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e character education theme for Orrville City Schools 2014-15 academic year and for the community is “Showing Good Character –Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” Each year, the Character Education subcommittee of the Heartland Education Community, Inc. develops a theme to incorporate the character education words of the month into the curriculum for all grade levels. According to Beverly Waseman, Character Education Committee chairperson and Or- rville Elementary School principal, this year’s theme has several dimensions. “With the City of Orrville celebrating its 150th birthday this year, we wanted to reflect a historical aspect in our theme. Character educa- tion and the Heartland Education Community have been around since 1991 so we have a strong history of encouraging students and the community to show good character,” said Waseman. “Character education also is part of everything we do in our school district today and it will continue to be so in the future. Our ‘Showing Good Character – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow’ theme expresses our pride in the past Character Education Week Heartland Debuts Quarterly Newsletter is is the first edition of our Heartland Education Community newsletter. You are receiving it because of your association with Heartland. You may be a current or past member of the Steering Committee, you may be a donor, you may have volunteered with Heartland activites or you may be a school district employee. is publication will include infor- mation about the initiatives Heartland is pursuing for the year, how the organization is helping the schools, and how you can get involved. Look for it to arrive in your email again in April, July and October. Prefer a printed copy? Just let us know at 330-682- 0200 or [email protected] and we’ll send it to you via regular mail. www.heartlandorrville.com • 330-682-0200 • [email protected] Areas of Focus 2014-15 e Heartland Steering Committee met in early August to determine areas of focus for the near future. e committee discussed issues concerning education in the schools and community and ways that Heartland could help. e committee chose several key issues as areas for further discussion: • Supporting students and families who speak other languages • Workplace ethics • STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum. • Character education February 2015 • Vol. 1, Issue 1 Shiſting the focus from school to education and shiſting the responsibility from school to community e Heartland Education Community, Inc. was formed in 1991 as a coalition of volunteer community members dedicated to exploring ways to leverage the talent and re- sources of the community for the betterment of education. Committee members do not have “terms” and may serve for many years. Several current members were part of the group that began the organization more than 23 years ago. e Heartland mission is to create a community-based learning environment relevant and accessible to every age and cul- tural background. Funding for the organiza- tion’s initiatives is made possible through the generous contributions of local businesses and individuals. Heartland efforts are based on fundamen- tal principles about the philosophy of educa- tion, which serve as the foundation for our activities. ese Basic Beliefs are called “e Five C’s.” • Community • Connecting Learrning to Life • Critical inking • Character Development • Continuous Improvement e Character Education subcommittee is responsible for implementing the character development component of the Five C’s. Its most visible program, the Heartland Charac- ter Education Words of the Month, received a Promising Practices award in 2011 from the national organization Character Education Partnership. In 2013, the Orrville School Dis- trict was named an Ohio District of Character and was a finalist for the National District of Character Award. and our commitment to good character in our school and community for the future.” Character education began focusing on service learning projects last year and will continue to do so this year. Service learning projects involve more planning and organi- zation from the students and include more formal reflection on the project according to Waseman. “is is a subtle shiſt from commu- nity service projects that were led by adults. Taking ownership and making a difference in other peoples’ lives provides a real growth op- portunity for our students, especially those in the higher grades.” Everyone at the kick-off game on Sept. 26 received good character stickers.
Transcript of February 2015 • Vol. 1, Issue 1 Heartland Debuts Quarterly ... · from school to community...
� e character education theme for Orrville City Schools 2014-15 academic year and for the community is “Showing Good Character –Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” Each year, the Character Education subcommittee of the Heartland Education Community, Inc. develops a theme to incorporate the character education words of the month into the curriculum for all grade levels. According to Beverly Waseman, Character Education Committee chairperson and Or-rville Elementary School principal, this year’s theme has several dimensions. “With the City of
Orrville celebrating its 150th birthday this year, we wanted to re� ect a historical aspect in our theme. Character educa-tion and the Heartland Education Community have been around since 1991 so we have a strong history of encouraging students and the community to show good character,” said Waseman. “Character education also is part of everything we do in our school district today and it will continue to be so in the future. Our ‘Showing Good Character – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow’ theme expresses our pride in the past
Character Education Week
Heartland Debuts Quarterly Newsletter� is is the � rst edition of our Heartland Education Community newsletter. You are receiving it because of your association with Heartland. You may be a current or past member of the Steering Committee, you may be a donor, you may have volunteered with Heartland activites or you may be a school district employee. � is publication will include infor-mation about the initiatives Heartland is pursuing for the year, how the organization is helping the schools, and how you can get involved. Look for it to arrive in your email again in April, July and October. Prefer a printed copy? Just let us know at 330-682-0200 or [email protected] and we’ll send it to you via regular mail.
