At Prairie Ridge Intermediate School, we also use the K-5 PAWS Behavior Program to teach and reinforce appropriate school behavior.
Behavior Passports encourage good behavior on the part of our students. During the first weeks of school, students learn about our expected appropriate behavior through the use of the behavior passports booklets. Each page includes expectations of a given “area” of our school. When a student models the correct behavior, he or she receives an official Paw Stamp on the appropriate passport page. In order to fill a passport, a student needs three stamps on each page, which shows the behavior has been modeled correctly three separate times. Students with a completed passport are invited to our passport party.
When the students’ passports are filled, we then transition to our school-wide Compliment Card program. Through this program, the staff recognizes positive student behavior by issuing Compliment Cards. Each Compliment Card lists the student’s name, the positive behavior observed and the official Paw Stamp. When a student receives a Compliment Card, his or her name is entered in a contest. Every Friday afternoon, 15 cards are drawn for prizes. All cards, both winning and non-winning, are added to the Compliment Wall of Fame.
At the end of each school year, Compliment Cards are removed from the Wall of Fame and returned to students as a keepsake and reminder of the great behaviors they exhibited throughout the year.
For more information on the K-5 PAWS Behavior Program, please contact Prairie Ridge Intermediate School at (608) 768-8942.
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