I have spent the last few days traveling with Mrs. Dercola's Class Flat Stanley. We went to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was an amazing experience to see the love that people have for their country and the dedication that the athletes have to be successful. It made me think about the Character Education terms that we have discussed during the morning announcements the last two weeks and what our next term needs to be for the following two weeks.
For the last two weeks on the morning announcements, we have talked about
Patriotism: A love for and loyalty to one's country. It was very evident everywhere I went in Vancouver that people in every country in the world are Patriotic. Whether it was the Latvian curling team that I saw at a store or the Canada TV sports anchor that took his picture with Flat Stanley, people all over the world have a love for and loyalty to their country. This never more evident than at the Olympic Games. I know that I love the USA, but there are people in every country on this globe that feel the same way that I do about their country. I am glad that we have been teaching the students at KES about loving their country and respecting what our ancestors have done to make it the best country in the world, but I also love that we teach our students to respect and appreciate those that come from different cultures or countries. THAT IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT!!
Patriotism: A love for and loyalty to one's country. It was very evident everywhere I went in Vancouver that people in every country in the world are Patriotic. Whether it was the Latvian curling team that I saw at a store or the Canada TV sports anchor that took his picture with Flat Stanley, people all over the world have a love for and loyalty to their country. This never more evident than at the Olympic Games. I know that I love the USA, but there are people in every country on this globe that feel the same way that I do about their country. I am glad that we have been teaching the students at KES about loving their country and respecting what our ancestors have done to make it the best country in the world, but I also love that we teach our students to respect and appreciate those that come from different cultures or countries. THAT IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT!!
Our next character term will be commitment:
Alignment of one’s motives, resources, priorities, and goals to fulfill a specific mission, accomplish a specific task or follow a specific person.
Alignment of one’s motives, resources, priorities, and goals to fulfill a specific mission, accomplish a specific task or follow a specific person.
Commitment was also evident at the Olympics. The athletes that have aligned their motive, resources, priorities, and goals to win Olympic Gold has been an inspiration to everyone watching. It does not matter whether they won or not, to be committed to a specific mission gives you a sense of purpose and something to look forward to each day. We do the same thing here at Kennedy. We ask our teachers and students to align their motives, resources, priorities, and goals to fulfill a specific mission and accomplish a specific task. Our mission at Kennedy is to provide an educational experience for each child that will challenge them to go beyond what they feel they can do. We want them to believe that they can not only achieve, but OVERACHIEVE. We have also asked our students to be committed to accomplish a specific task. That task is get an 800 or higher on the CRCT. In order to do this, the students and teachers need to align resource to help them accomplish this task. That is why we have created so many practice CRCT tests on www.georgiaoas.org . If students make it a priority to take one of these each day, they will be committed to passing that test and they will find themselves on the gold medal stand as well.
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