SHESC
SALINA - The Smoky Hill Education Service, along with the Kansas State Dept. of Education, and Character.org announce the 2020 Kansas Schools of Character recipients in a virtual ceremony May 12.
USD 271 Stockton Grade School was recognized as an Honorable Mention School of Character and for a Shifting School Culture.
Stockton Grade School is one of the original Mercury 7 redesign design schools in Kansas and social-emotional development has been one of their key initiatives.
Criteria for selection are based on Character.org’s 11 Principles of Character, which include providing students with opportunities for moral action, fostering shared leadership and engaging families and communities as partners in the character-building effort.
In Schools of Character, adults embrace their critical role as models. Teachers work together as professionals - along with parents and community members as partners - to positively shape the social, emotional, and character development of the young people entrusted to them each day. Students in these schools feel safe, respected, and connected to those around them, allowing them to thrive academically and socially and be motivated to give back to their communities.
State School of Character
Complete High School Maize - USD 266 - Maize, Kansas
Honorable Mention School of Character
Beloit Elementary School - USD 273 - Beloit, Kansas
Stockton Elementary School - USD 271 - Stockton, Kansas
Shifting School Culture Recognition
Recognizes schools and districts that have developed and implemented an SECD initiative or program for at least one year and are transforming the school culture, district culture, or both - as well as growing student SECD skills. These initiatives or programs must support the KS SECD Standards and the school or district KESA goals, the Redesign Principles, or a combination of the above.
Beloit Elementary School - USD 273 - Beloit, Kansas
Cottonwood Elementary School - USD 305 - Salina, Kansas
David Brewer Elementary School - USD 453 - Leavenworth, Kansas
Fowler Grade School - USD 225 - Fowler, Kansas
Fowler Junior/Senior High School - USD 225 - Fowler, Kansas
Lakeside Elementary School - USD 250 - Pittsburg, Kansas
Stockton Grade School - USD 271 - Stockton, Kansas
Sunset Elementary School - USD 373 - Newton, Kansas
Enhanced Spotlight Recognition
Recognizes schools and districts that are implementing new initiatives or are enhancing existing initiatives that will strengthen the social, emotional and character development skills in their students and school climate. Initiatives must support at least one of the KS SECD Standards strands and support one or more of the KESA 5R’s, the Redesign Principles, or both.
Caldwell Elementary School - USD 360 - Caldwell, Kansas
Green Springs Elementary School - USD 233 - Olathe, Kansas
Lakeside Elementary School - USD 250 - Pittsburg, Kansas
Lakeside Elementary School - USD 272 - Cawker City, Kansas
Marais des Cygnes Valley District - USD 456 - Melvern, Kansas
Olathe West High School - USD 233 - Olathe, Kansas
Spring Valley Elementary School - USD 475 - Junction City, Kansas
Trail Ridge Middle School - USD 231 - Gardner, Kansas
Whittier Elementary School - USD 465 - Winfield, Kansas
The Smoky Hill Education Service Center was organized July 1, 1990. It is a consortium of more than 50 school districts in 25-counties, formed to cooperatively provide a variety of educational services to its participating members in a more cost-efficient and beneficial manner.