Archive for March 2011
St. Patrick’s Day at the Lake of the Ozarks!
Hello!
This past Saturday, I enjoyed going to the Lake of the Ozarks for their St. Patrick’s Parade! 
It was a fun father-daughter day for my dad and I! It was great seeing my sister queens Kelby and Jessica, my director Wendy, and other Lake board members! It was such a beautiful, warm day at the lake. All of the people were decked out in green and the atmosphere was just so fun and festive! I wanted to take a picture with the big “Lake of the Ozarks” landscape and three-leaf clover, so we pulled over on the highway and I climbed huge rocks to get up there! Like I said, it was such a fun day! I had a blast riding in the parade and throwing candy to all of the little kids in green. I cannot wait to go back to the Lake of the Ozarks!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May this fun holiday bring you luck ♣
Love,
Kensie Garber
Miss Lake of the Ozarks Outstanding Teen
I didn't climb up there in heals and a skirt or anything... 
My parade car!
Add a comment March 15, 2011
Compassion, Self-Control, Honesty, Integrity- A New Month of Cardinal Character!
That is always fun for the kids!Next, we went on to our new traits. For Compassion, we talked about genuinely caring for the well-being of others and understanding that everyone is different. We did an activity “Walking around in another persons shoes.” This helps students understand what it means to sympathise with another person. A 6th Grader, Haze tried to fit into tiny 1st Grader, Carter’s shoes, but couldn’t fit into them, and Haze’s shoes were big on Carter. Everyone is different and we must be accepting of others and try to understand what they are going through!
Compassion
Walking Around in Someone Else's Shoes
Then I spoke about Self-Control. 5th Grader Casper, came down and we did an activity with cake! We pretended that Casper was at recess playing ball, so he took a bite of the cake (having fun), and someone came up and said something mean and hit his ball away. Casper probably initially wanted to say something back, and get the last word in (get the whole cake), but that wouldn’t be the way to win the cake. If he did that, then “SPLAT!” I dumped the cake on the floor. But, if Casper was the bigger person and was friendly back, he wins the cake of strong character and friendship! So Casper got a big slice of cake.
Self-Control Wins the Cake
The last thing they learned about was Honesty and Integrity. I told them to think of “Honest Abe”, if you are honest and truthful, you will become tall with strong character and others will look up to you. I asked them to think about how wonderful of a place the world would be if everyone was always honest and loving.
Have a great day! I hope you enjoyed reading my blog, and learning some new character activities!
Love,
Kensie Garber
Miss Lake of the Ozarks Outstanding Teen
Character Pillars Holding up Our School
Citizenship Rap!
See how our traits have grown!
Our character chain goes all the way around the hall! Each random act of kindness noticed receives a link!
Add a comment March 7, 2011
Citizenship, Service, Caring- No MOre Trash!!!
Hello!
The past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of working with the Hale R-1 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades on a fun project! This is the “Yes, You “CAN” Make Missouri Litter Free” Trash Can Decorating Contest to raise awareness about Missouri’s litter problem and discourage littering. This is through Missouri’s litter-prevention program coordinated by the Missouri Departments of Conservation and Transportation. For this, we decorated a 30- gallon trash can for our school and our theme was “Don’t Be a Grouch! No MOre Trash!” Our mascot for our can was Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street!! It was so much fun to complete this project. It took three balls of yarn to make that big guy fuzzy!!
This was a great project to amplify my platform “Promoting Good Character Among Americans” in my school! While working on this, I spoke to the students about the importance of Citizenship, Service, and Caring for our school, community, and state. We watched silly videos of Oscar on Sesame Street to gain inspiration and had a lot of fun learning about ways to make Missouri a cleaner and healthier place for everyone. One entry from each competition category will be selected to receive a $100 award. All first place winners will be eligible for the grand prize award of $500 and a trophy if chosen. Even if the Hale trash can doesn’t win, it will be displayed at our school. I feel that the students have won the prize of strong character and appreciation for our environment. I hope you enjoy our creative project and thank you for reading my blog!
Love,
Miss Lake of the Ozarks Outstanding Teen
Kensie
Hale R-1 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades
Don't Be a Grouch! No MOre Trash!
Meet Oscar, Mister Lake of the Ozarks Outstanding Teen
Add a comment March 1, 2011
