GRAVETTE -- Students at Glenn Duffy Elementary School were honored at the school's Rise and Shine assembly Monday, Jan. 8. School staff and guests were present as Glenn Duffy students were recognized for class and individual awards. Many GDE students were recognized for their perfect attendance for the first semester of school, classroom PAWS awards, Terrific Kids or Box Top awards.
"Pawsitive" and Wise Student (PAWS) award winners were honored. PAWS grade-level students for the month of January are McKenzie Baker, Triston Daniels, Kloey Fields, Kaleb Holloway, Ashlynn Mitchell and Wyatt Morgan.
The Glenn Duffy Elementary PAWS Program incorporates character education and positive behavior into the school community. Each month PAWS skills are chosen and discussed in classroom guidance in relation to character education. The school staff always watches for opportunities to encourage students for excellent character, behavior or effort.
The character word for this month is kindness. This is defined as being friendly, warm-hearted or generous. School nurse Wendy Catron described how students can help each other in kind ways at school. Especially, she told a story of how students helped each other one morning in the nurse's office. Children offered help and a glass of water to another child who wasn't feeling well. Nurse Wendy reminded all students that we do our best to help others when we can because kindness leads to more kindness.
First-grade students and teachers led portions of the assembly. First-grade teachers taught about this month's social skill, dealing with anger. Steps to practice this skill include: 1) Take a deep breath and count to 10; 2) think about good choices you can make (talk it out, walk away to a safe place, find an adult to help); 3) make the best choice. First-grade teachers are Andrea Nall, Tina Wellesley, Candis Jones, Tera Leroy, Margaret Martin, Amanda White and Tabby Crane. They were assisted by students Angelina Martinez, Shyanne Marvin and Aiden Webb.
For more information about school assemblies, visit the school website, gravetteschools.net/gde.
Community on 01/17/2018