Students Set the Rules!

What if students had the opportunity to set their own rules? On the first day of art class, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students did just that! 

The only requirement was to include the three rules set by Ms. Bender in their class rules. The are as follows:

Always try your best!

Respect others' space, ideas, and property.

Treat everyone with kindness.

After discussing the concept of a contract, students worked together with their table groups to generate a list of rules they all agreed on to create their very own Art Class Contracts. As students shared their rules, the class voted in favor of each rule before it was added to the official list. Any rules without 100% approval were not added.

At the end of class, everyone signed the contract in agreement with the rules they made. The Art Class Contracts were then posted on the wall to reference throughout the year!