Castlio Elementary is a Caring School Community

Character Education is who we are and how we do things at Castlio Elementary School

 

The ABC's of CSC

A= Autonomy: Personal choice, intrinsic motivation and goal setting.

      At Castlio, we strive to develop autonomy in our students by conducting class meetings and giving our students a voice and choice in what happens at school.

B= Belonging: Connection

     At Castlio, we strive to help students develop connections through positive peer relationships and buddy relationships.

C= Competence: Ability

     At Castlio we work to assure all students achieve to the best of their ability.  It is our mission that we provide a learning community that will guide all individuals to achieve personal success and to be productive life-long learners.

The Four Components of CSC

1.  Homeside Activities

      * Provide a framework for discussions between students and caregivers.

      * Connects classroom learning with "real life" learning.

      * Helps build a positive school-home relationship.

2.  School- Wide Activities

      * Brings parents and community members into the social life of the school.

      * Develops a non-competitive environmen that promotes helpfulness, inclusiveness, responsibility, academic growth and learning together.

3.  Buddies

      * Younger and older students working together.

      * A whole school community is built.

      * Older buddies experience responsibility and caring, make social connections, feel important and appreciated.

      * Younger buddies build friendships with older students, learn from a role model, and receive one-on-one attention.

4.  Class Meetings

      * Provides a forum for studetns and teachers to reflect, discuss issues, plan, and make decisions that affect classroom and social climate.

      *Builds commitment to kindness, caring and learning.

       * Builds teacher, student and peer realtionships within the classroom.

      * Creates a cohesive, caring and reflective classroom climate.

      * Teachers goal setting, planning, decision-making, problem solving and reflecting skills.

      * Teaches the importance of fairness, kindness and responsibility.