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PAX Behavior Game aids early learners at Holmes Elementary
Superintendent Mindy McCarty-Stewart speaks at Monday’s school board meeting.
Gary Huffenberger | News Journal
Gary Huffenberger | News Journal
Gary Huffenberger | News Journal
WILMINGTON When the vibrating sound from a harmonica is heard in the classrooms occupied by kindergartners through second-graders at Holmes Elementary, the children know they should be showing their teachers “PAX quiet”.
At Monday’s board of education meeting, Holmes Elementary School Principal Marilee Tanner and Assistant Principal Ryan Schlater spotlighted the PAX Good Behavior Game, a new initiative in the building.
The PAX Good Behavior Game (PAX is Latin for peace) aims to get children in the elementary grades to help themselves self-regulate their emotions and their behavior, explained Tanner. ....

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