Welcome to Project Cornerstone  for 2023 - 2024

We are thrilled that Project Cornerstone can be conducted inside the classrooms again this year!

Project Cornerstone is a character education program, shown to improve academic achievement, lower behavioral referrals, and strengthen a positive, caring school climate. Specially selected, research backed books that focus on social emotional development are read to the children. These carefully chosen books promote positive social skills, reduce bullying, teach problem solving and encourage making healthy decisions. 

Traditionally the books have been read by parent volunteers, referred to as Asset Building Champions - the ABC volunteers. 

How does it work?

• Parent volunteers sign up to read and conduct activities  in classrooms. Very often parents get to be volunteers for their own child's class. 

• Volunteers access the resources for the book on the Project Cornerstone website for activities to conduct in the class. Parents can optionally attend training meetings for each book - one meeting a month. 

• On a day and time that works for both the teacher and parent volunteer, the parent will read the book of the month to the students and conduct activities around the central theme of the book. This happens once a month. In case of multiple volunteers per room, they can take turns or collaborate with each other. 

• The volunteer(s) send a letter to the teacher to be sent to the rest of the parents informing the remaining parents of the book read and the social emotional asset discussed that month with the children.

Please consider being a Project Cornerstone volunteer in your child's classroom.