Dec 20, 2011
South Whidbey Record | Dec. 14, 2011
South Whidbey’s youngest philanthropists have been busy gathering food for Good Cheer Food Bank this month...
...Some students from second through fifth grade remind the school about the food drive during the daily podcast. It’s worked well with the school’s new initiative, “The Leader in Me,” based on Stephen Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Peop...
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Dec 20, 2011
Finger Lakes Times | Dec. 15, 2011
PENN YAN — Lyons National Bank donated $1,000 toward two initiatives with the Penn Yan Central School District and $600 toward the “It’s a Wonderful Life” Festival.
- A check for $500 was donated to the “Parent Teacher Group” of Penn Yan Elementary for playground renovations. The money will be used to purchase brand new equipment for the playground at the elementa...
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Dec 20, 2011
Pasadena Star News | Local Buzz | Dec. 15, 2011
Panda Restaurant Group, parent company of Panda Express, will host a holiday party on Friday for 180 elementary school students from 15 schools in the Rosemead and Garvey School districts in recognition of their accomplishments in "The Leader in Me" program.
The students were selected by their teachers based on excellence in leadership and study eff...
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Dec 20, 2011
By Adam Hochron | Howell Patch | Dec. 16, 2011
Ardena is one of several schools in the district to follow the "Leader in Me" program and Jurlina said this is another part of that program. If students on the buses show behaviors consistent with the seven habits of the program, they can be rewarded for that. "Each vehicle has leaders to act as role models setting the example of appropriate behavio...
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Dec 20, 2011
By Patch Staff | Fenton-HighRidge Patch | Dec. 14, 2011
Katie Talleur at Rockwood South Middle School was awarded a $1,000 matching grant to fund the program, "Everyone a Leader." This grant will help fund materials for Vision Day, which is an activity that helps identify leadership skills in all students through Franklin Covey’s Leader in Me Program.
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Dec 20, 2011
By Morgan Wall | The Mount Airy News | Dec. 19, 2011
“Some of these kids have never been on stage before, they’ve never had an experience with performing arts,” said Emily Niston, first-grade teacher. “We so strongly focus on reading, math and writing, and we absolutely should, but doing something like this helps make the whole child. They need the singing and the public speaking and the dance t...
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Dec 12, 2011
By Laurel L. Scott | Go San Angelo | Dec. 5, 2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Lawrence Taylor, a sixth-grader at TLC Academy, says he has a better understanding of his mother's frustration, thanks to the schoolwide Leader in Me initiative.
Lawrence volunteered to be a P.E. leader, playing with and guiding younger children in the school gym.
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Dec 12, 2011
By Natalie Decou | Salt Lake Tribune | Dec. 8, 2011
The conversation seemed surprisingly sophisticated — especially for a second-grader.
What began as a squabble over which television show to watch turned into a FranklinCovey moment between Adriane Lopez’s two grade-schoolers.
"Let’s think win-win," Lopez’s second-grade daughter told her fifth-grade sister.
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Nov 28, 2011
DecaturDaily.com | Nov. 28, 2011
Decatur City Schools has plenty of aspiring young leaders, especially at the high school level.
The system is developing strong leaders at the elementary level as well. One reason is the system’s decision a few years back to teach Stephen Covey’s “Leader in Me” program in elementary schools.
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Nov 28, 2011
By Scott Hayes | St. Albert Gazette | Nov. 26, 2011
…This is the first year that the Lacombe Park school has instituted the Leader in Me program, started by Stephen Covey, author of the book of the same name plus the very popular The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People…
…She said that it all boiled down to the fact that it emphasizes the whole child in a way that nothing else before has. Plus...
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Nov 28, 2011
By Tony Evans | Idaho Mountain Express and Guide | Nov. 23, 2011
About 20 Bellevue Elementary School students took their concerns to City Hall on Thursday, Nov. 17. They brought drawings, made speeches and showed a video outlining their plans to beautify the south entrance to town.
The kids presented a Beautify Bellevue campaign hatched in teacher Bill Cantrell's fifth-grade classroom. The campai...
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Nov 28, 2011
By Darryl Granger | wgrz.com | Nov.24, 2011
Winchester Elementary students and staff are proving that there is truth to the adage "a penny saved is a penny earned." The school is again collecting coins to help purchase new winter clothing for West Seneca children in need…
…This year's penny drive was a student-led effort, in connection to Winchester's Leader in Me initiative. They used synergy, o...
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Nov 22, 2011
By Adam Hochron |HowellPatch | Nov. 21, 2011
As part of their participation in the Leader In Me Program, students at Ardena School were recently recognized for their efforts as part of their educational experience.
Each month as part of the program a "Ram Classroom Leader," is chosen. According to Mary Jurlina, the lead teacher at the school, the classroom leaders "are students who have demonstr...
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Nov 22, 2011
By Giovanni Santacroce | 12 Action News WBNG | Nov. 15, 2011
Town of Maine, NY A local school has some special international visitors from the Netherlands.
A group of educators from the Netherlands stopped by Maine Memorial Elementary School Tuesday morning.
Students acted out in a play showing leadership.
The visitors were there to check out the school district's leadership program, titled "Leader...
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Nov 22, 2011
By Cynthia Beaudette | Muscatine Journal | Nov. 15, 2011
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Franklin students put their best foot — and hand — forward Tuesday afternoon as they welcomed their families and community members to their school.
Franklin principal Mary Ann Maher welcomed parents and community members to the school’s Open House Leadership Day as guests gathered in the school gym.
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Nov 22, 2011
By Daniel Sandoval | K2 Radio Wyoming | Nov. 18, 2011
An elementary school in Casper that uses renewable energy held a dedication ceremony Thursday afternoon...
...Summit Elementary Principal Anne LaPlante welcomed visitors to the dedication and noted that the school motto is Excel and Lead.
Tenets of leadership:
“And one of the programs that we are most proud of at our school is something we call ...
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Nov 15, 2011
34 Binghamton News Channel | Nov. 10, 2011
Educators from the Netherlands will visit Maine-Endwell schools next week to learn more about the district’s leadership program…
…Last spring Homer Brink and Maine Memorial were recognized as Leader in Me schools for successfully integrating into their curriculum, everyday language and culture, the essential life skills and characteristics students need ...
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Nov 07, 2011
TheGleaner.com | Oct. 31, 2011
…“We were very impressed with the faculty, students and facilities at A. B. Chandler,” said Jon Hoskins, Westside’s principal. “Everyone was very welcoming and willing to give up their time to speak with us. It seemed like every square inch of wall space was used to celebrate student achievement and promote leadership. Our time speaking with the 5th-grade leaders w...
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Nov 03, 2011
By Casey Strickland | The Southeast Sun | Aug. 18, 2011
Windham Elementary School has prided itself on educating future leaders of the community, state and nation, and now it has another avenue with which to mold them.
Beginning this year, the school will implement a new program called The Leader in Me - aimed at bringing out the potential leader in every student and bringing it out early.
The pro...
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Nov 03, 2011
By Robyn Flans | vcstar.com | Jun 10, 2011
…The school also takes a "whole child approach," which encompasses developing the intellectual, academic, emotional, social and ethical aspects of a person.
"They do circle time where the kids share appreciations and concerns with each other and learn how to express their feelings. We work on conflict resolution and problem solving and personal leadershi...
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