Service Learning Project

Rayburn Intermediate School

By: Jordyn Taylor, Ashlyn Saab, Erica Wood, Kasey Coffman

Essential Eight Tree
Description of Project:

● Rayburn Intermediate focuses on a different character trait

each month that follows the Essential Eight program in BISD
● The principal wanted us to create an Essential Eight tree in the
main hallway to display how students are showing those
character traits.

● For each month, we cut out different color hands that

corresponded to the essential eight color and had students
respond to a prompt on the hand.
● Once we collected the hands, we put them up on the tree for
everyone in the school to see.
Before
During
After
 Impact on the School
● Creates a more positive and encouraging
environment in the school

● Engages students in thinking about how they

apply the essential eight character traits in their
daily life

● Visual display of character and growth at

Rayburn Intermediate School