Awarded Grants
The PLAYERS
CC! Teacher/ School Grant
Academy of Culinary Arts: Dining with Dignity
St. Johns Technical High School
“The experience builds character and hard work. The work is a selfless and kind act.”
NJROTC: Color Guard Presentation of Colors
Allen D. Nease High School
“By having a complete set of flags, more cadets are able to participate in color guard and civic events. Through this program we have cadets demonstrating the pillars of responsibility and trustworthiness.
Tracking My Character
Palencia Elementary School
“The children have had a wonderful time learning about how they can use the character pillars in their daily lives. They have come up with goals on how to improve their character and created skits with scenarios on how to use the character pillars.
Strategic Revisions Lunch Club
Liberty Pines Academy
“The Lunch Club provided students with a safe, fun atmosphere to build social and emotional skills. We laughed and had fun, but also (over games) discussed topics like self-harm, vaping/tobacco/drug/alcohol dangers, dating violence, peer pressure, goal setting, and much more.
Positive PAWS
Ocean Palms Elementary School
“Our school-wide behavior program is the foundation for a positive, caring, and safe environment. Students are thrilled to earn this prize because of showing positive character traits.”
The PLAYERS
Student Leadership Grant
Nursery Management/Landscape and Sports Turf Management: Field Study to TPC
First Coast Technical College
Building Leadership
Liberty Pines Academy
“Through the Disney Youth Education Series, we have definitely witnessed students taking into account how their words and actions, create their personal brand.”
Banks for Kids
Ocean Palms Elementary
“The Banks for Kids Program has impacted my leadership abilities by showing me that I need to give back to people in need. It also makes me think about how grateful I am to be well and shows me how to have fun helping others.”
Link Crew and WEB Coordinator Training
Through the student leadership grants, we have been able to train coordinators at St. Augustine, Bartram Trail, Creekside, Pedro Menendez high schools, as well as Sebastian and Murray middle schools. Having additional coordinators at each school creates sustainability for existing programs. Murray will have its inaugural year using the WEB program in the fall of 2019.
Unity Day
Fruit Cove Middle School
“The WEB leaders at our school created a day for all students to participate in created around positive messages for up-standing, inclusiveness, kindness and respect for all people, ideas and things.”