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Published on: 11/22/2008
Last Visited: 5/13/2009
Diane Blake, Kathy Morin, Patrice Ricciotti Morgan,
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Diane Blake, Kathy Morin, and Patrice Riciotti Morgan
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Heather Alexander, Tara Holmes; (standing) Robyn Fischer Lovinger, Kathy Morin,
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Friday morning came early, and from dawn to dusk, the HEROES team was in perpetual motion. To a standing-room audience, Kathy, Diane, Patrice, and Robyn presented a session entitled “HEROES to the Core: Building Character, Caring, Civility and More through Curriculum Content.†Emphasis was on how the easy-to-use 1800+ page instructional resource, A STUDY OF HEROES, can easily be adapted to meet the standards and instructional needs of virtually any educational setting. HEROES builds academic skills while developing character in students of all ages (K-12, Adult). The youngest students using HEROES are a class of three-year-olds at The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh.
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Attendees at the session were treated to: the Wallenberg story told by Diane; a ‘whirlwind tour’ of HEROES instructional strategies by Kathy; concrete, and often touching, examples of Harlem Day Charter School students’ HEROES activities by Patrice; and the HEROES tee-shirt modeled by Robyn Fischer Lovinger!
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Photographer: Kathy Morin
In the afternoon, a Roundtable Discussion Group focused on the natural interface between HEROES and Character Education. This session was led by Kathy with invaluable input from Diane and Patrice. Coming from a diversity of school settings, participants spoke openly and passionately about the successes of, and problems with, character education in their own school settings. All were touched by issues raised and the depth of concern and commitment shown by the teachers who attended this session. In part, it was the power of this session, which led Diane later to reflect that:
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Karen Baggiano, Director, The Core Knowledge Conference & Dr. Dennis Denenberg, "Hooray For Heroes" Speaker and Author.Photographer: Kathy Morin