Washington School Honors
April's Top Students
As the school year hums along, Washington Primary School teachers and support staff members continue to encourage the 475 students in the building to do their best, in and out of the classroom.
An important component of the school's effort to maximize student performance is a new program, Washington Ways, which recognizes positive behavior and encourages students to be safe, respectful and responsible.
Throughout each month, students are given various colored tickets by teachers and support staff members whenever they display sterling behavior. Students can earn a ticket at any time, anywhere in the building or even out on the playground or playing fields.
Red tickets are presented to individuals for outstanding behavior outside of classrooms, including in hallways, buses, the playground and cafeteria, etc. At the end of the month, the student in each class with the greatest number of red tickets is recognized with a special certificate. The names of the honorees are read out over the school's public address system.
Entire classes can earn blue tickets for positive group behavior out-of-the-classroom. Blue tickets are also awarded to the two classes within the building with the most tickets overall.
White tickets are awarded weekly for good behaviors and actions in the classroom. White ticket winners are honored with special recognition in their classroom at the end of each week and their names are announced every Monday morning.
April red ticket honorees included Jack Morreale, Ryan Curran, Drew Wimmer, Sofia Breskin, Mia Rosof-Hallory, Adrianna Martinez, Christina Drummings, Sarah Berry, Eric Bonilla, Michelle Munguia-Ballina, Brian Cisneros, Alexander Gerberg, Anna Wickey, Kimberly Valle, Grace Tyrell, Christopher Engle, Bryan Gallagher, Rebecca Genevs and Danny Arias.
The blue ticket classes that were recognized belong to first grade teacher Wendy Bonilla and third grade teacher Joanne Tures.
"It's wonderful to recognize these students for the fine effort and behavior they have shown," Principal Marsha Neville said.