Ellsworth Elementary School
Naperville, IL
The Ellsworth School Improvement Plan for the 2008–09 school year included a new social-emotional goal designed to help students set a concrete foundation on which to build good decision-making skills. With this goal in mind, the school implemented the Soaring with Virtues program, which identified a set of positive character traits that corresponded to each letter of the alphabet. More...
Jenna Lahey, SFCP Chair
630-579-4515 jennatlahey@aol.com
Type 3 | Elementary | Health and Safety
Cesar Tarrant Elementary School
Hampton, VA
A good practice got better this year at Cesar Tarrant Elementary. The year-old Family Food Fridays program added a dimension and reached more families in need of food. With the help of a local food bank, the school offered Food Backpacks for Kids every Friday, packing enough nutritious food for one child for the weekend. More...
Kristy McGlaughlin, Parent Involvement Facilitator
757-896-7777 kmcglaughlin@sbo.hampton.k12.va.us
Type 1 | Elementary | Health and Safety
Oconto Falls Elementary School
Oconto Falls, WI
At Oconto Falls Elementary, the administration, in tandem with the school’s Action Team for Partnerships (ATP), demonstrated its belief in the importance of students’ physical well-being by instituting the Open Gym program. Twice a month, in 75-minute sessions, the school’s gym was opened for a series of age-appropriate after-school activities and games. More...
Louise Powers, Reading Specialist/Title I Coordinator
920-848-4476 loupower@ocontofalls.k12.wi.us
Type 3 | Elementary | Health and Safety
Northridge High School
Layton, UT
Better Safe Than Sorry is the motto at Northridge High School. At the suggestion of a parent two years ago, the school embarked on an extensive project of emergency preparedness that included establishing a School Emergency Response Team. More...
Kristen C. Davidson, Career and Technical Education Coordinator
801-402-8509 kdavidson@dsdmail.net
Type 2 | High School | Health and Safety
Highlands Middle School
Kennewick, WA
Following a recent increase in gang-related activity in the Kennewick community, the Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) at Kennewick Middle School, took the initiative to better inform parents about gang culture. The circumstances presented unique cultural and societal challenges for those who planned and carried out the Un Niño, Una Comunidad (One Child, One Community) presentation on gang awareness. More...
Alyssa St. Hilaire, Vice Principal
509-222-6496- Alyssa.sthilaire@ksd.org
Type 1 | Middle Grades | Health and Safety