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HEROES Venues
The HEROES Program has been used by well over a million
students in more than 500 public, parochial and independent
schools (K -12+ ) in 50 states and in three foreign countries.
Teachers, counselors, librarians, administrators, social
workers, parents, educational specialists, and after-school
program and camp directors have all used and enjoyed the
HEROES Program. HEROES has been used in all 15 adult prisons
under the aegis of the State of New Jersey Department
of Corrections (ranging from ‘Boot Camp’ to
‘Maximum Security’ settings) where it was
professionally evaluated by an independent research group.
In the prison schools, HEROES was used primarily for GED
preparation and character education. The Boys & Girls
Clubs of Greater Washington has used it for after-school
and summer enrichment for club members. Teacher centers
have used HEROES for professional development. HEROES
has also been used in adult education settings; in camps
and religious-based programs; and in schools and in preventative
and rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders and
at-risk populations. The classroom instructional settings
in which HEROES is been used have ranged from the traditional
to the progressive and constructivist. Programs for the
gifted, for special education, for character education,
for ESL instruction, and for service learning have used
HEROES to enhance their core materials. The Western Pennsylvania
School for the Deaf uses HEROES throughout its school
in classrooms ranging from pre-K to 12th grade. It has
also been used in community-based organizations; by counselors
in advisory sessions; and by social workers working with
foster-care youth. It has been used in independent-living
and life-skills centers. Charter schools, such as the
Harlem Day Charter School (K-4); Core Knowledge based
schools; and alternative educational programs like that
at Derita Alternative Public School in Charlotte, NC,
whose comprehensive preventative program for middle and
secondary school students (both the at-risk and/or juvenile
offenders) have used the program on a daily basis for
over three years with extraordinary rewards for both faculty
and students. HEROES has been used and evaluated in Catholic
Schools (K-12) throughout ten counties in southern Indiana
that comprise the Diocese of Evansville, IN. It has also
been used in the Midland Independent School District,
Midland, TX, with exceptionally gifted elementary school
students as part of their enrichment program. And for
many years, HEROES has been used throughout the State
of New Jersey in many K-12 public schools; the state of
New Jersey’s Department of Education has designated
HEROES as an 'Exemplary Character Education Program'.
Recently, HEROES has been adopted for use in The International
School of Paris and The Raoul Wallenberg School in Sweden.
In addition to the above sites, A STUDY OF HEROES has
been in use in diversity of other settings including libraries;
senior centers; intergenerational programs; home-schooling
sites; citizenship and leadership programs; and in colleges
and universities.
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