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Shippensburg elementary principals describe new six-house system to boost student connection and PBIS goals
Summary
Elementary principals Nicole Avery and Andrea Piles presented a new “house” system at James Byrd and Nancy Grayson elementary schools designed to build cross-grade connections, support PBIS behavior goals and create monthly house celebrations and VIP lunches.
Nicole Avery, elementary principal, and Andrea Piles, elementary principal, told the Shippensburg Area School District Committee of the Whole on the evening of the committee meeting that both James Byrd and Nancy Grayson elementary schools have launched a six-house system to increase student belonging and cross-grade mentoring.
The principals said the house system assigns every student and staff member to one of six houses — Integrity (black and purple), Positivity (yellow), Compassion (red), Accountability (orange), Gratitude (blue) and Perseverance (green) — and that houses include students across grade levels so younger pupils…
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