Washington School's April Best Honored
It was a time for celebration at Washington Primary School last Friday afternoon as classes took a short timeout from the regular program of studies to honor a group of youngsters for a job well done.
Principal Marsha Neville, faculty and staff and more than 400 students recognized April's award winners in the Washington Ways program. "It was delightful to take a break from our afternoon routine and honor some amazing children and classes," Mrs. Neville said.
The top classes for April were those of first grade teacher Kristin Thatcher and second grade teacher Patricia Maltempo. The student honorees included Bryan Lizama, Ismaris Bonilla, Leah Jensen, Kathleen Hovestadt, Michael Ambrozy, Mikah Schueller, Nicole Boucetta, Christian Garay-Dominquez, Jack Cesare, Adrian Anguiera, Jose Linares, Stephany Vilorio-Artiga, Briana Arias, Jack Kurathowski, Nathaniel Deegan, Rebecca Hoffman, Emily Yonkes, Kelly Alfaro, Julia Giles and Rocio Trujillo.
The Washington Ways initiative focuses on recognizing and rewarding positive behavior while encouraging students to be safe, respectful and responsible. Youngsters are given various colored tickets by teachers and support staff members for exemplary behavior. The tickets can be presented to students 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.