Schoolwide activities
- Word/Trait of the Month/Week
- Morning Announcements
- Posters
- Pride Campaigns
- Mottos/Slogans
- Quotations of the Week
- Library Exhibits and Booklets
- Codes and Rules of Conduct
- Pledges
- Theme Assemblies
- Awards and Prizes
- Contests
- Ceremonies and Rituals
- Cafeteria "Table Tents" and Signs
- Recognition Wall for Student Achievement
- Hallway Displays
- Student/Faculty Task Forces
- Six Pillars of Character Clubs
- Faculty Trainings/Discussions
- Parent Meetings/Workshops
- Parent/Faculty Task Forces
- Peer Counseling/Mentoring
- Cross-Age Tutoring/Mentoring
- School Service Projects
- Community Service Projects
- Charity Fundraisers
- Student-Designed T-Shirts
- School Murals
- Authorized Positive Graffiti/Tagging Walls
Developing a schoolwide climate
- Heavy emphasis on modeling
- Written rules and expectations for students, faculty, administrators and parents
- Training for all staff, from bus drivers to district superintendents
- Committees and task forces involving teachers and other staff, parents, and students
- Playground and recess activities
- Rules and expectations
- Monitoring, modeling and enforcement
Classroom activities
- Personal Assignments
- Reading (books/stories)
- Personal journal keeping
- Essay writing
- Coat of arms creations
- Personal mission statements
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In the classroom
- Character-building lessons integrated contextually into regular coursework
- Special modules added to existing courses
- Separate courses added to curriculum
- Special pre-semester or weekend programs
Extra-curricular activities
- Student government
- Service clubs
- Sports programs
- Cheerleader/drill teams
- Band/choir/drama groups
- Newspaper/yearbook programs
Sports leagues
- Rules of conduct/statements of expectations for players, parents, coaches, referees
- Pre- and post-season parent meetings
- Game-related instruction
- Prizes and awards
- Short discussions during each practice
- Postgame rituals
Individual or group projects
- Cartoon drawing
- Original quotations
- Picture books (for younger children)
- Poster making
- Song writing and performing
- Play writing and performing
- Video making
- Commercial writing
- Journalistic-style interviews
- Speech presentations
Nonathletic youth activities
- Rules of conduct/statements of expectations for youth, parents and adult leaders
- Peer and cross-age mentoring
- Exercises on decision making based on the Six Pillars
- Newsletters
- Songs
- Assemblies and conferences
- Contests
- Prizes and awards
- Ceremonies and rituals
- Displays and distribution of CHARACTER COUNTS! logos and other materials
- Adult leader trainings
- Youth leader trainings
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