The PACE (Practical Academic Community Education) program at the Curley School serves students with autism. The 3rd and 4th graders are taught by Ms. Mountain and her class has incorporated the Curley Cares expectations into a fun, interactive reward system. In September, the students brainstormed a list of different ways they could care for themselves, each other, and the school.  Some of these ways included: taking turns, saying “please” and “thank you”, listening to each other, and sharing toys.  They created a caring board by writing down these ideas and illustrating them. In the middle of the board Ms. Mountain created a grid with 120 boxes. Whenever a student in the class demonstrated one of these “ways to care”, Ms. Mountain, Ms. Canada, or Ms. Fatima congratulated the student and asked them to add a sticker to the board. Once this board was full, the class celebrated with a caring party.  They are currently working on filling up their third caring board!