This says that when you are defeated you think about how hard you will continue to work on other endeavors and move on with other goals. Hopefully, our new President will fulfill our country s hopes for peace, progress, and prosperity. Pillars of Character Character education is alive in Ms. Denk s Language Arts class. Students are analyzing many pillars of character and thinking of ways to use them in their daily lives. Joanna Mata wrote the following about Initiative, a very positive quality in many of our students.
Initiative is readiness to take the first steps in beginning a project or taking action.
I can show better initiative by being prepared for school and showing responsibility at home. I ll be ready by studying and doing all my homework assignments to learn the material. Mr. Luck s class recently began a non-fiction book called, The Acorn People, by Ron Jones. This story is about a group of physically challenged children who attend an overnight summer camp. With the holidays just starting, and by reading this story, it is my hope that the students will understand how lucky we are to be able to do some things normally taken for granted.