The Pennsbury School District is the only school system in the nation to have seven State Schools of Character in the same year.
The news came Tuesday from Character.org, the national character education advocate group which focuses on character development that has a true positive impact on academic achievement, student behavior and school climate.
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The Pennsbury schools named State Schools of Character include Afton, Edgewood, Fallsington, Oxford Valley, and Quarry Hill elementary schools, and Pennwood and William Penn middle schools.
The seven schools, some of 80 in the entire nation, will now move on to the national evaluation process for consideration to be National Schools of Character.
According to Change.org, “criteria for the designation are based on Character.org’s 11 Principles of Effective Character Education, which includes providing students with opportunities for moral action, fostering shared leadership and engaging families and communities as partners in character-building efforts.”
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In 2014, Charles Boehm Middle School was a State and National School of Character in 2014.
