Cloud 9 World is truly a significant tool in the character building and formation of our community (at St. Stephen’s). We are on our 2nd year using C9W and you can see the impact in our students, teachers and parents. From the excitement and anticipation of discovering which character trait we will have for the month, to the different ways we can find a particular ending to the middle school vinyets; C9W provides hands on opportunities to learn, affirm and celebrate the importance of character building in the lives of our students.
As part of our Episcopal identity, we like to lift up and celebrate the values and standards that help a community grow in witness, hospitality and love. This is when, in combination and as an addition to the wisdom in Scriptures, C9W offers phenomenal stories that help bring light to these important values and we like to integrate those together. One of the ways we use C9W, in the classroom is by asking our students with which character the students want to work on or bring as they work with a particular project. Sometimes they want to bring more cooperation. Other times they want to persevere, whereas other times, they want to show more courage. In our innovation class, our students have an opportunity to be creative and allow these character traits serve as guiders and motivators to accomplish their goals.
We are grateful for the ways C9W helps us grow and live out our identity and purpose and we look forward to many years of mutual growth and transformation!