TO: Julian High School Staff
From: Robin Boland, Community Parent Coalition
RE: PAR - Positive Action Recognition

Good Day All,

The Community Parent Coalition (CPC) is all about the positive. Positive Messages, Positive Events, Positive Progress. In an effort to incorporate and encourage a positive environment among the student body, we would like to implement the P.A.R. program. Positive Action Recognition. It would be similar to the "caught ‘ya" programs used at younger ages.

We have created PARcards (attached) and we are asking that each of you keep an eye out for positive actions among the students. Holding a door, helping with heavy materials, comforting a friend, helping another student. The list of positive things that kids can do is endless. Beyond keeping your eyes open, we are asking that you take a moment to fill out one of the PARcards and it drop it in the fish bowl in the teachers lounge.

We will collect the PARcards and use them to reaffirm to the students that they are doing the right thing, making good choices. We will also use the cards to inform the community of the positive behaviors exhibited by their Julian Students. We will do this via a report to the Julian News These PARcards will also (as the program grows) be distributed to the community merchants. So you see, it is our intention to make this a Grand Program that serves to encourage our kids to participate in POSITIVE behavior.

Also as the program grows we hope to implement a reward program. This will come into play as our organization grows and we are able to implement such a program.

It is my sincere hope that you will embrace this program and play an active role in its success.

If you personally would like to make a donation to the fund to reward these students or know of those who would be willing to do so please give me a call or send me an email.

I’d love to hear your feedback on the program as well.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Robin Boland,
760-765-2298