Signature Practices

Lesson Plan: Be a "Bucket Filler"
Students will understand that the positive things they do for others show respect and will no doubt come back to them.
Promising Practice: Crafts for a Cause
Crafts for a Cause is an annual event at Beverly Elementary School held on Valentine’s Day. During the afternoon of Valentine’s Day, upper elementary children create enrichment feeding tubes for animals at the Detroit Zoo, make fleece blankets for the homeless, pack bead activity kits for the local children’s hospital, and decorate bookmarks for the Detroit Public Schools’ literacy project.
Promising Practice: Character and School Culture on a Wiki
This engaging interactive curriculum about culture involves using computer skills and higher level thinking to determine what culture to address, what material will be most effective in communicating the culture and what impacts that culture.
Promising Practice: Character on Display
The school is working hard to make sure that students take pride in their “Beverly Bobcat Behavior," which encourages them to develop good character traits that will serve the community and beyond. To help the students develop this understanding, the character education committee conceived the idea of creating a display that would share how grown-ups use good character.
Promising Practice: Beverly Bobcat Bully Busters
The Beverly Bully Busters program was initiated by the school's fourth-grade character education steering committee. Students assess needs and brainstorm solutions.