The Bonner Center for Character Education at California State University, Fresno recognized 25 elementary schools with its 21st Annual Virtues and Character Recognition Awards, given to schools for exemplary attention to character education.
The Sanger Unified School District topped the list with 10 schools honored; Clovis Unified followed with six schools.
The awards were presented Wednesday during the Kremen School of Education and Human Development’s 24th Annual Conference on Character and Civic Education at the Fresno Convention Center.
Jacques Benninga director of the Bonner Center for Character Education, said the schools were recognized because, “each of these schools promotes core ethical values as the basis of good character; each fosters an intentional approach to its core values in all phases of school life; and, each school provides students opportunities for moral action.”
Winning Valley schools for 2008 include three Tulare County schools, one Madera County school, and 21 Fresno county schools (representing Central Unified, Clovis Unified, Fresno Unified and Sanger Unified):
Burton Elementary School Burton School District
Oak Grove Elementary School Burton School District
James K. Polk Elementary School Central Unified School
District
Teague Elementary School Central Unified School District
Cedarwood Elementary School Clovis Unified School District
Fugman Elementary School Clovis Unified School District
Garfield Elementary School Clovis Unified School District
Harold L. Woods Elem School Clovis Unified School District
Red Bank Elementary School Clovis Unified School District
Riverview Elementary School Clovis Unified School District
Gibson Elementary School Fresno Unified School District
Homan Elementary School Fresno Unified School District
Kratt Elementary School Fresno Unified School District
Sierra View Elementary School Golden Valley Unified
School District
Monte Vista Elementary School Porterville Unified School
District
Centerville Elementary School Sanger Unified School
District
Jackson Elementary School Sanger Unified School
District
Jefferson Elementary School Sanger Unified School
District
John Wash Elementary School Sanger Unified School
District
Lincoln Elementary School Sanger Unified School
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Lone Star Elementary School Sanger Unified School
District
Madison Elementary School Sanger Unified School District
Quail Lake Environmental
Charter School Sanger Unified School District
Reagan Elementary School Sanger Unified School District
Sanger Academy Charter School Sanger Unified School
District
For more information, contact Benninga at 559.278.0253.