www.heartlandorrville.com • 330-682-0200 • [email protected]
Areas of Focus 2014-15� e Heartland Steering Committee met in early August to determine areas of focus for the near future. � e committee discussed issues concerning education in the schools and community and ways that Heartland could help. � e committee chose several key issues as areas for further discussion: • Supporting students and families who speak other languages • Workplace ethics • STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum. • Character education
February 2015 • Vol. 1, Issue 1
Shi� ing the focus from school to education and shi� ing the responsibility from school to community
� e Heartland Education Community, Inc. was formed in 1991 as a coalition of volunteer community members dedicated to exploring ways to leverage the talent and re-sources of the community for the betterment of education. Committee members do not have “terms” and may serve for many years. Several current members were part of the group that began the organization more than 23 years ago. � e Heartland mission is to create a community-based learning environment relevant and accessible to every age and cul-tural background. Funding for the organiza-tion’s initiatives is made possible through the generous contributions of local businesses and individuals.
Heartland e� orts are based on fundamen-tal principles about the philosophy of educa-tion, which serve as the foundation for our activities. � ese Basic Beliefs are called “� e Five C’s.” • Community • Connecting Learrning to Life • Critical � inking • Character Development • Continuous Improvement � e Character Education subcommittee is responsible for implementing the character development component of the Five C’s. Its most visible program, the Heartland Charac-ter Education Words of the Month, received a Promising Practices award in 2011 from the national organization Character Education Partnership. In 2013, the Orrville School Dis-trict was named an Ohio District of Character and was a � nalist for the National District of Character Award.
and our commitment to good character in our school and community for the future.” Character education began focusing on service learning projects last year and will continue to do so this year. Service learning projects involve more planning and organi-zation from the students and include more formal re� ection on the project according to Waseman. “� is is a subtle shi� from commu-nity service projects that were led by adults. Taking ownership and making a di� erence in other peoples’ lives provides a real growth op-portunity for our students, especially those in the higher grades.”
Everyone at the kick-o� game on Sept. 26 received good character stickers.
Home for the Holidays� e Friday a� er � anksgiving was a perfect night for Home for the Holi-days in downtown Orrville. � e weather was nippy, but not too cold, and there was just enough snow to make it feel Christmas-y. � e sta� at Heartland Point counted more than 1,300 people through the door who came to enjoy the OHS band performance or the Wayne County Choral Union caroling or the OrrViews coloring contest or the Character Education Committee’s face painting table. It was a busy night and much fun for everyone!
� e Character Education Committee paints faces each year during Home for the Holidays. Students from the art club spent three hours adding snowmen, trees, wreaths and snow� akes to young (and sometimes not-so-young) faces.
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Teacher Resource Guide� e spring and summer 2014 project for the Character Education Committee was an up-date for the Character Words of the Month teacher notebooks. � is edition is the third version of the notebook created since Heart-land’s beginning. “It is organized by month in this ver-sion,” said Committee Chair and OES Principal Beverly Waseman. “We hope that it is an easy-to-use tool for teachers to incorpor- ate character into their lessons.” She noted that the book includes de� nitions, quotations, sample lesson plans for each word, and book suggestions relating to each month’s word to encourage students to continue the character lesson outside the classroom.
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Heartland Point began its Winter/Spring sesssion of lifelong learning opportunities in January. Classes have been selected to appeal to a variety of ages and interests: photography, history, cra� s, food, and even Scrabble® playing. Class schedules are available at Heartland Point and other locations around Orrville. Class descriptions are also on our website at www.heartlandorrville.com. Take a look, register, and even pay online. Register now for any class on our schedule to ensure your spot - some classes � ll early! Call 330-682-0200, email [email protected] or register online.
New Schedules Here
February 2015 • Vol. 1, Issue 1
Shi� ing the focus from school to education and shi� ing the responsibility from school to community
OrrViews 2015 sponsorship campaign is un-derway. Invoices for previous sponsers were mailed the last week of January. OrrViews is the free, bi-weekly paper of the Orrville community. It is a communica-tions initiative of the Heartland Education Community Inc. and operates under the or-ganization’s nonpro� t designation. As such, it operates without advertising, on a budget composed entirely of sponsorship donations.
News articles are written by representa-tives of area businesses and organizations as well as individuals with events and milestones to share. Journalism experience is appreciated but not required. One part-time general manager, two layout and design consultants, and countless volunteers make it possible for publication of more than 3,600 copies of OrrViews every other week. Learn more about sponsoring OrrViews at www.heartlandorrville.com/become-s-sponsor or call 330-684-1115.
