Washington Ways Honors First Winners
A new program at Washington Primary School aimed at "catching" students being good, has the youngsters excited. Washington Ways emphasizes positive behavior and is aimed at encouraging the nearly 475 children at the school to be safe, respectful and responsible.
Students are given various colored tickets by teachers and support staff members for exemplary behavior. The tickets can be presented throughout the day.
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.
Red tickets are presented to individuals for notable good 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. Principal Marsha Neville announces the names of the honorees over Washington'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. The new program has quickly caught on and students enjoy being cited and collecting the colorful tickets.
The first round of red ticket honorees included Leigh Hepworth, Talia Addeo, Alexander Sanchez-Canales, Nicole Boucetta, Abigail Lewis, Jensy Torres, Kevin Reyes, Charlotte Soljanich, Kyeon Lyons, Aidan Bender, Angie Mata, Shakel Plummer, Kenia Gonzalez, Neil Jean-Baptiste, Steliani Vlahos, Christie Baade, Jaheim Toney, Jacqueline Salgado and Jonathan Smith.
Washington's "Blue Ticket" classes for November included those of kindergarten teacher Kristen Thatcher and first grade teacher Elizabeth Moran.
"We're excited that students have embraced the new program and are trying their best to demonstrate the type of behaviors that will earn them special recognition," Mrs. Neville said. "The program is serving a worthwhile purpose while at the same time injecting an element of fun throughout the school day."