Gotcha Awards (Students)
What is it? A program to reward repeated and/or consistent self-
initiated and outstanding behavior
that displays the SAFE school code of conduct.
Who? Recognizes
students who display exemplar SAFE behaviors and continue to
be a role model for our learning community.
Where/When? Students receive awards at the end-of-the-month
celebration ceremonies. These are typically held bi-monthly in the gym. At each
ceremony a student from each classroom receives an award.
How:
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Safe Students are nominated by the number of GOTCHA VIP tags that he/she has received and/or their exemplar behavior of the SAFE
code of conduct throughout the month. Each classroom should have only 1 nominee
for the month.
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Classroom staff are responsible for determining
their student of the month and writing a few sentences to describe the
student’s accomplishments to be announced when the student receives the award.
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Students will receive a certificate as well as
possible other privileges/ prizes by getting this award.
Gotcha Awards (Staff)
What is it? A program to reward outstanding behavior that displays the
SAFE school code of conduct.
Who? Recognizes
staff who display exemplar SAFE
behaviors and continue to be a role model for our learning community.
Where/When: Staff receive awards at the end-of-the-month
celebration ceremonies. These are typically held monthly in the gym. At each
ceremony one staff person/month receives an award.
How?
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Throughout the month all staff recognize
exemplar staff members’ behavior when witnessed by writing “post-it” notes and
placing them on the “post-it’ board in the front hallway near the office and
health suite. At the end of the month, one note is randomly selected as Safe
Staff of the Month.
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The staff member will be given a certificate.
Other prizes/privileges will be awarded as available. At the end of the year,
all Safe Staff of the Month will be entered into a drawing to receive a special
prize.
