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ALSO NEW TONIGHT, A
COMMUNITY IS USING ART TO
TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT CHARACTER.
ALEXA ASHWELL SHOWS HOW THE
CITY OF BEAVERCREEK IS
CONVEYING ITS MESSAGE.
BEFORE STUDENTS CAN EVEN
WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF
ANKENEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ... THEY
ARE FACED WITH A MESSAGE.
THE GOLDEN RULE. 40:19 "ITS
SO MUCH MORE ABOUT WHO THEY
ARE AS A PERSON AND NOT JUST
THEIR ACADEMICS. ITS EDUCATING
THE ENTIRE CHILD IS WHAT WE
BELIEVE." : 26 ANKENEY'S ART
TEACHER MELISSA CLARK IS THE
MASTERMIND BEHIND THE MURALS
THAT ARE NOW THE FACE OF THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE ARE
MORE THAN 2 THOUSAND TILES --
EACH WITH ITS OWN MESSAGE
ABOUT POSITIVE CHARACTER
TRAITS-- BUT ALSO PART OF A
BIGGER MESSAGE -- THE SIX
PILLARS OF CHARACTER.
TRUSTWORTHINESS,
RESPONSIBLITY, CITIZENSHIP,
CARING, FAIRNESS, AND RESPECT.
ALL EIGHT SCHOOLS IN THE
DISTRICT PARTICIPATED .. AS
WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY. THE YOUNGEST
PERSON TO MAKE A TILE WAS 2.
THE OLDEST, 97. SOPHOMORE
ALEX MORNINGSTAR HELPED DESIGN
THE "TRUSTWORTHY" COLUMN WHILE
ATTENDING MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE.
51:07 "I CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA OF WHY DON'T WE HAVE LIKE
A LITTLE KID JUMPING INTO HIS
PARENTS ARMS OR AN OLDER
SIBLING ARMS." :14
13-YEAR-OLD SHELBY RICE
SEARCHED WITH HER MOTHER ...
BUT COULDN'T FIND THE TILE SHE
MADE WHEN SHE WAS IN THE FIFTH
GRADE. 43:12 "I MADE ONE OF
THE TRUSTWORTHINESS TILES AND
IT WAS BLUE AND IT HAD WAVES
ON IT. IT SAID, "BE
TRUSTWORTHY." :19
BEAVERCREEEK FIREFIGHTER RYAN
TUCKER SAYS HE PUT THE
FIREFIGHTER'S LOGO ON HIS TILE
IN HOPES CHILDREN WOULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 49:22
"BEING A FIREFIGHTER IS NOT
ONLY ABOUT GOING OUT AND
SAVING LIVES. ITS ABOUT BEING
THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. BEING
A ROLE MODEL FOR LITTLE KIDS."
:30 EDUCATORS ARE DOING
THEIR BEST TO INCORPORATE AN
ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM WITH
CHARACTER BUILDING AND IT
SEEMS THE MESSAGE IS GETTING
THROUGH. 43:58 'WE'VE BEEN
LEARNING THIS SINCE WE WERE IN
KINDERGARDEN SO ITS SUNKEN IN
A LOT AND I HTINK ITS REALLY
MADE THE BULLYING GO DOWN. I
HAVENT SEEN BULLYING EVER IN
OUR SCHOOL." :09
THAT WAS ALEXA ASHWELL