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11/25/2018

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Written By: Hans Appel
Last Thanksgiving, one of my life-long best friends suffered a cardiac arrest on the way home from a basketball team retreat.  Thanks to the quick actions of two CPR-trained, Character-Strong friends of ours, they were able to get the help he needed, in a timely fashion.
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Almost a year removed from this scary incident, my long time buddy and fellow Wildcat Nation educator, Ben Brost, has made a full recovery!  It feels appropriate to share a moment of thanks and insight learned from his ordeal. Brost is that guy in your life, who would give anyone the shirt off his back.  He’s a servant leader in its truest definition and he sees the good in everyone and is truly a friend to many. He’s a guy that has a million best friends and eager to support all of them.
In the months that followed, people stepped up to support Brost and his family in ways that are unimaginable.  Friends and family dealt with insurance, lesson plans, child care, pet care, meals, doctors appointments, and coordination of travel arrangements.  People gave ridiculous amounts of money, time, and countless energy to support Brost’s family.  It's mind-blowing to imagine how many little and big life details someone needs during a health scare.  While Brost’s recovery easily qualified as a miracle, our communities strength proved equally as miraculous!

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11/4/2018

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Written By: Hans Appel
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Yesterday, I was thrilled to be at a Washington State ASCD sponsored training with Kristin Souers.  Kristin is an expert in creating Trauma Invested schools. She’s the co-author of “Fostering Resilient Learners” along withPete Hall.  Their second book: “Relationships, Responsibility, and Regulation” will be released this December and their highly anticipated inaugural “Trauma Invested Institute for Fostering Resilient Learners” is available to educators next summer in Seattle, Wa.  As a licensed mental health counselor, professor, speaker and consultant on trauma, Kristin’s work pairs perfectly with the Whole Child work of Character Strong.
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As is often the case, when I find myself in the presence of greatness, I come away energized, refreshed, and full of introspection.  There were pages of notes, insights, and inspiration. But perhaps one unintended takeaway came in the form of a quick conversation with an educator from another district.  Like me, she comes from a Character Strong infused school who’s currently working on upping their game in becoming trauma sensitive. During a reflection activity, she mentioned that Souers’ trauma work is similar to John Norlin & Houston Kraft’s Character Strong work in one critical sense: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ADULTS.  She said to me: "this work is more for US than it is for our kids." The underlying message being that if we take the time to work on ourselves, we have the opportunity to greatly impact our students. Her reflection fit with something I’ve heard John and Houston say a zillion times: ​​

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    Award Winning Culture was created by Hans and Jennifer Appel with the sole purpose of creating an educational mindset of Positive INTENTIONALITY and ACTION; with a daily mantra to make our sphere of influence stronger through Character, Excellence, and Community.  Part of AWC's mission is to highlight outstanding educators, companies, and resources that support an Award Winning Culture.  Both Jennifer and Hans work at Enterprise Middle School aka Wildcat Nation.  Wildcat Nation received the 2018 ASCD Whole Child Award in Washington, for its award winning culture and the ​2018 Global "Class Act Award" for Kindness.
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