Kids' positive behavior supported
Second grade students playing "A Little Fruity", in which students must balance five fruit loops on the end of a craft stick that they are holding in their mouth.
Malaki Towne, a second grader, plays "Float Around," keeping the feather in air as long as possible, using only his breath.
ROYAL CITY - Royal's Red Rock Elementary School is a PBIS school, or a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports school.
"This means that, as a school, we seek out opportunities to acknowledge and reward students for making safe, responsible and respectful choices throughout the school day," counselor Nicole Dunn said.
On Friday, Jan. 23, all Red Rock students were rewarded for making such choices with Minute to Win It games.
According to Dunn, students are given tokens when they are "caught being good." These tokens are available to, and handed out by every staff member in the building.
Each classroom has a jar, Dunn said. Once the jar is full, the class is provided with a reward, and the jar is dumped into a larger grade level jar.
After the grade level jar is full, the entire grade gets to participate in a reward, and the jar is dumped into an even larger jar for the entire school.
"The hope is that this system will encourage to students to feel acknowledged for making positive choices and allow for a sense of responsibility and community among the students in regards to their own and others' behavior," Dunn said. "The students have been working extra hard and collectively earned a reward for all of Red Rock."
The school's PBIS committee met and decided upon Minute to Win It games to be played at each grade level during their specialist time. There were 12 game stations.
Vice Principal Linda Achondo organized the day with support from parent volunteers and the Parent Teacher Organization. These volunteers, along with the PTO, provided the supplies and adult supervision necessary to make the day a true success.
"We are very lucky to have so many members of the community involved and supportive of school activities," Dunn said.