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February 3, 2007
The Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation (JTHF) is pleased to announce
the recipients of the inaugural Jeff Hayden Character Award for
2005-2006 school year as Alexis Blevins and Eric Meadors. This award was
presented to these fine young people last May as part of the year-end
award ceremony at Freedom Elementary School in West Chester.
Of the entire Freedom Elementary sixth grade class, Alexis and Eric were
the two students who demonstrated traits of which the school refers to
as ‘Freedom Pride’. Every year, sixth grade teachers from the school
will choose one boy and one girl to be presented with the Jeff Hayden
Character award through a rigorous 3 step process. The teachers must
then make a decision based upon all aspects of which the student has
portrayed while attending the school, such items can include: academics,
specials, recess, lunch, bus, etc.
Freedom Pride, the school’s character education initiative, was lauded
as one of the nation’s finest and includes working with students on the
development of strong character as a means to both improve academic
performance and to prepare students for life.
On behalf of the Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation and Freedom Elementary
we would like to again congratulate Alexis and Eric on a job well done
and making us all proud. Pictures of the winners can be found on the
foundations website at www.jthf.org.
The Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation is a registered 501c(3) non profit organization that was created to Make a Difference in
the fight against pediatric brain tumors. For more information visit our
web site at
www.jthf.org
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