Since our founding, Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues have been a key component in our character education program. In the past, the PTO and our administration have rewarded students who demonstrate the Virtues with Virtue tags, classroom acknowledgements, assemblies, drawings, and gift cards. This year, however, the PTO is taking a fresh look at the PTO Virtues Awareness program to see how they can help more effectively weave the 13 Virtues throughout our school.
To start, they’re hoping to get parents involved by providing tools to help incorporate the 13 Virtues into daily conversations with our child(ren). They’ve adapted an idea from a recent article whereby the author simply wrote each virtue on a 3×5 index card and posted it for a period of time on his computer. This reminded him in his daily work interactions to demonstrate that particular virtue. The PTO would like to extend an invitation to our parents to do something similar. All you need to do is print and post the Virtue index card for each month and place it wherever makes sense for your family. (You may need to scale them down to fit on a 3×5 card prior to printing.) Get started today with the September Virtue Cards, Silence and Justice.
You can put the cards in your car, on your nightstand or whatever works best for your family! In addition, the PTO hopes you’ll have a little fun by comparing original definitions of the Virtues to how the founders of BFA interpreted them for our students.
