The+Building+Blocks+of+Success

We will be reading [|Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success] by former UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden. We will discuss and reflect on the "pyramid of success" and how those qualities will help guide to where you want to go in life.

Parents: [|Coach Wooden's website] is full of good advice for students who want to be successful now and in the future. It also has great advice for adults, too.

We are going to integrate character development such as this into our language arts curriculum. After all, our goal is to guide young people toward a successful, productive future and students need to see the big picture in life, not just do what satisfies an immediate need.

As seventh graders, students need to begin thinking about choices for their futures while all the possibilities are still in front of them.