School begins in Andalusia City Schools today, and right off the bat, Andalusia Elementary students will have three important lessons in how to lead.

As part of the school’s Leader in Me program, the entire student body will be reviewing the foundations of good behavior this week. They’ll do this by watching videos, which are reinforced with L.E.A.D. reminders throughout the school.

Produced this summer, the short videos feature AES teachers Kayla Gorum, Courtney Owens, and Brittany Whatley in a takeoff on “Charlie’s Angels.” The three women are “Andy’s Angels,” and they get directions via phone from the voice of “Andy,” assistant principal Joseph Caldwell.

The first episode, which will be shared today, focuses on hallway behavior. Andy asks the angels to help address behavior in the hallway. The angels and other teachers first emulate poor behavior, then the video shows students behaving correctly, “the AES way.”

In each area addressed in the videos, there are signs which back up the video. For instance, in the hallways, the signs say:

L – Level Zero (no talking)

E – Everyone

A – All facing forward

D– Down by side (meaning arms)

The video can be accessed at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fRWsVy2bSs

 

Lunchroom

On Thursday, the featured video addresses lunchroom behavior. Again, teachers exhibit bad behavior, then students show “the AES way.”

In the lunchroom, the LEAD acronym reminds students:

Level 2 – conversation voice

Everyone in your seat

All areas kept clean

Dismiss orderly and timely.

The video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRRop0NUVGs

 

Gymnasium

On Friday, the video addresses how to behave in the gym. The LEAD acronym reminds students:

Level zero – no talking

Everyone sit on dot

All face forward

Dismiss orderly and timely

The video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox5Rae6CGdI

 

A team of teachers wrote the content for the video, and third grade teacher Amber Clark produced them.