Watch Our Movie! Choices and Consequences

Click here to see our movie! • Watch Dr. Williams, the Principal of Maplewood HS, talk more about youth violence

CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville honors GOV Dunn

CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville recently honored GOV Winfield Dunn. GOV Dunn helped found CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville in 2002, along with Dr. Mary Morris, and served as Governor of the State of Tennessee 1971-1975. During his entire political and personal life GOV Dunn was the epitomy of good character and ethical conduct. In his honor, a scholarship will be endowed for schools who best embrace the CHARACTER COUNTS! ideals each school year.

Executive Director Tom Carr

Governor Winfield Dunn

Dr. Randy Lowry, President Lipscomb University

CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville Trains Maplewood Cluster

From September 15-17, 2008 CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville trained 32 teachers, guidance counselors and administrators from the Maplewood High School Cluster (one high school, two middle schools, six elementary schools) with the Metro Nashville Public School System(MNPS). This was the first large scale training of any size within MNPS to date. After the training one school, Tom Joy Elementary reported a 40% decrease in disciplinary referrals.

Schools represented were: Maplewood Comprehensive High School, Gra-Mar Middle School, Jere Baxter Middle School, Tom Joy Elementary, Chadwell Elementary, Caldwell Elementary, Glenn Enhanced Option Elementary, Hattie Cotton Elementary, Shwab Elementary, A.Z. Kelley Elementary

Maplewood High School Mural Begins

Under the guidance of Maplewood Teachers Lori Najafabadi and Michael Pratt, Students: Carrney, Marie, Sutton, Darrell and Reggie started what will be an outstanding mural for Maplewood High School. What a team! Stay tuned for more pictures!

Tom Carr Visits Metro Nashville Police Academy Class 56

Executive Director Tom Carr visited and spoke to Class 56 of the Metro Nashville Police Academy on February 25, 2008 about how they could become Exemplary Peace Officers. What a great group of Warriors!

Rudy Kalis and Chris Sanders Visit David Lipscomb Middle School

On Monday October 22, 2007, CHARACTER COUNTS! Nashville participated in an event that celebrated National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week (Oct 21-27) at the David Lipscomb Middle School.

The Middle School Chapel was packed with youngsters and after a skit by some of the Lipscomb staff, WSMV-TV award-winning newscaster Rudy Kalis and former All-Pro Titan Football Player Chris Sanders addressed the students and did a skit of their own.

Chris Sanders told the students that he wanted to be remembered in life as a good man who did the right thing rather than the great athlete and record setter he once was. Rudy Kalis talked about how words can hurt others when they are not kind.

Then Rudy and Chris did a skit where Rudy played the bully and Chris the victim. Rudy’s very sweet three-year old grandson Cade had come along to watch the event and when he heard the skit HE began to cry! After the skit was over Rudy explained that Cade had never heard his Grandfather talk in a hurtful way to anyone and even though it was only a skit, Cade was upset about it.

We think Cade sent a powerful message to the David Lipscomb Students about the damage hurtful words can do even to those who just happen to overhear them.

Also, attending our event was Pat Stella, President of Fire Sprinkler LLC and Chairman of our Board as well as Walt Leaver, Vice President of Lipscomb University Relations.

Finally, a big thank you to Ritchie Pickens, Director of the David Lipscomb Middle School.

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