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Pat Henry leaders tell Lawton board about ‘JAG Life’ incentives, student awards and community grants
Summary
Pat Henry Elementary principals described incentive programs, academic-progress celebrations and community grants at a Lawton Public Schools board meeting, highlighting a golden-ticket system, Exact Path and Lexia goals, robotics and reading competitions.
Lana Welch, the kindergarten-through-second-grade head principal at Pat Henry Elementary School, and Amy Wilcox, the third-through-fifth-grade principal, told the Lawton Public Schools Board of Education that the school has used a behavior-and-achievement framework called “JAG Life” and community grants to boost attendance and celebrate academic growth.
The principals described a mix of classroom incentives, reading and math programs, student competitions and local philanthropy that school leaders say have supported attendance, literacy goals and extracurricular success.
Welch said Pat Henry uses JAG Life—an acronym she defined as “just achieve greatness”—to set daily expectations around pride, attitude, wise choices and safety and to award “golden tickets” that can be…
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