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| A student from Ms. Salce's class (221) shows kindness as he helps his classmate tie his shoe. |
Kindness, honesty and responsibility can be seen in every classroom throughout the day, at PS4. Our students can often be seen bringing money that they found to the principal's office, apologizing to their teachers and friends about something they did wrong and helping classmates with a problem. Teachers support and enhance these positive character traits by using a program called Project Wisdom. This program is an intentional effort to help students understand, care about, and act upon core ethical values. Students with good character are caring, just, and responsible. They have developed an internal motivation to do their best and to contribute to the world around them. Good character education improves social and emotional competencies as well as academic performance. This program has been helping students make wiser choices since 1992 and has been licensed to more than 19,000 schools across the nation! At the end of every morning announcement, students hear:
"Be kind, be responsible and be the best you can be. The choice is yours. Have a great school day!"
This is a component of the Project Wisdom program! Teachers spend a few minutes after morning announcements to have a brief discussion with students. In addition, they may follow-up with a writing assignment for classwork or homework. A new character trait is featured each month. They are:
- September - Responsibility
- October - Respect
- November - Honesty/Dealing with Anger
- December - Tolerance
- January - Citizenship
- February - Perseverance
- March - Kindness
- April - Setting Goals/Positive Attitude
- May - Courage/Caring
- June - Success/Gratitude
Honesty Video (Class 502) from PS4M on Vimeo.
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