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Early Act First Knight Ethics Program has its first Assembly of Champions Knighting Ceremony at Powdersville Middle School
GREENVILLE, SC (February 2010) – EarlyAct FirstKnight (EAFK) had its first Assembly of Champions Knighting Ceremony on February 22, 2010 at Powdersville Middle School. Sponsored by the Greenville Evening Rotary Club, EarlyAct FirstKnight is a revolutionary character and ethics education program for schoolchildren in grades K-8 that puts Rotary into daily mainstream public education for the first time ever.
On February 22, 2010, the EAFK program was received with much excitement from the Powdersville Middle School student body, faculty, and parents. Ed Irick of the Greenville Evening Rotary Club started off the morning by speaking to the audience about Rotary’s purpose in the community. Then during three ceremonies, deserving 8th graders became honorary knights, 7th graders became honorary squires, and 6th graders became honorary pages. Each teacher called his or her student to the stage, where the student knelt in front or Sir Jefferson or Sir Timothy, of the Knights of the Guild, and the teacher read why this student was selected and recognized. Their parents were also invited to come forward and congratulate their child. The student was then congratulated by the principal and the teacher, and then took one of the seats on stage until all had been recognized.
The EarlyAct Club of Powdersville Middle School was charted on January 29, 2010.
During this ceremony, a history of the EAFK was given as well as information on how it came to be at Powdersville Middle School. Greenville Evening Rotary Club President, Ann Golden, along with Rotary District 7750 President Elect, Rebecca Faulkner, inducted the EarlyAct Club President, Naimek Patel, as well as its student body members. EarlyAct is the Rotary sponsored club for elementary and middle schools, while Interact and Rotaract are the Rotary sponsored clubs for high schools and colleges respectively.
EAFK is a program of The Knights of the Guild, a non-profit education services organization, led locally by Jefferson Pike. Developed by Dr. Randall Parr of San Antonio, TX, the EAFK program teaches business ethics based upon the historic theme of noble knights and the Rotary Motto of “service above self.” The daily curriculum, which is based on the “Rotary Four-Way Test” and teaches principles like Responsibility, Confidence, Perseverance, and Service, will be used in cooperation with monthly knighting ceremonies, where students will receive medals based upon their implementation of the curriculum.
The second Assembly of Champions Knighting Ceremony and the Tournament of Champions live jousting event is scheduled for Friday, March 26, 2010. The Knighting Ceremony is scheduled to begin at 8am and at 1 pm, the Tournament of Champions live joust between Sir Jefferson and Sir Timothy (good guy versus bad guy) will commence on the school grounds.
The Greenville Evening Rotary Club is the primary organization responsible for the annual Reedy River Duck Derby fund raiser, whose 2010 beneficiaries will include Mauldin Miracle League, Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network, Ready4Reading, PolioPlus, and Partners in Agriculture. The club also participates in numerous local service projects that most recently include house building with Habitat for Humanities, donating dictionaries to Cashion Elementary School, and visiting with the residents of Oakmont West Nursing Home to add some holiday cheer. Rotarians traditionally develop community service projects to address many of today’s most critical issue, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy and violence.
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