Tyler Consolidated
Middle School
Character Education Grant
Summer 2008
Control School Staff
Training
Shining
Knights
Tyler Consolidated Middle School
A 2006 WV Exemplary School
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Shining Knights
Steps Taken:
• Met weekly with Tyler Consolidated High
School CDT
• CDT members reviewed and researched
character education from models for school
consideration
• Members reported back to the CDT with
evaluations of programs researched
• Determined group roles (facilitator, recorder,
manager, and group members)
• Asked input from faculty members
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Shining Knights - Planning
Character Counts!
• Commercial visuals and displays
• Recommended activities and
curricular suggestions
• Novelty items for students
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Shining Knights - Planning
• Chose 6 Virtues:
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Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship
Trustworthiness
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Shining Knights - Planning
• Six chosen virtues were shared with both
TCHS and TCMS
• Both schools developed individual initiatives
to address the traits
• Provided continuity with county elementary
schools
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Shining Knights - Planning
• Development of activities focused on
each virtue
• Creating displays
• Communicating Character Education
initiatives to staff and parents
• Student recognition programs and
incentives
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Implementation- First Two Years
Staff Development
• held in August 2006
• shared recommendations for curriculum and
activities
• teachers directed to document at least one
character education activity per week in lesson
plans
• teachers given content-specific binders with
activities and CSO alignment to successfully
integrate the Shining Knights initiative into
classrooms
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Implementation- First Two Years
• one virtue per grading period
• weekly quotes posted in each classroom on specific
virtue/color
• students nominated for exhibiting targeted traits
• letters sent home to parents on “colored” paper
• students’ names displayed on stars
• students’ names put in drawing for prizes
• guest speakers
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Implementation- First Two Years
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Kick- Off
Delegate Roger Romine addressed the
student body of both TCHS and TCMS
Teachers participated in skits
Cooks led “character cheers”
Each TCMS student given a “Shining
Knights” T-Shirt
Band and choir both provided musical
entertainment
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Dr. Phil chatting.
Yeah, cooks!
Del. Romine at kickoff
assembly.
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Implementation- First Two Years
Kick- Off
• Each grade level given a trait to
make a wall mural
• Character Chain
• Students dressed in the color of
their “favorite trait”
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Implementation- First Two Years
Existing Programs
• TV/Radio Broadcasting capabilities
-student involvement
- quotes of the week
-audio/visual acknowledgement of activities
• Volunteer Program
-shared ownership/support for program
-necessary component
• Peer Mediators
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Implementation- First Two Years
School Clubs/Organizations
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Band
Choir
National Junior Honor Society
Student CDT
Yearbook
Student Council
Team
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Implementation- First Two Years
National Junior Honor Society
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Christmas caroling to teachers
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
Teacher’s helper day
Made Valentine’s Day cookies for nursing home
residents
Made/donated wreathes for front door of school at
Christmas
Bingo at nursing home
Purchased marbles and perennial plants for school
landscaping
Created and organized school-wide Halloween Relay
Games and Activities
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Implementation- First Two Years
Student Council
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Purchased mulch for school
landscaping
Wrote personal “Thank You”
letters to all staff members
for Teacher Appreciation
Week
Band Council
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Sponsored a Tyler County
Museum Clean-Up Day
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Implementation- First Two Years
• Teachers
eat lunch
with
students
periodically
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Implementation- First Two Years
Yearbook
• Sponsored
“Knights
Krazy” school
spirit day
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Implementation- First Two Years
Sports
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Cross Country
Football
Volleyball
Cheerleading
Boys Basketball
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Girls Basketball
Wrestling
Boys Track
Girls Track
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Implementation- First Two Years
2006-2007 Service Projects
• Activity kits for children at Sistersville General and
Wetzel County Hospitals
• Dress Down Day for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and
Easter Seals
• Hunter and gun safety awareness
• Jump Rope for Heart
• Camp Kno Koma
• Relay for Life Activities
• Trick or Treat for UNICEF
• Food collection for area food banks
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Implementation
2007-2008 Service Projects
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Coats for Kids
Stuffed animals for WVU Childrens’ Hospital
Pet Food Drive
Collection for family who lost everything in a tragic fire
Relay for Life Activities
Collection for Community Resource, Goodwill and school
clothes closet
• Volunteer Teams to keep school clean
• School-wide Beautification/Clean-Up Day (weeded and
picked up trash/planted)
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Jump
Rope
for
Heart
&
Relay
for
Life
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Our instructional leader and
Relay for Life “fall guy”.
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Integration
Student Team:
• Assist with integrating comprehensive
character education program at elementary
schools
• Brainstorm with adult CDT with ideas for
school
• Develop and plan transition activities for
incoming 6th graders
• Introduce 5th graders to “Shining Knights”
program at TCMS
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Integration
Student Team ~
Community Service
• Run errands and pass
out information on
community service
projects and other
school related activities
• Geranium sale with
NJHS to benefit Relay
for Life
• Candle sale to benefit
Relay for Life
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Integration
Reading
– Writing anticipatory endings to stories
(Goldilocks and the Three Bears) which focus
on the virtue of respect for the bears’ privacy
and property.
