Character Strong is a well-respected national program that provides lessons to help teachers guide students toward more positive relationships with their peers, and to strengthen their own mental well-being and positive outlook. Character Strong educators partnered with middle school educators and students across the country to help develop the content for the lessons in the program. This is a program that some of our administrators have utilized in other school districts and found to be very beneficial to their students.
You can learn more here:
Characterstrong.com
Research Information on Character Strong
Character Strong Intro Video here
Scope and Sequence of Character Strong Lessons
Some Important Points Related to Character Strong at Wilson Middle School:
Teachers and staff hope Character Strong will continue to support them in building relationships with students and foster positive peer-to-peer interactions.
Character Strong will occur twice a month on Wednesdays for 30 minutes each session. The building will following an abbreviated schedule on those days.
Families may opt their child out of Character Strong by providing a note to the building administrators (email preferred).
Students who opt out will be supervised in the building, will complete academic work or read for pleasure.