2009 Utah State Schools of Character Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 29th, 2009

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Community of Caring is pleased to announce the creation of the Utah Schools of Character (USSOC) awards program.   This program is modeled after the National Schools of Character (NSOC) program sponsored by the Character Education Partnership (CEP) and based on CEP’s Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education.

The program recognizes schools and/or districts that excel in exemplifying the eleven principles and demonstrate outstanding character education initiatives that yield positive results in student behavior, school climate, and academic performance.

As part of the Utah Schools of Character recognition program, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Community of Caring also awards Innovative Practices Awards. These awards recognize schools in Utah that have developed and implemented a specific practice that promotes character development in their school. These practices must be: specific, unique and transferable, provide measurable results and impact. 

2009 Utah State School
of Character Award
Alpine Elementary School
Alpine School District
Alpine, UT

 

 

 

 

2009 Utah State School
of Character Honorable Mention
Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Elementary and Middle School
Diocese of Salt Lake City
Sandy, UT

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Emerging in
Character Education Award
Dale Young Community High School
Box Elder School District
Brigham City, UT

 

 

 

 

2009 Emerging in
Character Education Award
Highland High School
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

2009 Community of Caring Innovations in Character Education Awards

Churchill Junior High School
Granite School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

Dale Young Community High School
Box Elder School District
Brigham City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granite School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highland Park Elementary School
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meadowlark Elementary School
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Ogden Junior High School
Ogden School District
Ogden, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ogden High School
Ogden School District
Ogden, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salt Lake Center for Science Education
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott M. Matheson Junior High School
Granite School District
Magna, UT

 

 

 

 

West High School
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granger High School, Granite School District, West Valley City, UT

Hunter High School, Granite School District, West Valley City, UT

Salt Lake City Arts Academy, Public Charter School, Salt Lake City, UT

William Penn Elementary School, Granite School District, Salt Lake City, UT