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At Flower Mound Elementary School character education is a part of us. There was not a single moment, experience, or dilemma that caused a reactive approach to place a character education program in our school. Rather, teachers and parents are authentically motivated to nurture character in children. There are countless ideas about how character can be taught but unfortunately, no one hundred percent, foolproof way of teaching character. Our staff has invested an average of 15.4 years of teaching experience and 11.7 years in Lewisville Independent School District. Our goal is to academically prepare our young students and help them internalize moral values as well as build their character. To make this successful takes very different pedagogical strategies and more than just an academic focus. We believe in order to foster intrinsic motivation for academics and good character it is necessary to involve our school, the district, home, and community of our students.
IT'S PERSONAL
At Flower Mound Elementary we believe it is our responsibility to educate the whole child. We want to give every child the tools they need to succeed in life. This includes giving our students a quality character education along with an innovative academic education to provide our students every opportunity for success. We have over 435 students at Flower Mound Elementary in grades pre-K through fifth. We are a public school in the Lewisville Independent School District, where "all means all." We serve special education and general education students as well as gifted students. Our school is 34% Asian, African American, Hispanic, Island-Pacific, or two or more, and 66% White. Of those 7% are Gifted, 5% are English Language Learners, 19% are free and reduced lunch, 21% are at risk, 25% are served by special education, and 8% have a 504 plan. We have 4 students in early childhood education, 15 in pre-K, 91 in kindergarten, 89 in first grade, 73 in second grade, 67 in third grade and 96 in fourth grade.
Our character education program focuses on self-improvement and always becoming a better version of ourselves with lessons, self-reflections, and parent education to connect home and school. Our character education programs have evolved over many years following a campuswide book study on The Essential 55 and The Excellent...