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Bethel Elementary credits house system, PBIS and project-based learning for attendance gains
Summary
Bethel Elementary School presented a suite of student-engagement strategies — a Ron Clark–style house system, PBIS incentives, project-based learning and community partnerships — that administrators said contributed to improved attendance and lower chronic absence this year.
Siobhan O'Brien, principal of Bethel Elementary School, told the Clover School District Board of Trustees on Monday that the school’s house system, positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), project-based learning and community partnerships are central to recent gains in student engagement and attendance.
O’Brien said the house system — adapted from the Ron Clark Academy — gives students an immediate sense of belonging, and the school pairs that with PBIS points that students redeem for events such as glow parties and a snowball fight. “When they see the students doing…
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