Character Counts Program
Teaching Character
At District 112 we not only teach reading, writing and all things academic, we work hard to develop strong character traits that will make our good students good people. Character education is integrated into the curriculum through the district's participation in a community-wide campaign called CHARACTER COUNTS!
Why use the CHARACTER COUNTS! program?
CHARACTER COUNTS! is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools, communities and nonprofit organization that provides a common language to teach character. The program stresses a consistent set of ethical values called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
District 112 integrates character education into new and existing programs and encourages young people and their parents to model the Six Pillars.
For more information about character-building education programs at District 112, call the superintendent's office: 847-681-6700.
For more information about the Character Counts! program, visit the official Web Site at:
www.charactercounts.org