– Hal Urban influences (greeting students,
respect for students, time on task, etc.)
– “Golden Rules for Living” – students add their
own endings
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Integration
Social Studies
- Discussions and study of respected, famous
people
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Chief Joseph
• Study, identify and respect different cultures
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Religions
Traditions
Art
Dress
Language
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Integration
Math
– 3-question survey about self-respect
• used results to find the average number for each
question
• used the responses to figure the percentage of
certain responses
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Integration
Computer
– Discussion dealing
with the respect of
privacy issues
focusing on files and
sensitive issues
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Integration
Health/PE
– Given daily life
situations, students
brainstorm ways to
deal with the problem
in a respectful manner.
– Respect for rules of a
game and other
participants/players
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Integration
English
– Journal entries based on daily prompts (often a daily
interpretation of a quote focused on respect)
– “This summer I showed someone respect by…”
– Eighth graders read The Necklace. Students had to
document an aspect of the story as it applied to
respect.
– Journal entry, What can you do this week to show
respect for others?”
– Poetry: Cinquains and Acrostics on Caring and
Fairness
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Integration
Choir/Music
– Discussion of respect
for flag and flag
traditions
– School-wide assembly
to recognize the
history and respect for
the flag and the
National Anthem
– Showing respect for
each individual singing
voice and musician
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Integration
Art
– Respect the works and
ideas of others
– Respect word collage
– Thank you note to Vincent
Van Gogh; respect for his
techniques
– Respecting art supplies
and materials
– Posted quotes throughout
the room
– Student-designed
postcards using the 6
pillars
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Integration
Science
– Introduction and discussion on respect for living
organisms and specimens in the lab
– Discussion on the importance of respect, for self and
others, in creating a safe environment for cooperative
learning; respect for others when answering in class
– Discussion of Leeuwenhoek and his contributions to
the science world in spite of struggles he faced in his
life
– Discussed 4 scientists and their role in developing cell
theory, and why they should be respected for their
contributions.
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Integration
Multicultural Studies
• African
• “Under the
Quilt of Night”
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Integration
• Cooks and custodians
were direct participants in
Kick-off activities
• Dress up to participate in
activities right along with
the students and staff
• Decorated kitchen and
commons areas
• Models of our virtues
• Participation and
inclusion has made these
people feel more valued
as important links in the
school community
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School Environment
• Bulletin Boards
throughout the school
• Décor in the hallways –
on wall and ceilings
• Sports signs
• 212 Motivational
Signs/Video
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• Shining
Knights
Stars
• Outside
banners
• Flags in
Circle and
Drive
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Integration
School
Environment
– Displays throughout
the building
– Bulletin Boards
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Integration
School Environment
– School-wide service projects
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Integration
School Environment
– Recognition Assemblies every six weeks and at
the end of the year
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Integration
• King and Queen of
Character
• Daily Broadcasts
• School Environment
Student Recognition
Program and Parent
Notification
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Parents/Community Involvement
• Community
Dinner/Workshop
– May 2
– Guest speaker – Dr.
Phil Vincent
– Working dinner
• Focus on community
involvement
• Use of community
resources
• Reporting out large
group
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Parents/Community Involvement
• Parent Volunteers
– Best participation rate in
years
• Hanging displays
• Honor Roll “Wanted”
Posters
• Clerical assignments
• Creating recognition items
• Parents as public relations
tools
• Assisting with
Fitnessgrams
• Hanging Art work
• Laminating
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Parents/Community Involvement
• McTeacher’s Night
• School Resource Officer
• Speakers for many six
weeks assemblies
• Teacher Raffle for
Teacher Appreciation
Week
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Parents/Community Involvement
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Outreach Projects
Spring and Fall Band and Choir concerts
All County Choir Concert
Art Shows
Open Houses
Community Service Projects
Noble Knights’ newsletters to area
businesses
Community clean up days
NJHS – Sistersville nursing home Bingo Day
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• Here’s a clip of Braxtin Brown, a student
who transferred from Charlotte, N.C.
earlier this year. Braxtin discusses the
transition from Charlotte to TCMS…
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What Is Different?
• Brought different
programs “Under
One Roof”
-Community Service
-Relay for Life
-Newsletters
-Teacher Appreciation
Week
-Student of the Month
-Language is more uniform
on a daily basis and with
discipline situations
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What Is Different?
• Broke down
communication barriers
between staff and
students
• Number of disciplinary
referrals decreased
• Number of suspensions
decreased
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What Is Different?
• Student behavior is better
• Students are now aware of good character
traits
• Staff has “bought” into initiative
• School climate is better
• Would like to add still more community and
parent involvement
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