CHARACTERplus Member Districts Reach 50
Elsberry R-II School District becomes new member
CHARACTERplus, a project of the Cooperating School Districts of
Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD) is pleased to announce the Elsberry
R-II School District has joined its growing network that now serves
26,000 teachers and 280,000 students throughout Missouri and
Illinois. The addition of the Elsberry R-II School District brings
the number of CHARACTERplus member districts to 50.
CHARACTERplus is devoted to advancing the cause and importance of
character education and provides quality training, resources, and
leadership to help parents and schools accomplish one of their most
important jobs, the character development of the next
generation.
As part of the membership Elsberry R-II School District staff will
have the opportunity to attend CHARACTERplus workshops and seminars
featuring national speakers on character development in students.
In addition, two staff members will have the opportunity to attend
the 15th annual Character Education Conference, July 9-10 at the
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront Hotel. Elsberry R-II School
District has already announced they will take part in a pilot
training program of the CHARACTERplus Way prior to the upcoming
national conference. CHARACTERplus Way is an intense character
education program born out of several federal research grants that
CHARACTERplus has received.
CHARACTERplus member schools have earned the highest percentage of
national character education awards of any region or state in the
country. In the past two years, they have won 38 percent of the
rigorous National School of Character titles and 30 percent of the
Promising Practice Awards.
Other CHARACTERplus member districts in the area are the Lincoln
County R-III School District and Winfield R-IV School District.
