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Hamilton Elementary School
Caught In the Act
PBIS Program Encourages Positive Behavior
 When
students at Hamilton Elementary School are caught doing
something nice for another student, staff member or the school,
they are rewarded with an "I-spy" certificate.
Examples of
nice or positive behaviors include helping another student with
his or her lunch tray, offering to help carry a teacher's heavy
bag from the car or picking up garbage in the hallway.
This reward
system is part of the school wide program called
Positive
Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS)
which is designed to establish a positive
climate of appropriate behaviors.
The focus is on teaching behavioral rules and expectations and
rewarding students for following them rather than waiting for
misbehavior to occur and then responding.
Hamilton
students who received an "I-Spy" certificate in October had
their names entered into a drawing. One name was drawn from each
grade level. The lucky winners got to spend some fun time
painting their own pumpkins with Melody York, the school's art
teacher.
Students who
exhibit positive behavior during the month of November will have
their names entered into a drawing for a food basket.
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