Earlsboro Holds First “Sorting Ceremony” for Positive Behavior

Earlsboro Elementary student Lethanial Hinesley spins the “family” sorting wheel as Principal Stacey Barton watches, Jan. 17. About 90 first- through fifth-graders participated in the positive behavior intervention ceremony where they spun a wheel to choose one of four families, slid down an inflatable slide and got a T-shirt. Each week, the family with the most points for good behavior will receive a reward. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Earlsboro Elementary student Lethanial Hinesley spins the “family” sorting wheel as Principal Stacey Barton watches, Jan. 17. About 90 first- through fifth-graders participated in the positive behavior intervention ceremony where they spun a wheel to choose one of four families, slid down an inflatable slide and got a T-shirt. Each week, the family with the most points for good behavior will receive a reward. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Earlsboro Elementary School has come up with a unique way to reward good behavior in students.

On Jan. 17, about 90 first- through fifth-graders took turns spinning a wheel that sorted them into “families.” Then, they got to go down an inflatable slide and receive their family’s T-shirt.

Each week, the family with the most points for good deeds will receive a reward.

“Yesterday the leading family got…