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Download the Isabella County CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition Brochure
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- We are pleased to share the application and program
details for the 2008 Isabella County CHARACTER COUNTS! Essay Contest.
Teachers, youth leaders and parents can help 7-9th grade
students explore character and ethics, offer relevant and meaningful
writing assignments, and create opportunities for student and school
recognition!
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Click here for Student Contest Information.
- Click here
for Contest Application.
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The local contest for 2008 will be based on a former
national contest - Foundations for Life. FFL was coordinated by the
national CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition and endorsed by the
American Association of School Administrators and the National
Association of Secondary Principals. For more information, go to:
http://www.ffl-essays.org/.
Teachers, in particular, can take advantage of
the essay contest by:
- making the contest an assignment as part of the
curriculum
- encouraging students to participate in the
contest, OR
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offering extra credit to students who participate in the
contest.
Gift Certificates for $50 to Mountain Town
Distributors will be given to each teacher who has at least 10 students
participate.
Student prizes include savings bonds for winning essays and certificates
of recognition. Furthermore, local contest winners and participating
schools will be recognized in the Morning Sun. When students
think and write about ethical concepts, everyone benefits!
With recent governmental emphasis on character
education in schools and No Child Left Behind proficiency testing, the
Coalition hopes you use this contest to further infuse character and
ethics in the classroom.
***CHARACTER COUNTS! and The Six Pillars of
Character are a service mark of the CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition, a
project of the Josephson Institute of Ethics.***
- For more information on
CHARACTER COUNTS!
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