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At Herbert Cambridge Elementary we strive to grow leaders, learners, and responsible citizens. Through this project we will recognize the students who display these qualities and inspire them in others, ultimately creating a school community in which each child feels engaged, safe, respected, celebrated, and loved.

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Something To Brag About!

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School:
Herbert Cambridge Elementary 
Subject:
School-wide program 
Teacher:
Cara Denny 
Students Impacted:
287 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
July 24, 2024

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A Champion For Learning - $545.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 251

Thank you so much for helping Herbert Cambridge Elementary (HCE) celebrate our amazing students through the ‘Something to Brag About!’ grant. To this point, 251 positive referrals have been written to recognize HCE students as leaders, learners and citizens of our school community. The positive referrals are announced on the morning news, and the students are then given a chance to record their accomplishment and inspire others by writing on the ‘Wall of Awesome’. Each student receives a certificate and a brag tag to put on their backpack, the first brag tag that they receive is the customized Herbert Cambridge badge with our beloved mascot Herbie and the acronym of our school expectations.  This brag tag has helped us reinforce our school expectations for learning and build a sense of community. Students are then motivated to continue displaying these positive referrals and add a variety of other brag tags to their backpack. As students display their brag tags, the benefits are twofold, the “congratulations” and “good job” reinforce that student’s positive behaviors while motivating other students who see the brag tags to work toward earning their own. At HCE, we see the importance of recognizing and celebrating the genius in each of our students, so it is our goal that by the end of the year every student will receive at least one positive referral.

HCE students are excited and motivated by the positive referral process, they even notice when their peers are doing well and ask a teacher to write a positive referral. They especially love to display their pride through the brag tag. It is even more special when students are told that the support for these brag tags came from community members and Champions for Learning.  Our students now understand that not only are they making a difference and being recognized in our school community, but that there is a larger community noticing their positive choices and cheering them on to future success. 

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Brag tags displayed on a student's lanyard

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Brag tags displayed on a student's back pack

 

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Students receiving positive referrals with brag ta

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Student reciving positive referral with brag tag a

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

At Herbert Cambridge Elementary we strive to grow leaders, learners, and responsible citizens. Through this project we will recognize the students who display these qualities and inspire them in others, ultimately creating a school community in which each child feels engaged, safe, respected, celebrated, and loved.  

 

Category

School-Wide, Grade-Level, Or Class Events/Programs - Parent Nights, Honor Roll Celebrations, EOY Events, etc. 

 

What will be done with my students

As a part of the Herbert Cambridge Elementary positive behavior plan we will recognize our students' positive behaviors and character, by announcing them on the morning news with 'Positive Referrals'.
Each student who is recognized with a positive referral will receive a certificate to share with parents, have their picture displayed at school and receive a customized brag stick. Students can proudly display these brag sticks on a backpack, belt loop, or anything that they can connect to. The first brag stick that students will receive is customized with the Herbert Cambridge Elementary School theme and mascot, which will help build a sense of community. As they continue to earn positive referrals they can collect different brag stick designs. In addition, students who are recognized as Students of the Month will also be announced on the news, have their picture displayed and receive an 'I am a Leader' brag stick to display. Other incentives, such as reading, math or attendance may also be added and displayed on the brag stick holder. 

 

Benefits to my students

This project will benefit the Herbert Cambridge Elementary students by inspiring, motivating, and recognizing positive behaviors, attitudes and hard work. During a recent survey, Herbert Cambridge Elementary students reported that the recognition of Positive Referrals and Student of the Month were the top 2 incentives to motivate and reinforce their positive behaviors. These incentives not only reinforce students who receive the recognition, but the announcements on the news, displayed pictures and brag sticks displayed on backpacks serve as a reminder and a motivation for other students to make positive choices.  

 

Budget Narrative

Customized brag sticks minimum order is 500, the remainder of brag tags are used as welcome gifts for new students and visitors. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 Customized Brag Stick 500 x .66 $330.00
2 Honest Brag Stick 50 x .50 $25.00
3 Respectful Brag Stick 50 x .50 $25.00
4 Kindness Brag Stick 50 x .50 $25.00
5 Responsible Brag Stick 50 x .50 $25.00
6 Learn Something New Brag Stick 50 x .50 $25.00
7 Cable Rings 300 x .25 $75.00
8 Shipping and Handling $15.00
  Total: $545.00

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