Character Counts

Character Counts Committee

Chair: Barbara Harris, Abby Reagen

Pancake Breakfast Volunteer Sign Up

We have Character Counts Classroom Reps for each classroom. A few positions are open. Please contact Pam Tichy if you can help!

2009-2010 School Year

September/October: Respect

Hand outs from the Character Count Meeting September 17, 2009
September 25- 26: Food Drive
September 26: Character Counts Car Wash 8am - 11am
October 5 - 9: Character Counts Week & Character Counts Book Drive
October 8: Bus Driver Appreciation Breakfast

• 20091001CCBus Driver card Template.pdf (19.76 KB)
• 20091001CCFire Department Card Template.pdf (112.63 KB)
• 20091001CCTower Lake Police Card Template.pdf (112.63 KB)

October 15: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library
October 23: Barrington Giving Day Coat Drive

November/December 2009: Responsibility

November 3 -4: Turkey Hands
November 16- December 18: Holiday Food Drive
November 19: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

Armando and the Blue tarp School Lesson
Respect Others Handout from Mari

January 2010: Fairness

January 21: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

February 2010: Caring

February 18: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

I Caught my child caring notes

1. PDF format: 20100205CharacterCountsCaringNotes.pdf (50.73 KB)
2. Word format: 20100205CharacterCountsCaringNotes.docx (10.79 KB)

March 2010: Citizenship

March 5 - 6: Food Drive
March 6: Pancake Breakfast 8am - 11am
March 18:: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

April 2010: Trustworthiness

April 15: Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

May 2010: Recap

May 20: : Character Counts Committee Meeting - Noon in the library

Meetings - 2nd Thursday of every month, 12-1 pm in the library

Kick-off Meeting on Thursday, August 28th, thereafter 2nd Thursday of every month, 12-1 pm in the library
Lunch is served at every meeting! CC Meeting Food and Drink Volunteers

North Barrington School Character Pledge

As a member of the North Barrington family
I work to be excellent in all I do
and a person of good character.
I treat others as I would like to be treated.
I am fair and show care.
I am responsible and show respect.
I am trustworthy and a good citizen.

Character Counts Monthly Pillars 2008-2009

October: Blue Pillar:Trustworthiness

1. Trustworthiness Binder Pages
2. Trustworthy Letter to Parents - courtesy of Mazurek/Otinger
3. Trustworthy Recognition Form - courtesy of Mazurek/Otinger
4. PDF Version of Powerpoint Presentation (no animations) - courtesy of Mari Franklin
5. PowerPoint Presentation- courtesy of Mari Franklin

November: Respect plus Citizenship

1. Citizenship Powerpoint Presentation on Voting by Mrs. Gaidjunas
2. How to find out what is going to be on your ballot. See http://www.co.lake.il.us/cntyclk/elections/voterservices/elecinfo/voterinfo.asp
3. Respect plus Citizenship presentation by Mari Franklin
4. Newsletter flyer and KUDOS tickets by Pam Tichy

January: Responsibility

1. West Virginia University Character Counts Flyer on Responsibility
2. Character Counts Lesson Plan for 6 - 9 Year Olds from CharacterCounts.org
3. Esperanza Elementary School Responsibility page with reading list by Miss Lessee
4. NYT Transcript of Obama Speech with video link
5. Trustworthy Powerpoint for Che's Class by Mrs. Franklin
   1. Same ppt in 2007 version

February: Fairness

1. University of Illinois Fairness Slide: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/character/PDF/Bulletin-fairness.pdf
2. Fairness Slide Show Courtesy of Mari Franklin

March: Caring

1. Lesson Plan from goodcharacter.com - http://www.goodcharacter.com/pp/caring.html
2. Character Counts Assembly - http://www.chiesman.org/action/charactercounts/pdf/CaringPillarQuickies.pdf
3. WVU Extension Character Counts Material - http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/fypubs/368.wlg.pdf
4. Videos
   1. Caring opportunity - helping a friend change from cheating to being able to do his work on his own - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfTnp8TY10
   2. Caring for someone who is being picked on - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X--45_Aui34&feature=related
   3. Mario Cares http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ2QsuU93mg
5. Powerpoint Presentation by Mrs. Franklin
6. Character Counts Caring Cards by Mrs. Franklin

April: Citizenship

1. powerpoint by Mrs. Franklin - Created for Ms. Che's class, April 2009

May: wrap-up and intro to summer 'Read to Feed' program for Heifer Int'l

Fundraisers

1. Car Wash- Saturday, September 20th.
2. Pancake Breakfast- Saturday, April 18th ( changed because same weekend as last year would be during Easter weekend)

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