Earning Camelot Letters To Become a Knight of the Round Table

Our logo for Camelot Intermediate School refers to students’ quest for success through

character, achievement, creativity and service. To help guide our students on this quest we

have developed a Camelot Letter Program where students can voluntarily take an active role in

the community by identifying a need, planning what they can do (in collaboration with

important adults in their lives, and perhaps with other students who also want to work on the

project), actually putting in a minimum of 5-7 hours outside of their classroom time to

accomplish the project, and then writing a short reflection and evaluation of what they did in

order to earn each letter. The letters to be earned and the teacher advisors for each include:

C=Character (citizenship focus) Mrs. Balsiger, Mrs. Anderson

A=Achievement (responsibility focus) Ms. Miles, Mr. Rasmussen

M=Motivation (trustworthiness/honesty focus)Mr. Hauge, Ms. DeKraai

E=Effort (perseverance/self-discipline focus) Ms. Hofer, Ms. Croymans

L=Leadership (respect/fairness focus) Ms. Moran, Mr. Stolt

O=Others (caring focus) Mrs. Newman, Mr. Flint

T=Talents (courage focus) Mrs. Books, Mrs. Parmely

Students will periodically have some time in Guidance Class to learn about possible

projects and discuss various community needs, but they are encouraged to plan letter projects

at any time on their own. After writing down their plan on the Preparation form available from the school counselor, they will need to get approval from the listed Camelot advisor. They will be given an Action form which requires signatures from their parent/guardian and the adult

supervisor with whom they will be working. The supervisor will be asked to verify the log of

project hours each time the student makes an entry on what was done and the amount of time

it took. When the project has been completed, the student will write the Reflection and

Evaluation on the back side before turning the finished project paperwork in to the school

counselor.

The earned Camelot Letter awards will be printed before the end of each quarter and

the student’s classroom teacher and principal will be notified so that recognition and

celebration can occur. During the two years at Camelot, as soon as a student earns 4 Camelot

letters the student moves from "Page" to "Squire" status and joins the Student Council. When

all 7 letters are earned, students attain "Knight" status and will have their names permanently

displayed on the cafeteria wall as members of the Camelot Round Table.