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Character.org Certifies 230 Promising Practices in Schools and Organizations
Washington, DC (June 5, 2025) – Character.org, a leading advocate for cultivating the importance of character throughout American society and worldwide, today certified 230 character-centered Promising Practices that have been implemented in schools and organizations.
“We are extremely proud to recognize the schools and organizations that have developed and implemented a Promising Practice” said Dr. Arthur Schwartz, President of Character.org. “Each of these programs and practices have demonstrated significant impact and strongly align with the principles that help schools and organizations cultivate a culture of character.”
This year Character.org received applications that focused on a wide range of practices which included peer mentoring, providing service-learning opportunities for students that connect to what they are learning in the classroom, empowering student voice and leadership, encouraging students to the “do the right thing” for intrinsic rather than extrinsic reasons, and programs that create a caring school community where everyone feels they belong. Many of the Promising Practices also involve parents and the local community. See the full list of our 2025 Promising Practices below.
2025 Promising Practice Schools and Organizations (United States)
*Denotes a District Recognition
Alabama
Big Sandy Elementary
Cleburne County Middle School
Douglas High School
Edgewood Elementary
Forest Hills Elementary School
Greenfield Elementary School
Hall-Kent Elementary School
R. F. Bumpus Middle School
Vestavia Hills High School-Freshman Campus
West Decatur Elementary
Arizona
Imagine Avondale Elementary and Middle
Imagine Camelback
Imagine Coolidge Elementary School
Imagine Desert West Elementary School
Imagine Desert West Middle School
Imagine Prep at Surprise
Imagine Prep Superstition
Arkansas
Ambitious Girls, Inc.
Cross County Elementary School
Colorado
LIGHT Movement
Connecticut
Tracey Magnet School
Florida
Imagine Charter School at Weston
Imagine Kissimmee Charter Academy
Imagine North Lauderdale Elementary School
Imagine Plantation
Imagine School at Broward
Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch
Imagine School at Land O’ Lakes
Imagine School at North Port Elementary
Imagine School at North Port, Upper Campus
Imagine School at Palmer Ranch
Imagine School at Town Center
Imagine Schools at South Vero
Imagine Schools at West Melbourne
Imagine Schools Chancellor Campus
Imagine Schools North Manatee
Imagine South Lake Charter School
Georgia
LRJ Foundation
Rocky Branch Elementary School
Illinois
Dirksen Junior High School Louisiana
Kenilworth Science and Technology Academy
Maryland
Imagine Andrews Public Charter School
Imagine Foundations at Leeland Public Charter School
Michigan
Beverly Elementary
Bingham Farms Elementary
Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy
Greenwood Elementary School
Leonard Elementary School
Minnesota
Community of Peace Academy
Missouri
Bayless Elementary School
Bayless High School
Bayless Junior High
Campbellton
Carman Trails Elementary School
Child of God Lutheran School
Claude Brown Elementary
Coleman Elementary
Conway Elementary
Don Earl Early Childhood
Eureka Elementary
Frontier School of Excellence
Frontier School of Innovation-Elementary
*Frontier Schools
Frontier Stem High School
Hanna Woods Elementary School
Kentucky Trail Elementary School
Ladue Early Childhood Center
Lindbergh High School
Mason Ridge Elementary
Meramec Heights Elementary School
*Meramec Valley R-3 School District
Nike Elementary School
Pacific High School
Pacific Intermediate
Parkway Northeast Middle School
Richard Simpson Elementary School
Ridge Meadows Elementary
River Bend Elementary
Rogers Elementary School
Ross Elementary School
Sperreng Middle School
Taylor Early Childhood Center
Truman Middle School
Wilckens STEAM Academy at Hillcrest
Windsor High School
Zitzman Elementary
Nevada
Imagine Schools at Mountain View
New Jersey
Alan B Shepard Jr. Elementary School
Camden County Technical School, Gloucestor Campus
Campbell Elementary School
Dorothy L. Bullock School
Dover Middle School
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No 52
Dr. William H. Horton
EG Hewitt Intermediate School
Glassboro High School
Grace Wilday Junior High School
Hawthorne High School
Henry C. Beck Middle School
High Mountain Road School
Highland Park Middle School
J. Harvey Rodgers School
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
Kindergarten Success Academy
Lake Tract Elementary School
Langtree Elementary School
Little Falls School #3
Luis Munoz Marin Elementary School
North Dover Elementary School
Oxford Central School
President Barack Obama Community School
Red Bank Charter School
Stony Lane Elementary School
Thomas E. Bowe Middle School
Thomas Edison Energy Smart School
Village School
Virgil Grissom Elementary School
West Milford High School
Woodcrest Elementary School
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Woodside Avenue School
YMCA of the Pines
New York
Boyle Road Elementary School
Clinton Avenue Elementary School
Comsewogue High School
Eastplain Elementary School
JFK Middle School
John H. West Elementary School
Norwood Avenue School
Queensbury High School
Queensbury Middle School
Smallwood Drive Elementary School
Terryville Road Elementary School
William H. Barton Intermediate School
*Yorktown Central School District
North Carolina
Bluford STEM Academy
Participate Learning
Union Academy Charter School
Ohio
Imagine Bella Academy of Excellence
Imagine Columbus Primary Academy
Imagine Great Western Academy
Imagine Groveport Community School
Imagine Klepinger Community School
Imagine Leadership Academy
Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts
Sullivant Ave Community School
Pennsylvania
Ad Prima Charter School
Tennessee
Memphis School of Excellence Elementary Cordova
Texas
Alamo Heights High School
Cambridge Elementary
Charlotte Anderson Preparatory Academy
Clear Lake City Elementary School
Harmony School of Excellence-Dallas
Harmony School of Excellence-Laredo
Harmony School Of Ingenuity
Harmony School of Innovation-Fort Worth
Harmony School of Innovation-Garland
Harmony School of Innovation-Houston
Harmony School of Innovation-Laredo
Harmony School of Innovation-Waco
Harmony Science Academy – Brownsville
Harmony Science Academy-Laredo
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Kay Granger Elementary School
School of Science and Technology Alamo
School of Science and Technology Champions
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi
*School of Science and Technology Discovery
School of Science and Technology Hill Country
School of Science and Technology The Woodlands
*School of Science and Technology
Sonny & Allegra Nance Elementary School
Virginia
Pinnacle Academy
Wisconsin
Tenor High School
2025 Promising Practice Recipients Schools and Organizations (International)
Australia
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Brazil
CEL Intercultural School
TiliT Group
Canada
Nile Academy
Mexico
Colegio Alsuperarte Secundaria
Colegio Riberas Primaria
HighPoint International School Chihuahua
HighPoint International School Laguna
HighPoint International School Zacatecas
The Wingate School
Philippines
Stonyhurst Southville International School-Batangas
Stonyhurst Southville International School-Malarayat Campus
South Mansfield College
Southville International School and Colleges
Romania
Liceul Teoretic Internațional de Informatică, București-Campus Pallady
Scoala Primara Spectrum, Bucuresti
The International Computer High School Constanta
About Character.org: Founded in 1993, Character.org empowers people of all ages to practice and model the core values that shape our hearts, minds, and choices. We strive to inspire and recognize thousands of people in schools, organizations, workplaces, communities, and families across the world who are “champions for character.” Character.org is widely known for our 11 Principles Framework for Schools: A Guide to Cultivating a Culture of Character, a comprehensive framework developed by school leaders and character education researchers. During the past 20 years, more than 1,200 schools have been recognized by Character.org as a National School of Character.
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