{"id":15,"date":"2023-04-19T23:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:14:32","slug":"adopt-a-grade-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Adopt a Grade\/Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-15\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-15-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-hero panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-hero so-widget-sow-hero-default-009a6a513ab7-15 so-widget-fittext-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t data-fit-text-compressor=\"0.85\"\n\t\t>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-base\" style=\"display: none\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-slider-images\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000,&quot;paused&quot;:false,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_desktop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;nav_always_show_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;unmute&quot;:false,&quot;anchor&quot;:null}\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"min-height: 200px\"\t\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image  sow-slider-image-cover\" style=\"visibility: visible;;background-color: #333333\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Adopt a Grade\/Staff<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-overlay sow-slider-image-cover\" style=\"opacity: 0.5;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/c16f6a0f-4e2f-4e30-96c3-db27beb51a95.png)\"  ><\/div>\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"sow-slider-pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"0\" aria-label=\"Display slide 1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"next\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" data-action=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thin-right\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"previous\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" data-action=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thin-left\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-15-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-15-1\" data-stretch-type=\"full-width-stretch\" ><div id=\"pgc-15-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-15-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This program is designed to encourage and support our teachers and staff.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With today\u2019s challenges, lack of parental support, lack of funds, and lack of discipline and character, our teachers and school staff are facing increased pressure and frustration.\u00a0 We as a community need to have a structured and purposeful way to lift up and encourage our teachers and staff.\u00a0 This program is simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We find a civic organization, church, business or individual that wants to adopt a grade or staff member(s).<\/li>\n<li>We hand out a survey to each teacher or staff member.\u00a0 This survey helps us understand how we can help and encourage them.<\/li>\n<li>We take the survey and establish ten things we can do to help and encourage them for that year.\u00a0 This translates into one thing being done for the teachers and staff per month.<\/li>\n<li>We also see the need to encourage and support our transportation workers (bus drivers) and administration.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We encourage the adoption of these folks as well.<\/li>\n<li>We will work with community and technical colleges in areas where they exist.<\/li>\n<li>The Adopt-a-Grade\/Staff program has been very successful and well worth the time and effort put into it. The teachers work hard for their students and we are blessed to be able to give back in whatever way we can to make their jobs easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We do, however, need your help.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Adopt-a-Grade\/Staff survives and thrives from the generous monetary gifts, donations of much needed resources and supplies for our teachers and staff, and ESPECIALLY your time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>All of these gifts are incredibly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know how to invest in the lives of the staff and children at your school through CEN programs, please contact us so we can make an appointment to speak with you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> You may contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/contact\/\">here. <\/a><\/span>\u00a0We would love to share with you the opportunity to strengthen the staff and children in our schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This program is designed to encourage and support our teachers and staff.\u00a0 With today\u2019s challenges, lack of parental support, lack of funds, and lack of discipline and character, our teachers and school staff are facing increased pressure and frustration.\u00a0 We as a community need to have a structured and purposeful way to lift up and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charactereducationnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}