R-Time

Character Education

Range is continuing to utilize R-Time as our character education program this year.  R-Time stands for Relationships to Improve Education and is taught in each classroom between 8:00-8:30 every Tuesday.  Please make every effort to ask your child about their R-Time lesson on Tuesdays.

Range has implemented the three R-Time rules campus wide.

R-Time rules:

1. Show good manners at all times
2. Follow instructions with thought and care
3. Be kind to everyone and everything

R-Time was developed to:

• enable children to create and develop positive, respectful relationships with their peers
• learn the skills of sharing, taking turns and fairness
• work cooperatively together using and exploring dialogue that needs to be taught and valued
• content is non-threatening and non-academic
• focus on social, emotional and behavioral skills which influence every aspect of personal, social, home and community life.
• make and maintain friendships
• resolve conflict effectively as well as fairly
• solve problems with others or by themselves
• to come to terms with strong feelings such as anger, anxiety or frustration
• to adopt calm and optimistic states that promote achievement and goals
• to be resilient, able to recover from setbacks and persist in the face of difficulties
• to work and play cooperatively
• to compete fairly and win or lose with dignity and respect for others
• to recognize and stand up for the rights of others
• to understand and value differences and things in common between people, respecting the rights of others to have beliefs and values different from their own.

R-Time contributes to the students’ well being and reduces bullying by developing mutual respect and building positive relationships between children.

To learn more about R-Time, please visit the link on the Counselor's Corner page.