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2013 Champions of Character Award Banquets
Cleveland Elementary (Central Square SD) has been announced as a National School of Character. Congrats go out to them! If you would like more information contact The Academy philipfusco@aol.com or go directly to CEP's website to find out more information on how you can become a school of character
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 The Academy for Character Education at The Sage Colleges
held its 10th Champions of Character Event at the Franklin Plaza Ballroom, 4th & Grand Streets in Troy, NY.
This event honored Capital Region and Northeastern United States leadership and
dedication to the vision and mission of fostering positive character development
in our schools and communities. Over 200 individuals from students, to educators, community leaders and schools of character who are dedicated to character education attended the event, and over 35 attendees receiving awards and being honored as Champions of Character.
News Channel 13 anchor, Dan Bazile was the Master of Ceremonies and the CEO of SEFCU, Michael J. Castellana served as Honorary Chair of events. The banquet was commenced with President Susan Scrimshaw's commemorative of Sage's Doctoral student and Principle of Sandy Hook, Dawn Hochsprung to remind us of the importance of character and a world full of wrong. Please see attached program from the event 2013 Champions of Character Banquet Program.
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The students of Richard Stockton Elementary School Cherry Hill, New Jersey 2012 National School of Character need your help to support the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York. Click here for more information to help their Service Learning Initiative.
Click on the following link to listen to Richie Phillips's Reading,Writing & Rhyming program for a song by Poestenkill Elementary, New York and Richard Stockton Elementary School of Cherry Hill, New Jersey in efforts to build awareness of the needs of the victims from super storm Sandy LISTEN HERE
We are proud to announce that Cleveland Elementary School (Central Square School District) has been selected as 2013 State School of Character by the Character Education Partnership!
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 The Academy for Character Education at The Sage Colleges hosted its 10th Annual Champions of Character Event at the Franklin Plaza Ballroom, 4th & Grand Streets, Troy, NY.
This event honors Capital Region and Northeastern United States leadership and dedication to the vision and mission of fostering positive character development in our schools and communities.
Congratulations to The Academy's 2013 Champions of Character Award Winners! For a complete list of this years winners, click here! For more information, follow the link!
[2012 Honorary Committee Members]
Banquet Committee (Left to Right)
Banquet Chair Tony Leva, Dr. John Walko, Dr. Philip Fusco
Board Chair Jim McGlynn, Congressman Paul Tonko, Renss County Exec Kathy Jimino
2013-2014 Calendar and Updates
April 10, 2013: 10th Annual Champions of Character Awards Banquet
July 2013: 11th Annual Character Education Reading and Summer Camp
Check-out the 2012 Newsletter for more information about The Academy!
[facebook logo]You can also join the Academy's Character Education Discussion on Facebook!
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At The Academy, we believe that character education provides the basis for developing a stronger, caring community. Character education initiatives can help create a community featuring responsible, respectful behavior that welcomes the quest for justice and excellence. We firmly believe in the mandate that character education needs to be infused into the curriculum of all schools and in our communities. Comprehensive community-wide character education programs result in positive changes for families, schools and communities.
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