Students are rewarded for demonstrating Respect, Responsibility, and Empathy
By Jim Beers
CHESTER – Chester Grade School recognized 26 students Friday April 10, 2026 in grades Kindergarten through eighth, for demonstrating the “HIVE” PBIS good character traits of either Respect, Responsibility, Safety, or Empathy.
There are four “HIVE” PBIS characteristics that teachers and staff at CGS look for and encourage every day. Students are praised for 1) Having Respect, 2) Initiating Responsibility, Valuing Safety, and Encouraging Empathy.
Teachers and staff can nominate students for demonstrating one or more of these traits. Nominations are made twice a month. Students caught using at least one of these traits are eligible for nomination.
For the Friday April 10, 2026 awards program there were 26 students who received awards, 11 for Respect, 12 for Responsibility, and 3 for Empathy. Those students are listed below.
RESPECT: (11)
Wendell Quintana, Kindergarten; Raelyn Downey, 2nd Grade; Emma Davitz & Juana Lopez, 3rd Grade; Maria Cardona-Lopez & Karson Hecht, 4th Grade; and Lucas Maes, Michael Martin, Katelyn Middendorf, Lowell Braddy, & Violet Carter, 6th Grade.
RESPONSIBILITY: (12)
Alana Guzman Salinas, Kindergarten; Fayth Davitz & Zachary Dillman, 1st Grade; Jensen Fadler & Mateo Lopez, 3rd Grade; Gracelynn Ebers, 4th Grade; Arizona Rose, 5th Grade; Presley Howell, 6th Grade; Gage Williams & Carter Davitz, 7th Grade; Camryn Petrowske, 8th Grade; and one 2nd Grade student who is not publishable.
EMPATHY: (3)
Paisley Eckert, 2nd Grade; and Gio Munoz & Braden Lloyd, 8th Grade.
Each student was recognized Friday April 10, 2026. Each also received a certificate and all recipients were included in a group photo. Kasey Crook, School Counselor, coordinates the “HIVE” PBIS awards program.
