Top Washington School Students Honored
The new school year has started off on an enthusiastic note at Washington Primary School, where more than 400 students are hard at work in classrooms. A group of the school's top young scholars were recently honored for their stand-out performance during the first few weeks of classes.
Washington's student recognition program is a "big deal" for students in the school, who enjoy being honored for a job well done. These same youngsters feel almost as good when they are able to congratulate a classmate for winning a special award.
As part of the Washington Ways program, students are given various colored tickets by teachers and support staff members for exemplary behavior. The tickets can be presented to the youngsters throughout the day.
Washington Principal Marsha Neville took pleasure in reading off the names of the first batch of top students over the school's public address system. Classes lined the hallways and cheered as the award winners were announced and headed down to the main office to pick-up a certificate and pose for a group photo.
"We had a great first month and these fabulous students played role in our success," Mrs. Neville said. "Our students are inquisitive and energetic and our teachers and staff love working with them."
September "red ticket" honorees included Parker Hepworth, Janelee Gomez, Thomas Galicia-Martinez, Ada Cruz-Gutierrez, Kaylee Splendorio, Lindsay Avila Abad, William Berry, Ismaris Bonilla, Asyria Rios, Maria Sabatino, Emma Waters, Kevin Meza Aparicio, Gracia Renkewitz, Milianette Gonzalez-Cortes, Kathryn Sanseviro, Miguel Avaalos-Alvarezga, Margo Nitekman, Mario Franco-Baldez, Noah Hopson, Erik Bonilla and Edgardo Velasquez.
Washington's "blue ticket" classes for September included the a.m. kindergarten class of teacher Debbie Quiles and third grade teacher Wendy Bonilla's class. "It was wonderful to be able to recognize these students and classes for their exceptional effort and work in the classroom and all around Washington School," Mrs. Neville said.
Red tickets are presented to individuals for notable good behavior outside of classrooms, including 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.
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. Students enjoy being cited and collecting the colorful tickets.
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.
Students are already working hard and hoping to win recognition in the next round of the Washington Ways program,