Character Education

Words of the Month -Our school community focuses on a character trait every month. -Teachers encourage, teach, and notice this trait in their students during that month.	September - Responsibility October - Respect November - Cooperation December - Caring January - Self-Control February - Courage March - Honesty April - Fairness May - Perseverance June - Citizenship     __________________________
Character Tree -Every week teachers nominate students for showing good character. -The student names are placed on our tree for all to see. -Students' names are read during announcements every Friday and they receive a certificate. -7 lucky students' names are drawn from the tree each month for an extra prize.
Cafeteria Classrooms of Character -Once a month a class that has shown the best character in the cafeteria earns a private lunch with a movie and treats.	September - Mrs. Marcellos's 5th Grade October - Mrs. Olivani's Kindergarten Class
November - Mrs. Grime's 4th Grade Class December - Mrs. Faatz's 2nd Grade Class April - Mrs Cantabene's 2nd Grade Class	January - Mrs. Schuyler's 1st Grade Class February - Mrs. Nicoll's 4th Grade Class March - Ms. Hayes Class May - Mrs. Englert's Kindergarten Class
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Character Pledge As Oatkan Knights, We are champions of principle. We respect others and ourselves. We are responsible. We strive to make good choices at Wolcott St. School.  - This is read over the announcements every afternoon to remind students what we stand for.

CHARACTER COUNTS ... AT THE WOLCOTT ST. SCHOOL

Good character is not only going to continue to be taught and reinforced by you at home, but the Wolcott St. School is going to continue to more actively reinforce this with our students and encourage using this in their day-to-day interactions with peers and staff. We will continue to send a consistent message to all of our students. All adults in our school will be expected to continue to model appropriate behavior in their interactions, as well as dealing considerately and consistently with others. Students are expected to respect the rights and feelings of other students, teachers, visitors and staff.

"Catching Kids Being Good" is the underlying theme of our discipline policy here at Wolcott Street School. Every class has clearly posted the following: Rules of the Class, rewards for obeying the rules, and consequences for disobeying them. The research behind this idea comes from Lee Canter and his work with "Assertive Discipline".

Once all students know what is expected of them and are familiar with the rewards and consequences, we then set the stage for "Catching Kids Being Good". Good behavior is noted and consistent good behavior is celebrated! Extra free time, phone calls to parents, notes home and parties are just some of the ways in which consistent good behavior is both noted and celebrated. It is one of our building goals to be evermore creative and assertive in how we "Catch Kids Being Good".

However, when misbehavior does occur, it is the student who chooses to behave this way and thus receives the consequences. Each grade level's discipline plan, complete with its rules, rewards, and consequences is reviewed with the building principal and then explained to all students. Finally, this plan is sent home to each and every parent/guardian.

Students who seriously misbehave (fighting and insubordination are two clear examples) may be sent to the assistant principal's office. The assistant principal, using the Le Roy Central School District Code of Conduct as his/her guide, will investigate the situation, speak to all parties involved, and decide on appropriate consequences.  The assistant principal may decide to place that student on "in-school suspension." When a student receives "in-school suspension," the student is placed into the "in-school suspension" room, which is staffed by a tutor. Assignments are sent down by the teacher(s) for the student to complete during the time that the student is in "in-school suspension." The amount of time a student is placed into "in-school suspension" is determined by the assistant principal. The student will eat his/her lunch in the "in-school" room, should this become necessary. When a child is placed on "in-school suspension," every attempt is made to contact the parent/guardian.

In severe disciplinary cases, a parent may be called by the assistant principal to take his/her child home for "out-of-school suspension." However, with a clearly thought out discipline plan firmly in place, we hope that this does not occur. Our hope is that with clear expectations of student conduct and frequent "Catching Kids Being Good," we set up a very positive learning environment for our students.

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