Endicott school starts character education

Endicott

St. John and Endicott School Districts have been implementing a character education program. This fall, the SJE High School ASB identified specific character traits to focus on each month. September’s character trait was tolerance. On Friday, Sept. 20, the ESJ Middle School ASB and leadership class organized an all-school assembly focusing on and teaching tolerance.

The students were placed into diverse groups to determine what the members had in common and how they were all different. Through this exercise, they began to understand just how different they all are. This new understand...