Showing respect in all areas of his life is rooted in Andrew Dohnke’s religious beliefs. It's because of his "unfailing" morale code that the Porterville Military Academy student is the winner of the ...

Francisco Garcia, a senior at Butterfield Charter School in Porterville, has been named the Character Counts winner for Respect. The reason for the award, according to his teacher and nominator Mariko ...

Editor's note: The Tulare County Office of Education recognizes local students who exhibit good character through the character COUNTS! program each day in the Times ...

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island Kapaa Elementary School fourth-grader Mabel Ellis-Elgart is congratulated by her parents, Trent and Tess Ellis-Elgart, on Saturday, April 11, 2026, after Mabel was ...

We'd probably all agree that it's important to teach our kids that character is important. Thing is, we'd probably also agree that our generation hasn't been exhibiting a whole lot of it ourselves of ...