Form a partnership with local Parks and Recreation Departments to organize a multi-school service project. Identify sites in the community where service could be rendered. Schools can be assigned a morning or afternoon shift approximately two hours long. Each class can be assigned a specific work site where a supervisor from Parks and Recreation assists them. Students, teachers, and parents can clear brush, prune trees, plant flowers and trees, improve trails, plant a student garden, make and install bird boxes, and sweep walkways.
Businesses can donate food, money and volunteers for the community service project.
Give each student a paper star to tape on the corner of their desk. When the student demonstrates an act of responsibility, the teacher tells the student to initial a point of the star. When all points of the star have been initialed, the student gets a Starburst, a sticker, or some other valuable award. Make a life-size cardboard child. As each child masters a principle, fill in part of the child with the color designated for that principle.