Our logo for Camelot Intermediate School
refers to students' quest for success
through character, achievement, creativity,
and service. To help guide our students on
this quest, we have developed a Camelot
Letter Program where students can
voluntarily take an active role in the
community by identifying a need, planning
what they can do (in collaboration with
important adults in their lives, and perhaps
with other students who also want to work on
the project), actually putting in a minimum
of 5-7 hours outside of their classroom time
to accomplish the project, and then writing
a short reflection and evaluation of what
they did in order to earn each letter.
Students will periodically have some time in
Guidance Class to learn about possible
projects and discuss various community
needs, but they are encouraged to plan
letter projects at any time on their own.
After writing down their plan on the
preparation form available from the school
counselor, they will need to get approval
from the specific Camelot advisor. They
will be given an action form which requires
signatures from their parent/guardian and
the adult supervisor with whom they will be
working. The supervisor will be asked to
verify the log of project hours each time
the students makes an entry on what was done
and the amount of time it took. When the
project has been completed, the students
will write the reflection and evaluation on
the back side before tuning the finished
project paperwork in to the school
counselor.
The earned Camelot Letter awards will be
printed before the end of each quarter, and
the student's classroom teacher and
principal will be notified so that
recognition and celebration can occur.
During the two years at Camelot, as soon as
a student earns four Camelot letters, the
students moves from "Page" to "Squire"
status and joins the Student Council. When
all seven letters are earned, students
attain "Knight" status and will have their
names permanently displayed on the cafeteria
wall as a member of the Camelot Round Table!