Students have the opportunity daily to receive cooperative cougar slips for outstanding effort, homework turned in, good behavior, doing something nice for another student, or any identified behavior by an adult on campus. These cougar slips are turned in and daily the morning announcements identify nine winners who receive a Capistrano Cougar Pencil. Student earn free recess time when they get green flags every day of the week.
Students like to keep the green flags rolling.
There are five All Star periods during the year. Every grade gets to go on a field trip like the fine arts program at Modesto High, the library, the Hershey Factor, or another site as determined by that grade level staff. Booster club and student council helps to fund these trips. Capistrano students are actively involved in school leadership and decision making. Students are elected as officers.