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A Character Development Program for Your School
 Whether you represent an individual school, a school district or an entire state department of education, we want your students to benefit from our Communities of Excellence – Living the 8 Keys excellence and character development program.
The 8 Keys of Excellence have been a big part of thousands of students’ lives for many years, both through SuperCamp and Quantum Learning school programs. On the right side of this page, you can read some of the positive results schools and districts have seen from the 8 Keys.
CoE takes the 8 Keys to the next level by integrating entire communities in support of excellence. This program is cost effective and easily scalable from a single classroom to the school, district, state or national level. The cost to implement the program is just $10 per student with a minimum of only 20 students – a single classroom!
Learn more about how a Communities of Excellence program is implemented within a school.
Funding CoE in your School
If you currently have funding for character development, then Communities of Excellence – Living the 8 Keys is the perfect program. It provides curriculum content for the full school year, highlighted by one featured Key per month.
Complete and fax us a CoE Program Agreement and we will contact you regarding launching CoE at your school.
There are many ways to fund a Communities of Excellence program.
If you are seeking funding for a student character program, then this is the ideal initiative around which to base your grant proposal. Here’s a grant proposal template you can use for some help.
Talk with your PTA about creating a fund-raising project to raise money to launch CoE in your upcoming school year, or simply have each parent pay $10 per child.
Download this CoE Donation Form for individuals and companies. Make several copies and enter your school’s name on the line where the donor can specify a recipient school. Then distribute the forms to individuals and companies in your community.
Adapt this CoE Partner PowerPoint (coming soon) for your needs to present CoE to prospective corporate partners.
Gaining Community Support
The more community support you can generate prior to or immediately following the launch of the program, the stronger it will become and the more long-term impact it will have. Solicit the endorsement of community leaders. Here are sample letters of support from the Oceanside launch. See if you can get similar written endorsements from leaders in your community.
Mayor Jim Wood
Chamber President David Nydegger
Chief of Police Frank McCoy
City Councilmember Jack Feller
We recommend staging a launch event, to which you invite community leaders, media, teachers and fellow administrators. Contact us if you would like some help with launch event ideas.
Watch highlight video clips from the Oceanside launch event:
Mayor Jim Wood
Guest Key Talk 1
Guest Key Talks 2
Contact us by email or call 760-305-7317 to learn more about how you can use the Communities of Excellence in your school or schools. |
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CoE Program Agreement. Download now. |
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Dan St. Romain
Alamo Heights Independent School District
San Antonio, Texas
"I would say unequivocally, teachers, community members, and students are very excited about the implementation of the 8 Keys of Excellence. The effort has had a very positive impact on morale, behavior and character education efforts at the elementary schools. Many teachers and parents continue to let me know how the language of the Keys is evident, not only throughout the school, but throughout the community as well." |
Doug Schultze and Dr. Jenny Severson,
co-principals O’Plaine Intermediate School
(grades 3-5)
Gurnee, Illinois
- Results tracked and reflected continuing drops in zero-tolerance behavior: 6% first year, 12% second year, and 19% third year
- Statistically significant in terms of how common language affected the entire process of school behaviors
- Note: Zero-tolerance behaviors are the most severe types of negative behavior that would warrant a “trip to the Principal’s office.”
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Thornton Township High School District
South Holland, Illinois
- Implemented Quantum Learning and the 8 Keys of Excellence
- Student population: 2,047 (37% low income, 83% African-American, 13% Caucasian, 4% other)
- Following a 22-day summer school program focused on the 8 Keys of Excellence, a study of ninth graders performing below grade level showed that there was a 37% reduction in absenteeism, 66% reported better behavior, and 60% followed class rules more often
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