Berlin Elementary School’s Kindergarten through 5th-grade Mountaineers gathered in February for a Character Education Assembly, celebrating peers who embody the monthly character trait and inspiring others to do the same!
The Mountaineers started the assembly by reciting the Mountaineer Mantra, led this month by the first grade Mountaineers.
The character trait for February was diversity, the idea that people are different in many ways and that these differences make us all unique and special. To demonstrate the trait, BES staff members took turns reading aloud the book Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger, by Elizabeth Cole during the assembly.
Please find the link to the read-aloud below to watch at home with your Mountaineer.
Character Counts
During the month of January, the character trait at BES was kindness, being friendly, generous, and considerate.
Mountaineers who showed kindness over the month were awarded the monthly Character Counts award. A Character Counts Award was announced for each classroom, and this year, the BES Art, Music, and Physical Education teachers are also awarding Character Count Awards to a student who goes above and beyond to model the monthly trait in their classes.
Congratulations to the Character Counts recipients!
Kindergarten: Loie Niebel and Lyla Babb
First Grade: Brayden Dolan and Lake Jacobs
Second Grade: Hunter Webster, Hunter Antini, and Christopher DeFelice
Bright Stars K-2: Danny Geerholt
Shooting Stars 3-5: Ryan Gates
Third Grade: Kierden Day and Evelyn Pennick
Fourth Grade: Clyne Capasso and Katharine Garner
Fifth Grade: Jace Zeh and Wyatt Yerden
Physical Education: Bentley Morris
Music: Adeline Huggins
Art: Lucas Brand
Attendance Matters
At Berlin CSD, attendance matters, and every day at school counts. Principal Cataldo’s attendance initiatives this year emphasize this important message. One initiative is the monthly Attendance Superstars! The class with the best attendance for the month is recognized during the assembly, and their door is decorated to acknowledge outstanding attendance.
Congratulations to January’s Attendance Superstars: Mrs. Rontey’s and Mrs. Savaria’s 3rd-grade Mountaineers!
Another initiative is the Attendance Jar, which is added to each time a class has perfect attendance at BES. Once the jar in the main hallway is filled, a surprise celebration will occur. So far, the Mountaineers have celebrated the jar filling up four times: an impromptu dance party, a popcorn surprise during lunch, a lunch and a movie where the students watched Frosty the Snowman together during lunch, and a Smarties celebration this month. Way to go, Mountaineers! Principal Cataldo looks forward to celebrating the excellent attendance improvements at BES each month; the hearts are adding up in the jar this month. Remember, every day counts, and you never know when an attendance celebration will occur.
Merit Winners
Being a Mountaineer means being responsible, safe, and respectful. Each month, merits are awarded by BES staff and bus drivers to celebrate students who demonstrate these traits. These students are given merits to be deposited in the Mountaineer Merit containers (K-2, 3-5, and bus merits) found in the main hallway. Principal Cataldo randomly draws ten merit recipients (five from kindergarten to second grade and five from third to fifth grade) and three from the bus merit container each month for recognition and a prize.
Before announcing the individual Merit winners Mrs. Cataldo announced the class who was showing they are responsible, safe, and respectful during the last assembly.
Congratulations to the First grade Mountaineers for being the class merit winners during January’s assembly!
Congratulations to the Merit Winners!
Liliann Dickinson, Avery Davis, Caellum Etman, Amelia Planz, Maggie Etman, Braelynn Mitchell, Hailey Montanye, George LaMountain, and Asher Van Keuren
Bus Merits: Penelope Buzerak, Tyker Burdick, and Joseph Childs