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Salt+Light, Dufferin-Peel school board team up |
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Written by Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
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Friday, 23 November 2007 |
 TORONTO - A new DVD series aims to teach students in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board about virtues.
Salt + Light Television and the Dufferin-Peel board were to launch the new series Nov. 27 to complement a board-wide virtue program that started last year. It was developed in response to the ministry of education’s focus on character education and bullying prevention.
Instilling virtues in children at a young age is one way to prevent trouble in the future, said Wendy Bodsworth, board consultant with Salt + Light Television.
“There’s no quick fix for the growing aggression in society; it’s multi-layered... it’s not something schools can fix alone. (It also means) reaching out to families and parishes too,” she said.
The 10-part series The World I Know: Virtues in Action profiles 20 elementary and secondary schools in the Dufferin-Peel board to show how virtues are modelled, taught and lived out in school. A different student ranging from Grade 4 to 12 hosts each program.
“In this electric age (technology) becomes like a central nervous system outside their bodies. They like seeing themselves on YouTube, using MSN,” said Salt + Light series producer Mary Rose Bacani, explaining why kids would relate well to a DVD series.
The series highlights 10 virtues: faith, empathy, conscience, hope, self-control, respect, kindness, love, acceptance and fairness. Each program uses reflections, commentaries and personal stories to highlight how God’s grace can transform challenges posed by death, loneliness, learning difficulties and self-image into faith-building opportunities. A study guide for both student and adult groups accompanies the DVD series. To see an installment of the series visit YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSjNNZ8V2tg.
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Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register |
| About the author: |
| Sara Loftson is a freelance writer based in Calgary, Alberta. She holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Winnipeg and a bachelor of journalism from the University of King's College in Halifax. She has written for The Catholic Register, worked for CBC Radio and her work has appeared in Catholic newspapers across Canada. |
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