Project ExCEL

In-school classes
Project ExCEL instructors go into 11 local public elementary schools to teach weekly lessons focused on Character Education and Leadership skills. We reach 1700 students each month. Instructors set high expectations for students and are there once a week all year to ensure that they meet them. Instructors implement lessons drawn from the 6 Pillars of Character; Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. All lessons are fun and interactive and allow students to do an activity, reflect on their discoveries and apply what they have learned. In January Instructors we switch to the Junior Achievement Curriculum, which teaches business and leadership skills. This curriculum is very well aligned to the Social Studies Grade Level Expectations found in the Comprehensive Curriculum.



Monthly Newsletters
Each month Project ExCEL releases a newsletter to students that focuses on one of the 6 Pillars of Character. Students are featured in each newsletter as Character Stars and in candid photos of them enjoying the feature activity of the week. You will also find tips for teaching character at home, quotes from our students, the words of the month, heroes of the month, interviews with important figures in our community, games for the kids, and a bonus assignment.