On April 20, 2005, the Bonner Center of Character Education honored three schools in the Clovis Unified School District -- Rayburn Intermediate, Clark Intermediate and Kastner Intermediate -- with its prestigious Virtues and Character Recognition Awards.

Michael Josephson was the keynote speaker at the event. Over 700 prospective teachers, local education dignitaries and university faculty attended.

The Bonner Center’s awards recognize exemplary local schools whose practices enhance the moral thinking and behavior of students.

Held in the Fresno Convention Center, the awards ceremony took place in conjunction with the Annual Conference on Character and Civic Education, sponsored by the dean of the School of Education at CSU-Fresno. This event emphasizes the importance of character education to the university's student teachers.