Best Friends is a school-based character education program for girls that begins in the fifth grade and continues through high school graduation. It provides a developmentally sound curriculum that promotes fun, companionship, and caring leading to graduation from high school with specific college, vocational, or career plans.
Excellence & Ethics
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Excellence & Ethics is produced by The Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility), SUNY Cortland’s School of Edu-cation. Excellence & Ethics features K-12 best practices and themed issues for educators and parents. Download the PDF.
A study released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy found that 37% of teens said their parents are most likely to influence their decisions about sex. Friends came in second at 33%, followed by siblings at 6% and the media at 5%.
The friendships developed in Best Friends are ones that will last a lifetime.
Lesley Petty
Lesley Petty
You've got friends use them. They will help you.
DeAngelo Anderson
Conference Photos
Conference Photos from Stop the Silence, Prevent the Violence.
Stop the Silence
Stop the Silence, Prevent the Violence
Bullying and relationship violence are real threats to students. By educating middle and high schoolers, we are able to prevent this type of violence from touching their lives in the future. We promote positive decision making, risk avoidance, and character education through interactive discussions, videos, and music. This is how we do it.