With character education required by new education reform laws, Burghard is used as a model to other Georgia schools now required to start such programs. The school tries to incorporate values such as school pride, honesty and fairness into all curriculum and activities, she said. Each week, teachers incorporate a character quality of the week into lessons. Bulletin boards in the hallways celebrate these qualities and people who exemplify them. Each class does a service project.
Older children pair as buddies or mentors for younger children.
The school gathers for character education assemblies. Representatives from Character Education Partnership will visit the school in April for further evaluation. The information you receive online from The Macon Telegraph is protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting or repurposing of any copyright-protected material.