EarlyAct FirstKnight (EAFK)

 

 

  

 

Last week I was invited to participate in the awards program by Lee Brown Principal at Cloverleaf Elementary School. Lee is also a member of the North Shore Rotary Club. Lee operates his program recognition style based on military award and always asks a Veteran to come and speak to all the student and present their coin. This session was on the virtues of Compassion and Tolerance.

Every day the students start the day by reciting the Four Way Test. At the beginning of the awards program the students all stand and recite the Four Way Test for memory, I must say they do a better job then we do.

 

 

 

Once the student receives the coin, their parents and other relative come out from behind the curtain and present their son or daughter with their certificate and a gift. By the way the student is not aware they were chosen for the award and that they parents are going to be attending.

It is truly an amazing program.

EAFK is unlike any character education program in existence because it works.  EAFK is research-based, and up to 100% of participating campuses experience increased academic performance and decreased student behavioral incidents, some up to 75%. Teachers reclaim valuable teaching time, on average of 45 minutes per day. “Recognized” and “Acceptable” rated schools often become “Exemplary”, and through EAFK parent education, parental participation in campus life is enhanced, as are home relationships.

Designed as a "Legacy Service Project" for the sponsoring Rotary Club, EAFK assimilates into the tapestry of campus life through five integrated components that constantly motivate, teach, reward, apply, and build parental support for high ethical standards and an ethos of “service above self”. Through EAFK, the pursuit of excellent personal character, social skills and service orientation rejoins academic achievement as the measure of a well-rounded education.

 

The EAFK Curriculum teaches one of character trait with associated social skills each month.  The school selects which trait will be
taught, the order that they will be taught, and the entire campus focuses on that one trait for 4-6 weeks.  The curriculum lessons and reading books are age and grade level appropriate.  CLICK HERE to see a sample 3rd Grade Curriculum. The 12 elementary, and 8 middle school virtues are: