Theodore Roosevelt

“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

2009-2010 EAFK

Effectiveness Research Highlights:

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that the EAFK kickoff ceremony (The

Tournament of Champions) with knights and horses is an effective way to get students oriented

to the program.

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that student behavior has improved

school-wide because of the implementation of the EAFK program.

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that EAFK program implementation has

positively impacted student academic achievement. 

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that the EAFK Knighting Ceremonies

have been conducted in a fair, smooth and timely manner.

95% of participating campuses strongly agree that the Rotarian-led EAFK Service Club has

effectively conducted business and met their goals for the year. 40% have a neutral opinion.

100% of participating campuses agree that the EAFK curriculum was assessable, informative

with easy-to-implement lesson plans. Its overall content provided meaningful and age-

appropriate content to students. 40% have a neutral opinion. Comments from those with neutral

opinions commented that not all teachers were using the curriculum as directed yet, but that

buy-in was growing with experience. They offered suggestions for better adaptation on their

campuses, with an optimistic forecast.

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that overall parental feedback on the

program has been positive and well received at their school.

100% of participating campuses strongly agree or agree that the EAFK program has proven to

be an effective Character Education program for their students.

The Code Curriculum

A Code of Chivalry for Today, Teaching Children The Value of Becoming Noble, Ethical People

EarlyAct FirstKnight provides children with daily academic character instruction during a child’s most formative years: grades Kindergarten through 8.

Our curriculum contains age-appropriate, prepared daily character lessons for the classroom that are teachable in minutes. The Code Curriculum starts each day with a recitation of Rotary’s Four Way Test, examines one character virtue per month and features complete lesson plans that include virtue definitions, ethical case studies, accomplishments and quotations of historic individuals, learning games, group discussion exercises and projects, library material, and highlights of Rotary history, traditions, leaders and world achievements.

2009 EAFK

Rotary Four-Way Test Essay Contest Winners

Emily Holecheck and Maricela Pavia

Congratulations Crockett Elementary

San Marcos, Texas

2009 Best EAFK School