BUG Bring Up Grades

Kiwanis Club of Fallbrook

Bring Up Grades, or BUG is a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise their grades to an acceptable range, and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next. Students in grades three, four, five, and six are eligible to participate in this worthwhile program. The teacher establishes a base line grade for each student during the first grading period. Students are honored each grading period thereafter if they maintain their grades and raise one grade.

Sponsoring Kiwanis clubs, such as ours, help support the BUG program, nationwide at local-area elementary schools. In cooperation with Fallbrook schools, our club helps support the BUG program by planning recognition events, providing awards, and establishing partnerships with local community businesses to secure support for the program.

Recognition includes being placed on the school's BUG Honor Roll and presentation of certificates, pins, and other giveaways. Sponsoring businesses provide coupons, giveaways, or food for BUG parties.

Our club initiated its first BUG program at Live Oak Elementary School. Fourth Grade Students honored as the first BUG recipients for December 2006 are: (Top Row (Left to Right): Jose Antonio Ruiz, Irina Johnson, and John Morales. Bottom Row (Left to Right): Marina Lopez Casteneda, Zalena Chavez, and Cassandra Batty. Presenting the certificates is Kiwanis Division 37's LtGov-Elect Walt Schuette. Our congratulations go to each of these students!

A word about teachers and staff. The BUG program cannot function effectively without the support of the school staff and most importantly the teachers. In Live Oak Elementary School, Principal Tom Rhine and his staff fully support the Kiwanis Club's efforts to assist teachers in helping students to bring up their grades. Without their support and dedication this vital program could not exist. Our thanks and praise go out to Principal Rhine, his staff, and all of the participating teachers.

A SUPER BUG also is honored as part of this program. A SUPER BUG is a student who served as a mentor assisting others in achieving their goals of bringing up one grade.

To learn more about how the BUG program works in the Fallbrook area, contact our club and a club representative will provide more information. Or visit the Bring Up Grades web site.

Contact: Kiwanis Club of Fallbrook, P.O. Box 54, Fallbrook, California 92088 or click

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Last modified: Tuesday, November 04, 2008

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