Choose Civility in Stanislaus

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check out the video from the Choose Civility Celebration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJdVLsNyGA&safe=active

SCOE "Choose Civility Celebration"

End of year celebration - June 13, 2013

@ Downey HS listening to student acts rehearse for the tournament of talent today at 5:30 pm in the auditorium. Students will compete for a trophy and cash prize.
The schools with the most student body in attendance will earn a TV for their school. Also, during the event students can win gift cards! This is a free event open to the community.

There was a nice editorial in The Modesto Bee yesterday about the Choose Civility initiative.

The Modesto Bee | Are we more civil now? We think the campaign worked We don't have to go far to see and hear uncivil behavior. Try YouTube. Read the Internet, including, unfortunately, some of the comments posted on our own website. Listen to the language on school playgrounds, on the street, even at...

SCOE is sponsoring a Poetry/Writing Art Contest for Stanislaus County students, and winners of the contest will become published authors/artists in SCOE's "Kids on Civility" book and have a chance to win prizes. Information about the contest can be found on the Choose Civility website. http://www.stancoe.org/civility/

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Congratulations to Vickie Rocha, a SCOE employee who was honored yesterday at the “Employees Making a Difference” program. Vickie was the first recipient of the Jane Johnston Civility Award for exemplifying the principles of civility at her school site. Congratulations Vickie! She is pictured here with SCOE Superintendent Tom Changnon and Education Foundation Chair Carol Benson.

We are deeply saddened to learn of this morning's horrific mass shooting of young children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Our heartfelt prayers go out to the community, families and our fellow educators who have been tragically impacted by this event.

http://www.modbee.com/2012/12/01/2478110/choose-civility-effort-gets-recognition.html

The Modesto Bee | 'Choose Civility' effort gets recognition Bee Staff Reports

Look for an update on the Choose Civility initiative in SCOE's Annual Report, which will be inserted in The Modesto Bee tomorrow (10-27-12).

What are your thoughts? Were Obama and Romney civil to one another in last night's Presidential debate?