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character education

What is Character Education?

Teaching students how to take responsibility for their actions and to treat others with respect.
Showing students that there are specific payoffs in life for doing those things.
Modeling that behavior for students every second that they are with us during the day, and expecting them to do the same.
Creating an atmosphere at school where students can safely practice those behaviors until such behavior becomes the norm.
2009-10 Character Education Traits

Duval County Public Schools Character Education Objectives include:

To significantly decrease in-school and out-of-school suspensions, and incidents of fighting, battery and intimidation among K - 12 students,
To significantly increase school attendance among students K - 12 and participation in extracurricular activities among students in grades 6 - 12.

Learn More about Character Education

Character Education Traits for 2009-2010 School Year

August	Responsibility - Click here to learn more!
September	Respect - Click here to learn more!
October	Cooperation - Click here to learn more!
November	Patriotism - Click here to learn more!
December	Kindness
January	Racial, ethnic, and religious tolerance
February	Charity
March	Honesty
April	Self-control
May	Citizenship: Living a life of character

Learn More About Character, Kindness, Ethics and More!

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
http://www.actsofkindness.org

Project Wisdom: Helping student make wiser choices.
http://www.projectwisdom.com/

Tolerance.org: Fight hate and promote tolerance.
http://www.tolerance.org

Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance
http://www.splcenter.org/center/tt/teach.jsp