBS 8 News caught up with Supt. John Dilworth Wednesday night to find out what he thinks after seeing the videotape that Fews Alternative School teacher Jessie Tompkins says he took inside his classroom to prove just how violent his students can be.
"As soon as I watched 30 seconds of it, I went to the principal," Dilworth told CBS 8 News. "In all fairness, I have not spoken to the teacher yet. I do want to speak with the teacher. In the 30 seconds of the video, that is behavior that we certainly do not expect from any student in any of our schools and want to assure that appropriate disciplinary actions have been taken," he said.
CBS 8 News will be working to get more reaction on this story.
Posted by: JAMES WISLON | February 5, 2009 9:46 PM