Bendle
High School
Goals
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Bendle High School is one of two small,
urban high schools in the Michigan Model Partnership for Character
Education. Bendle High School is located in
Burton, on the outskirts of Flint, Michigan.
The principal is William Parish.
As
one of four comprehensive sites, Bendle High School is addressing four key
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Promote
positive school climate using the physical environment |
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Promote
positive and mutually respectful relationships between staff and students. |
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Develop
a school environment and community that builds on youth assets. |
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Promote
leadership and responsibility among students and staff. |
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| Accomplishments
in 2001-2003: |
| 1. |
Every
ninth grade student received the Michigan Model character education
curriculum, Building Character in Ourselves and Our School |
| 2. |
Staff
implemented a silent mentoring project, with a focus on those students who
had the least amount of connectedness to the school.
All staff were involved in the project, each taking on one or more
students with whom they connected in meaningful and simple ways on a daily
basis. The project was called
“silent” because students were not told that they were being
“mentored.” |
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Students
and staff tended a courtyard, planting a variety of flora, building a
fountain and pond with water plantings, unearthing a series of
long-forgotten stepping stones, and maintaining the grounds.
The courtyard was designed to take advantage of the natural light
for interior classrooms and as a living laboratory for the science
classes. It provides an
outside area within the building allowing students to be outside while
affording the staff a secure environment. |
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Two
student-staff athletic events were organized to build relationships and
respect between faculty and students |
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Faculty
received staff development on the Search Institute’s developmental asset
approach to youth development. |
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Students
and staff conducted a canned food drive for the local food pantry. |
| 7. |
Students
collected and stored personal grooming items for students removed from
their homes (distributed anonymously by the school.) |
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