Positive Behaviors - Leadership

Increase Positive Behaviors through Leadership Opportunities

By: Anna Gardner

Several fifth graders serve as “Kindergarten Bus Helpers.”  These students are instrumental in helping the kindergartners get on the correct bus each afternoon.  But their work doesn’t stop at facilitating dismissal for our youngest students. These students assist the little ones with packing up, remembering to grab lunch boxes and coats, and entertaining those antsy students, who have had a long day and are waiting for their bus to arrive.  In addition to these duties, they take students to the restroom as needed, help maintain an orderly environment, and watch carefully for buses to arrive so that these students can board the buses as quickly as possible. These fifth graders take their jobs seriously. They have taken the time to learn the students’ names, and consistently model appropriate behavior for our schoolś youngest students, even offering incentives for students who are following directions.   These students perform the important task of helping make sure that each of our students arrive home safely each day. The kindergarten teachers appreciate their assistance so much!