By DIANE M. REY For The Capital
By DIANE M. REY For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
01/02/09
Still looking for inspiration for a New Year's resolution? Consider that in the fall, students at Rolling Knolls Elementary School gathered outside to bury their "I can'ts."
Diane M. Rey — For The Capital
Rolling Knolls Elementary School Principal Jane Taylor checks out what students have purchased at the school’s pre-Christmas Flea Market Dec. 19. Students use “rocket dollars” earned through good behavior to shop for gifts and goodies at the much-anticipated annual event.
They wrote down their self-imposed limitations about home life and school work such as "I can't get along with my little sister" or "I can't do math very well" on small pieces of paper and turned them under in the school garden.
The exercise must have worked, because the school continues to be chosen by the state as an "exemplary school," a title they've retained for the last three...
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