Kingman middle schools describe student incentives: 'Brave Day' and 'Wolf Pack' celebrations
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Principals from Kingman Middle and White Cliffs Middle described incentive programs intended to encourage positive behavior and attendance: Kingman Middle’s BRAVE program and monthly "Brave Day," and White Cliffs’ Wolfpack point system and quarterly Wolfpack celebration.
Kingman Middle School and White Cliffs Middle School principals presented student incentive programs to the Kingman Unified School District board at the Oct. 14 meeting.
Kingman Middle Principal Christina Weaver described the school’s BRAVE framework—bold, reliable, accountable, valiant, empowered—and its end-of-quarter “Brave Day,” when students who meet behavior and attendance expectations choose activities such as board games, sports, culinary classes and arts. “If staff caught students being bold, they got nominated for the bold mission,” Weaver said. She told the board that initial participation on Brave Day was “barely under like 20%” and rose to “over 36%” by the time of the report.
Weaver said staff decided to offer Brave Day one day a month going forward for students who earn it. She described classroom- and building-level work to teach BRAVE attributes and said the program has encouraged more students to speak up, ask for help and present work to peers.
White Cliffs Principal Trisha Preston introduced Stephanie McCown, White Cliffs’ TOA, and described the school’s Wolfpack celebration. Under that system, students start each quarter with 100 points and lose points for infractions; the school assigns 10–60 point losses depending on severity. McCown said the consequence ladder begins with in-class reflection and the Opportunity Room and escalates to referrals and in-school suspension for repeated infractions. “We actually have a very small percentage that ever get any pack infractions. I think it's like 10%. 12% maybe at the most,” McCown told the board.
Preston and McCown said the Wolfpack celebration rewards students who keep points for two hours of end-of-quarter activities run by staff volunteers; activities have included cultural games, hacky sack variations, and arts. Both principals said the programs also fostered cross-grade interactions and gave teachers a structured, positive incentive to reinforce behavior and attendance.
The presentations were informational; no policy changes or votes were required and none were taken on the programs at the meeting.