Fourteen Mehlville Schools Earn National Character Education Awards
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- School: All Elementary schools and Bernard Middle, Margaret Buerkle Middle, Oakville Middle and Mehlville High Schools
- Award: National Character Education Award
Character Education is a vital component in each of the Mehlville School District’s schools, and its presence helps students to develop the characteristics needed to become successful adults. For their efforts in character education, 14 District schools, along with the District for its Project ENGAGE program, have been honored by the Character Education Partnership (CEP) with 2011 Promising Practices Awards in Character Education.
All 10 of the District’s elementary schools received national recognition this year, along with Bernard Middle, Margaret Buerkle Middle, Oakville Middle and Mehlville High, forimplementing effective programs that encourage the ethical, social and academic growth of students through character education.
“Character education is embedded in what we do throughout the Mehlville School District as we guide our students towards becoming ethical, compassionate, service-minded adults,” said incoming District superintendent Dr. Eric Knost. “To have 14 of our schools receive this national recognition is indicative of the solid character traits possessed by our students, staff and community. It also speaks to the caliber of our current character education program, and we look forward to advancing our efforts further throughout the District.”
As part of its National Schools of Character awards program, the CEP distributes annual Promising Practices Awards to schools and districts in the U.S. and around the world for implementing unique and specific strategies in character education. The following programs in the Mehlville School District have been honored this year:
- Beasley Elementary School
Shoes Supply Safe Water - Bierbaum Elementary School
Healthy Recipes for Feed My People - Blades Elementary School
100 Percent Giving Day of Character - Forder Elementary School
A Day in the Life at Forder Elementary; The Head, the Heart, and the Hand - Hagemann Elementary School
Second Grade Business; Breakfast for Angels Arms - Oakville Elementary School
Open Hearts, Open Doors; Volunteering at Nazareth Living Center - Point Elementary School
Kids Helping Kids Project - Rogers Elementary School
Heart to Heart Project - Trautwein Elementary School
Manners Mentors Program - Wohlwend Elementary School
Wohlwend Project ENGAGE - Bernard Middle School
Salute to Veterans - Margaret Buerkle Middle School
Multi-Tiered Advisory Program; 6th Grade Leadership Camp - Oakville Middle School
Cooperative Learning: Increasing Student Engagement in the Foreign Language Classroom - Mehlville High School
Sewing for Santa; Sewing for Soldiers - Mehlville School District
Project ENGAGE
The CEP is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping schools develop people of good character for a just and compassionate society. The organization recognizes State and National Schools of Character, in addition to honoring individual districts and schools for their Promising Practices in Character Education. To learn more about the CEP and its national awards programs, please visit www.character.org.
From the Mehlville School District
Doug Miner
4:07 pm on Saturday, June 11, 2011
Very cool shot! Nice job Sarah!
Sarah Flagg
10:11 am on Monday, June 13, 2011
Thanks Doug! We had a blast!
Karl Frank Jr.
8:04 pm on Saturday, June 11, 2011
What a great story. No matter how defunct the Mehlville School Board becomes, as long as we have educators and administrators with the heart for public education, Mehlville will be in good hands.
Brit Rose
5:43 pm on Sunday, June 12, 2011
Yes! I have to agree with the Great Story and Great Shot! "Defunct" Really???
Karl Frank Jr.
5:52 pm on Sunday, June 12, 2011
Yes. Dead and useless.
Brit Rose
7:17 am on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Karl Frank, We need to move on and stay positive. There is no doubt that with the hearts and minds of our future, along with a huge price tag, schools are very political. I also understand the School Boards are trying to balance the demands of government regulations, parent expectations, union obligations and community utilization. But remember this, in the middle of this are the kids. We need to make sure they don't get lost in the midst of all the adult issues. "Let's do what's right for our students".
Karl Frank Jr.
8:22 am on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Give me a break Brit Rose. Unlike you I was actually elected twice, spent hundreds of hours in conferences and seminars on child development and issues of public education. I've seen first hand the long term effects of a neglectful public education system at the hands of regressive 1950s style politics. Adult issues are the children's issues and children's issues are adult issues. There is nothing about what we do for or about the kids that doesn't effect all of us. When you have an ignorant school board, you get ignorant education policies. They don't know any better. There is actually a name for the affliction. It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a trickle down theory that actually works. When you have ignorant school board members, you get ignorant results. That's not good enough for my three children.