“This (PRIDE) program is so important to our school that it has to work. It makes the teachers happy,” said Marty Makar, Osborn Middle School Principal about the PRIDE program. PRIDE stands for Personal Responsibility in Daily Effort, and the program has literally flipped their homework completion percentages from 10 percent to 90 percent, as well as improved the numbers of students getting to class on time and bringing their supplies each day, things the teachers determined affects learning the most.
Students are required to carry their PRIDE cards with them at all times, and each teacher completes a portion of it for each student, to record a "yes" or a "no" if they met certain requirements each day. For completing homework, bringing their materials, being on time and participating in class, they earn PRIDE Bucks, and students can use these bucks to purchase items, pay for events or even a lunch “fastpass” to skip the long line at lunchtime.
Makar emphasized that PRIDE “is a responsibility program, not discipline,” so the discipline room is called a Personal Responsibility Center. Osborn found that after school detention didn’t work, so they adjusted to lunch time detention for students that have any “no” marks on their PRIDE chart. Students must work during their time in this "pin drop silent" time, which for them is in the gym and the library. The PRIDE Program has changed the focus at Osborn Middle School, from consequences to rewards, and as a result, the staff has noticed a huge change in how the students behave.
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