CHARACTERCOUNTS! 
at Brookhaven Elementary

Our Character Counts!  program is alive and well at Brookhaven Elementary!  Here are some activities that the school has participated in already this school year:

 Our 16-member Character Counts! Committee includes administrators, teachers from all grades (pre-K through 3rd), speech therapists and mental health specialists.  We meet regularly and oversee all CC! activities in the building.

Displays in our main foyer include a CC! tree decorated with all of the pillar words and colors.  We also have a collection of green apples to represent Responsibility, a Trustworthiness display case which is decorated with blue stars, and a Citizenship display case which is decorated with purple flags.  All decorations were contributed by students who wrote about their definitions of each pillar.

During announcements every morning, we have discussions about the current character pillar and what it means to our students.  We also enjoy “Turn and Talk Tuesday” during morning announcements, when each student is invited to talk to a classmate for a few minutes about the current pillar.  

Brookhaven Elementary held two flag hanging ceremonies on September 29^th to mark the addition of our beautiful Character Counts! flag on the front of our building as well as to remind students of our commitment to our Character Counts! Program.  At each ceremony, students wore green to represent September’s Responsibility pillar, a student representative from each class spoke about what the pillars mean to them, and the whole school joined together to sing along with the CC! song.

Student representatives participated in the Bellport Village CC! photo on October 18^th by dressing in green to represent the responsibility Pillar. 

We participated in national Character counts! Week from October 20^th through 24^th  by wearing pillar colors, collecting food for Long Island Cares, and hosting two assemblies with a guest speaker who focused on Character Education.

  Staff representatives participated in the Homecoming Parade on October 25^th by marching  with the CC! banner and wearing green to represent the Responsibility Pillar.