B.E.S.T.

(Building Esteem in Students Today)

In conjunction with Clifton Park's community effort to incorporate the National Character Counts program, Tesago has formed a team of staff representatives from all grade levels and special subject areas to enhance our efforts. The B.E.S.T. Program is part of the National Character Counts Coalition.

Six pillars of character:

Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship

Each of these pillars is incorporated into the B.E.S.T. Program themes.

 The goals of the B.E.S.T. Program are:

 ∙ to enhance the school climate

 ∙ to build on each student's character strengths

 ∙ to make every student feel valuable, competent and worthy

 ∙ to provide a systematic approach for building student esteem and character within the present curriculum

 ∙ to provide ways for the total school community to participate

The entire school focuses on these monthly themes:

∙ September - Courtesy

∙ October - Feelings/Conflict Resolution

∙ November - Responsibility

∙ December - Caring and Sharing

∙ January - Goal Setting

∙ February - Honesty/Friendship

∙ March - Belonging (Esteem)

∙ April - Health/Prevention

∙ May - Citizenship (Responsibility)

As part of Tesago’s effort to promote a positive school atmosphere with enthusiasm, pride, and a sense of well-being, each grade level is being assigned a color to wear on BEST Assembly days and at other designated school-wide functions.  By the children wearing sweaters, tee-shirts, or sweatshirts of their grade level color, the student body will look like a rainbow as they are gathered at the assembly. 

The grade level colors are:  Kindergarten - blue

                                             Grade 1 - purple

                                             Grade 2 - green

                                             Grade 3 - yellow

                                             Grade 4 - orange

                                             Grade 5 - red      

B.E.S.T ASSEMBLY DATES FOR 2008-2009

Monday, November 17

Monday, December 15

Wednesday, January 7

Wednesday, February 4

Friday, March 13

Thursday, April 9

Monday, May 4

Monday, June 8

Please help your child to dress in the color assigned to their grade on these dates.

 Thank you in advance for supporting our efforts as we continue building a positive Tesago school spirit.

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