Character Counts

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Character Counts

• Jal High School
• Isaac Ramos
• Alfredo Gonzalez

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Character Really Does Count!

• Students are awarded for portraying each of the
  six pillars of Character Responsibility,
  Respect, Fairness, Trustworthiness, Caring, and
  Citizenship.

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Character Counts Store

• The Character Counts store was developed by our
  teachers that rewards students for behaving
  properly. For most good deeds or actions,
  teachers or staff members may give the student
  tickets to spend on prizes at the CC store. The
  prizes range from 1 ticket for a bag of chips, or
  30 tickets for a 15 Itunes card and items in
  between such as jump drives, water bottles, MP3
  players, and Gift Cards. Big prizes for a drawing
  at the end of each semester may include such
  items as a TV, a 30 Gigabyte Ipod, or a 250 Visa
  Gift Card.

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What is a Character Counts Ticket?

• Each ticket that a student receives gives that
  student an opportunity to purchase prizes that
  the school provide. A ticket is a small piece of
  paper that has a students name and what pillar
  was portrayed when given the ticket. The store is
  open once every 9 weeks so that students can
  either spend or save to buy bigger prizes and
  have a better chance to win the drawing.

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Responsibility

• When a student takes responsibility for their
  own actions or even other students, faculty may
  give the students tickets for the store. Actions
  may include doing what is expected, persevering,
  doing the best that they can, or making and
  keeping up good grades.

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Respect

• When students are seen acting respectfully to
  other students, teachers, or the school grounds,
  behaving well for a substitute teacher, being
  tolerant of differences, using good manners,
  proper language, and dealing peacefully with
  anger may earn students Character Counts tickets.

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Fairness

• Students who are open-minded, do not take
  advantage of others, and do not blame others
  carelessly get rewarded with Character Counts
  tickets.

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Trustworthiness

• When teachers feel that students are being
  totally and completely honest, being reliable and
  dependable, avoiding stealing or cheating, having
  the courage to do the right thing, and being
  loyal, students may be rewarded.

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Caring

• When students show care for each other and help
  a student out with problems they may not
  understand, being kind and compassionate, clean
  up papers they may have dropped, or just act nice
  to each other, it will earn them Character Counts
  Tickets.

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Citizenship

• If students follow the rules and do what they
  are supposed to, clean up dirty areas in the
  commons area, stay informed, or change rules to
  suit everyone better, and do their share to make
  the environment a better place for everyone,
  there will be a reward for their actions.

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How does it help?

• Students who have been portraying the pillars of
  Character will be rewarded. It also gives
  students a reason to behave in an environment
  where they wont be ridiculed by other students
  who do not portray good Character. Eventually
  students who are outcast will see that it is a
  good thing to show good Character.

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How is it maintained?

• Our community is very supportive of the
  Character Counts program. Each year the community
  donates money or prizes so that the store will
  remain open for the students.