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Making Positive Choices specializes in CHARACTER EDUCATION lectures,
lesson plans, and physical support materials. Intended for all individuals at all
grade levels, we are dedicated to teaching the skills necessary for making
positive choices in and out of school, by spreading the concepts and
importance of "Self-ownership," "Values," and "Tolerance."

This is a complete and viable program. We are not just a distributor of
materials. As you see what we offer, please spread the word about us.

Our program works well with all “Character Counts” Pillar materials, and
‘sandwiches’ these Pillars with “Self-ownership” and “Tolerance.” We also offer
our own set of Character Pillars,which include the four additional topics
of “Duty,” “Work Ethic,” “Courage,” and “Honesty.” These are crucial to
character development... We believe these additional four character traits are of
equal value and add to those pillars found within the "Character Counts Pillars."
This is our "Self-ownership" poster set, one of our Character Education themes.
This theme creates the foundation for internalizing our other themes of "Core
Values" and "Tolerance." These themes are each offered as "poster sets."
See our "Complete Classroom Poster Set" (21 posters) that is "value priced."
This allows you to purchase all three poster sets at a greatly discounted price.
"I would like to thank you on behalf of our faculty and student body for
creating a program with a simple mantra
("I Am Who I Choose To Be") and deep, far reaching potential."

Cindy Wiley
Counselor
Oak Mountain High School
Birmingham, Alabama
For complete testimonial, please see our Testimonials page.
"I was thrilled and also a little surprised at how cooperative the
students were, and how they spoke honestly when discussing the
pillars, especially the last part about tolerance and appreciating our
differences. They shared some very profound thoughts, and we all
worked as a group. It was great."

(describing our Lesson Plans)

Sabine E. Lyons
6th Grade Language Arts
Max Bruner Jr. Middle School
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
For complete testimonial, please see our Testimonials page.
WE INTEND TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS!
If you have comments, suggestions, or questions regarding what we do or how
we do it, please email us at: info@makingpositivechoices.com
INFORMATION
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"Helping students find their true selves..."

Sponsorship:
If you feel as though you would
like to make a contribution to our
program, click here.
AVAILABLE - The DVD (click here)) with the entire "Change" lecture, viewable
during a standard classroom period. The accompanying Power Point is also offered as
a free editable download from this site if you wish to give your own lectures to the
student body, faculty, and administration. All Downloads, including Free Lesson Plans
for the entire school year are posted to the left side menu.

Purchase copies of this DVD (40 minutes, 23 seconds) to show within you classrooms
for a tremendous and immediate perspective change within your student body, faculty,
and administration - foregoing the hassle with the logistics of giving these lectures...
"The program was phenomenal, in helping drive home
these issues to our students as well as our staff."

Sheryl Weaver
Principal
Sunnyside High School
Fresno, California

This is the largest school in the 4th largest school district in California - with over 3300 students
and 300 faculty, administrators, and support personnel. For Ms. Weavers' complete testimonial, as
well as many other administrators of this school, see our "Change" DVD. Mrs Weaver's testimonial
as well as that of the Asst. Principal is also shown in our Representative Sampler in the yellow box
to the upper left of this home page.
The 50 largest cities in the
United States have an average
drop out rate of 47%...

Click here to read reasons and our
solutions for this...

"If you want to create change, you must make
changes..."
"The 'I AM WHO I CHOOSE TO BE' pennants grace the classrooms and
halls of our elementary, middle and high schools in Fairfax County,
Virginia.

Over 150 schools used the signs to celebrate National Career
Development Month's theme: Imagine the Possibilities. Internal
motivation - connecting who I am with what I do - is a key to student
achievement.

The pennant message prompted dialogue among all the stakeholders in
student success-students, parents, teachers, school counselors and
business and community members."

Thanks,

Nancy Donnelly
Devonshire Career Center
Falls Church, Virginia
"I have the posters in the front of the classroom. We had a great
discussion surrounding the content, and why I would bring these into
the room. I also have the “I am who I choose to be” posters in my
office.

I am the vice principal and I refer to them often when going through
problem solving with kids, always referring to the choices they have
made that have brought them to the situation…"

Jasmin Marshman
Vice Principal
Grief Point Elementary
Powell River, British Columbia
"I thought you might be interested in how we are making use of the
poster set(s) we recently ordered and received, "The Top Ten Pillars of
Character Education".

Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School is currently using the PLC
(Professional Learning Community) model to create a more effective
and positive learning atmosphere, both for staff and for students.

As part of the community, each staff member belongs to a committee.

The committee to which I belong is "Developing Social Responsibility",
and the posters fit in perfectly with our objective.

We are having the posters mounted and laminated with a two inch
black border and they will be permanently fixed to the walls where
students gather.

Our school is undergoing extensive renovations and our goal is to use
the positive statements in the set to remind students that respect of
each other as well as the space will go a long way in making the school
a better place to learn.

I hope this information helps. The website was useful, friendly, and the
service has been great."

Sincerely,

Sherry Ainscough
LTCHS
Student Records Office
Alberta, Canada
We'd love it if you tell a
friend about us!
If you find this information of
value, please email fellow
administrators, teachers,
etc., within your district,
county, or in other states
and countries... You might
direct them to our site and
the sampling of our material
on YouTube... This can
create a "viral" event for the
good of all...
Now Available: A thorough video DVD (22:29 length) entitled "Administration Orientation" - Click here for details...
OUR PROGRAM
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NEW! We have recently added exclamation marks to two of our posters/banners:
"I Am Who I Choose To Be!" and "I own myself!"
View all physical support materials here
This "Top Ten Pillars" poster set does not include  
blue surrounding border. These individual posters
can be arranged as you see best...
Going to a conference? Would you like to support us by handing out cards
regarding our program? Click here to open a "Word doc" that has a page of our
business cards.

Print them on whatever thickness of paper you can, follow the cut lines using a
paper cutter, and you will have 10 "business" cards per printed page.

    We so appreciate your support!
This is one of our vinyl banner size combinations being used  for a sporting event. This our new
font style as well.
Our indoor/outdoor vinyl banners can be used in a variety of ways.
"... The impact has been phenomenal. I have seen a decline in referrals,
from approximately 10 a day to around 3, and the number of fights
and acts of physical aggression have been cut in half ..."

Heather Halldorson
Dean of Students
Clear Lake Middle School
Denver, Colorado
Please click here to watch a "Representative Sampler" of our "Change"
lecture.

This is a limited sampling of the content of this lecture.
To the left is a "locker sticker," usable
anywhere on campus as well.

But can you imagine the impact of every locker
being opened in the morning across campus
with this as the first greeting of the day?

Available in two sizes. This is the same material
as a bumper sticker...

Please see our "View all Support Materials"
page for specifics.

Have your custodial staff place them in every
locker after school one day... Surprise!
These Tolerance Set posters are
best spread throughout the room,
but here are some of them as a
sample...
How to "navigate"
this web site... (click here)