The Lion's Club GOOD Awards were presented at Toronto Elementary School. The Toronto Lions Club has been sponsoring the award since 1995. This year nine students in 3rd-5th grades were honored. They were Fowler Vantilburg (3rd), Daniel Renforth (3rd), Eshaal Ali (3rd), Maverick Hannan (4th), Paisely Sutherin (4th), Noah Platko (4th), Alison Hughes (5th), Cayson Ternansky (5th), and Kameryn Bay (5th).
The GOOD Award was created by Ron Derry. Mr. Derry developed this award with the belief that more emphasis should be placed on student behaviors within the school environment. He created a list of ten behaviors, which he thought would enable students to become GOOD citizens. These ten behaviors became the criteria for the GOOD award. Teachers at Toronto Elementary School were asked to select one student in their third, fourth, or fifth grade class who best exemplified these behaviors. Students who had previously won the GOOD award were not eligible to receive it again.
The award is based on ten criteria: student attends school regularly; student completes homework assignments on time; student displays neatness and accuracy with all written work; student shows preparation for all announced tests; student shows interest in learning through means of appropriate questions; student is a good listener in class; student constantly shows respect for administrators, teachers, and all other school personnel; Student does his/her part to see the classroom is conducive to a good learning environment; student displays acts of good citizenship on a daily basis; and student has shown an act of caring towards another person in a difficult situation.
