The Herald News reports:

When older students help their younger schoolmates with a project, it sends a positive message and speaks volumes about character education, Taft Principal Kim Sekulich said.

That's why Taft School in Lockport, Illinois, began its Character Counts initiative with such a project Friday.

Students in the upper grades helped their younger counterparts in making bracelets of intertwined strings of yarn. The six strings were different colors, marking the six pillars of character emphasized in the program.

The initiative has been adopted by many other schools across the country, and Taft students will learn more about these traits in the coming months.

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