Characteristic 5:
Positive Relationships |
| a) Strategies, such as tutoring and mentoring programs, are used to promote positive relationships between older and younger students. |
| b) The school (or teachers) provides extra support to students transitioning into the school from the lower grades. |
| c) When new students come to the school from another district or school, the school provides him/her with a peer mentor who agrees to help the new student learn about his/her new school. |
| d) All adults in the school setting strive to know students personally. |
| e) Students say they believe their teachers care about them personally. |
| f) The school schedule and services are structured to allow time and opportunities to connect and interact with students on a personal and emotional level beyond the traditional instructor/learner roles. |
| g) Families and community support school efforts to encourage positive and meaningful interactions between students and adults in the school setting. |
