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Feature
Article
Morning Meetings and
Caring Learning Communities
Character
Educators Suggest...
What Does The
Research Say?
Glastonbury
Displays Character
Character in Print
Book Recomendations
Character
Spotlight
Patricia Stosak
Update on The
School
For Ethical
Education
Past News Index
"Finally,
Remember
the
worst kind of Poverty
is
not Economic Poverty,
it is the Poverty of
Values."
- Gen. Colin
Powell
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Feature Article
Morning Meetings
and Caring Learning
Communities
Creating
caring learning communities is a specific goal of
comprehensive character education and supports
excellence in academic and character development.
One strategy to help achieve a caring classroom
environment is the regular involvement of
students in morning meetings.
WANTED:
PEOPLE of CHARACTER
If
you know someone who represents excellent
character and works with children (volunteer or
paid), send a picture and a brief summary (300
words or less) of their activities which
describes their character to The School for
Ethical Education, Attention:
Character
Spotlight
1000 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT
06604
or E-mail to ethics@wisi.com
Calendar Notes
January
5
On-line with Character
Education Partnership (CEP): www.character.org
January 17
Glastonbury Character
Education Committee, Glastonbury, CT
January 20
In-Service Learning,
Westbrook, CT
January 30-31
Ethics Symposium,
Bridgeport, CT
February 20-21
Ethics Symposium,
Bridgeport, CT
February 6
EDCONN Character
Education for Student Resiliency workshop,
Litchfield,
February 26-March 1
Applied Ethics Convention,
Dallas, TX
March 5-6
LEARN Character
Education for Student Resiliency Workshop,
Old Lyme, CT
March 13-14
University of Bridgeport
Character Education course, Stamford, CT
March 20-21
Ethics Symposium,
Bridgeport, CT
April 2-3
CREC Character Education
for Student Resiliency workshop, Hartford, CT
April 8
Hockanum Elementary:
In-Service Learning, East Hartford, CT
April 14-16
Colorado Character
Conferences, Northern Colorado, CO
May 1
ACES Character
Education for Student Resiliency workshop,
Hamden, CT
May 5
Hockanum Elementary:
In-Service Learning, East Hartford, CT
Anyone interested in advertising,
please contact Renee Castee at (203) 330-5340 or
E-mail at ethics@wisi.com
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