FEATURES |
ADVANTAGES |
BENEFITS |
CULTURE (Phase 1) |
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INCREASED SUPERVISION |
- SECURITY - Bullying, fighting and class disruptions are significantly reduced.
- Assistance with afterschool traffic control.
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP |
- Helps preteens and teenagers learn how to plan events, organize their time, hone their public speaking skills and lead others.
- Equip students to manage team projects in high school, college and eventually the workplace.
- Gives students a voice.
- Builds healthy self-identity.
- Encourages service opportunities.
- Looks good on college applications.
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STUDENT AWARDS |
- Create a feeling of pride and achievement among students and staff, thus motivating them to be more productive and happier.
- Promotes positive and appropriate behavior among students.
- Through appropriate student behavior, teachers can concentrate on lesson content and interactive activities to indulge students in learning opposed to focusing on classroom discipline.
- Motivating students to learn is part of the challenge that instructors face when teaching content and giving rewards will result in more effort on the part of the student.
- Reinforcing subject matter is the primary goal of assigning homework for students and without homework completion, students are not able to practice accomplishing the content of the lesson.
- Promotes a greater grasp of the lesson by rewarding the students for completed projects and homework assignments both in groups and individually.
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ACADEMIC (Phase 2) |
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TEXT BOOKS |
- Textbooks provide organized units of work. A textbook gives you all the plans and lessons you need to cover a topic in some detail.
- A textbook series provides you with a balanced, chronological presentation of information.
- Textbooks are a detailed sequence of teaching procedures that tell you what to do and when to do it. There are no surprises—everything is carefully spelled out.
- Textbooks provide administrators and teachers with a complete program based on the latest research and teaching strategies.
- Good textbooks are excellent teaching aids. They're a resource for teachers, students and parents.
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TOOLS EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES |
- Students are prepared to succeed throughout the school year, no excuses.
- Parents are not pressured to provide tools and supplies for different classes.
- Teachers do not have to purchase supplies out of their pocket.
- Students are inspired to pursue competitions in science, engineering and art.
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TEACHERS' ASSISTANTS |
- Help monitor the class and handling disruptions in the room by alerting the teacher to potential problems.
- Helps the teacher by observing the class during daily instruction and noticing students who are struggling. This helps teachers of large classes target students who need additional help.
- Conducts in-class tutoring sessions to help students improve.
- Helps grade tests. Students get the most benefit from this because their test results are returned quickly and know where to focus their study.
- Filing papers, typing tests and other record keeping duties to lessen the teacher's workload. This helps the teacher focus solely on academic improvement.
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TEACHER REWARDS |
- A Teacher Store stocked with rewards that can be earned through the accumulation of points.
- Students and parents know who the superstar educators are.
- Recognizing your best staff members helps to set the standard for performance, benefitting students and teachers alike.
- Peer recognition, peer guidance, team recognition and a simple thanks.
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ENRICHMENT (Phase 3) |
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BULLY HOTLINE |
- Safety Net.
- Anonymous reporting can be used to report any issue: fighting, planned school violence, theft, cheating, weapons possession, drug abuse, suicidal thoughts.
- Gives students a new pathway to come forward and report their struggles.
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VOTING |
- Students and parents are more likely to engage in activities and be an advocate for themselves, their families and friends.
- Stronger social connections, leading to a greater quality of school life.
- Students and parents have the satisfaction of knowing that they have expressed their opinions; a form of personal empowerment.
- Those who have engaged in bullying are less likely to repeat poor decision making due to a stronger social connection and school culture.
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FIELD TRIPS |
- Increased variety.
- By seeing real-life application of the lessons, students are more likely to understand and appreciate the importance and relevance of what they are learning in class.
- Introduces job opportunities and can spark new interests and passions.
- Better buses
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TUTORING |
- Individual and unique learning experience.
- One-on-one attention.
- Improves organization and academic performance.
- Improves attitude towards learning and school.
- Encourages self-paced and self-directed learning.
- Improves self-esteem and confidence.
- Improves work and study habits.
- Helps overcome learning obstacles.
- Encourages the freedom to ask questions.
- Increases ability to manage one’s learning.
- Prepares your child for college.
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SUMMER CLASSES |
- Supplemental learning.
- Get extra help.
- Bridge the summer gap.
- Reinforce a core class.
- Graduate early.
- Expand horizons.
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SUMMER JOBS |
- Get along with a diverse team of people.
- Manage their time.
- Deal with authority figures other than parents.
- Engage with people who can be rude and difficult.
- Build relationships with kind and encouraging people.
- Develop an understanding of a work ethic.
- Handle the money they earn.
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SUMMER CAMPS |
- Helps build a unique interest.
- Reinvents and eliminates categories.
- Allows for a deep dive into new skills.
- Leads to a new type of friendship-building.
- Helps with mental stimulation & physical activity.
- Reinforces independence and empowerment.
- Allows for confidence to be reinforced by success.
- Leads to creativity, free of judgement.
- Builds all-around resilience.
- Instills appreciation and gratitude.
- Fun and entertaining.
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SPORTS |
- Physical benefits such as Reduced Risk of Obesity, Increased Cardiovascular Fitness, Healthy Growth of Bones, Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons, Improved Coordination and Balance.
- Mental benefits such as comradery, learning to lose and/or win, respecting positive authority, controlling emotions, self-esteem, patience, dedication, working together for a common goal, less selfishness, more resilience.
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ARTS |
- Creativity.
- Improved academic performance.
- Motor skills.
- Confidence.
- Visual Learning.
- Perseverance.
- Focus.
- Collaboration.
- Accountability.
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CONCERTS |
- Stress reduction.
- A sense of connection and community.
- An opportunity to reflect.
- A sense of well-being.
- Builds imagination and intellectual curiosity.
- Kids stay engaged in school.
- A sense of achievement.
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Bullying is an enormous problem, and we must all do our part to impact it. We cannot rely on school board, city, county, state or federal entities alone. We must do our part in small, incremental, yet consistent steps sand enforce our will.
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