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Hamburg School honored by visiting international educators

| 20 Apr 2016 | 11:38
    The visitors say goodbye to the pre-school students.
    The visitors say goodbye to the pre-school students.
    At the far right, tour guide and 8th grade student Krystian Kipp, 14, led the visitors through the Hamburg School hallways and taught them about the unique and yet often-recurring themes found in each corridor. Here Kipp teaches them about the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
    At the far right, tour guide and 8th grade student Krystian Kipp, 14, led the visitors through the Hamburg School hallways and taught them about the unique and yet often-recurring themes found in each corridor. Here Kipp teaches them about the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
    At center, Hamburg School’s Chief School Administrator Roger Jinks, Jr. talks to the delegation about the Hamburg School’s lesson and learning plans.
    At center, Hamburg School’s Chief School Administrator Roger Jinks, Jr. talks to the delegation about the Hamburg School’s lesson and learning plans.
    The delegation visited the school's vestibule that features an historical look at the Hamburg SchoolþÄôs development through the years.
    The delegation visited the school's vestibule that features an historical look at the Hamburg SchoolþÄôs development through the years.

HAMBURG — Hamburg School was honored by a visit a six-member delegation of the Singapore Ministry of Education along with two United Way escorts last Tuesday.
They were there to see first-hand how the school is incorporating character values, core values and social-emotional skill building into the classroom, the school day and the curriculum. The school was chosen by United Way as a school that displays the tenets of character education working through their culture and climate initiative with the both the Center for Prevention & Counseling and the United Way.
The school teaches the lessons of character counts and the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
The visitor’s tour guide was 8th grade student Krystian Kipp, 14, who led them through the Hamburg School hallways and taught them about the unique and yet often-recurring themes found in each corridor.
He also guided them outdoors for a tour of the school’s gardens and other attractions.
— Photos by Chris Wyman