Components of the Mehlville School District’s character education program are evident in every classroom across the district, according to a district news release.
For their efforts, 13 Mehlville schools have been honored by the Character Education Partnership, or CEP, with a total of 20 Promising Practices Awards in Character Education this year.
Eight of the district’s elementary schools received national recognition this year, along with three middle schools and both high schools, for implementing effective programs that encourage the ethical, social and academic growth of students through character education.
“Character education is evident in everything we do across the Mehlville School District and is critical to helping our students become ethical, compassionate, service-minded adults,” Superintendent Eric Knost stated in the release. “The number of Promising Practices we’ve earned over the past five years has continued to grow, and I know we’ll make even greater strides in the coming years as we further embed the principles of character education throughout our district.”
As part of its National Schools of Character, or NSOC, awards program, the CEP distributes annual Promising Practices Awards to schools and districts in the United States and around the world for implementing unique and specific strategies in character education. Five of the District’s elementary schools have been named Missouri Schools of Character through the NSOC program this year, and one elementary school was named a 2012 National School of Character.
The following programs in the Mehlville School District have been honored with Promising Practices Awards this year:
John Cary Early Childhood Center PBIS Calendar and Houses
Beasley Elementary School Gift Bags for Veterans
Bierbaum Elementary School Students Promote Peace Project
Blades Elementary School Boys’ Fit Club
Forder Elementary School Project Stray Rescue at Forder Elementary Keeping Score, Our Character Counts
Hagemann Elementary School Strong Kids, Strong World Peace, Love, Hagemann!
Oakville Elementary School OES Parent Speaker Series
Trautwein Elementary School Tiger Talk Interviews Meaningful Connections
Wohlwend Elementary School Daily Life Strategies
Bernard Middle School Tribute to Heroes: Remembering 9/11 Bully Prevention Day
Margaret Buerkle Middle School Step Into My Shoes
Oakville Middle School Developing Knowledge and Values through Mathematics A Middle School’s Empty Bowls are Filled with Hope
Mehlville High School Pillows for Soldiers Teenage Health Consultant Program
Oakville High School Oakville High School Tiger Mentors Program It’s Not Just World Literature. It’s World Change.
The CEP is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping schools develop people of good character for a just and compassionate society. The organization recognizes state and national schools of character, in addition to honoring individual districts and schools for their promising practices in character education. To learn more about the CEP and its national awards programs, please visit
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