Set expectations for students: Give clear guidance on what’s right and wrong. Reward honesty: praise and validate students when they tell the truth. Focus on fixing the problem rather than punishing honesty. The topic of TRUSTWORTHINESS inspired a lively discussion on truth-telling and loyalty despite…
Read More
This month’s CHARACTER focus was Responsibility, and Azalia and Nathan showed exactly why these lessons matter. Azalia was named our April CHARACTER Champion for her composition about a situation at home where she had to make a difficult choice. She could stay silent while her…
Read More
April’s CHARACTER focus was Responsibility, and Azalia showed what responsibility can look like in a real moment. In her composition, she wrote about a situation at home where she had a choice. She could stay silent while her sibling was wrongly blamed, or she could…
Read More
Meet Ciara Abraham of Malgre Tout Primary, our first CHARACTER Champion. Ciara was recognized through We Are GUTSY, Inc.’s CHARACTER Champions initiative, which celebrates students in Guyana who are not only learning the CHARACTER PILLARS, but showing real growth in how they live them. Ciara…
Read More
By recognizing students who live the PILLARS of character in their daily lives, we hope to boost teaches’ and students’ engagement in our lessons, thereby improving character skills and their udnerstanding of the SIX PILLARS.
Read More
We Are GUTSY, Inc. is proud to introduce our first CHARACTER Champions. This new initiative was created to recognize students in Guyana who are not only learning the PILLARS of CHARACTER, but showing real growth in how they live them. Each month, participating schools may…
Read More
In March, 26 educators and Principals from two schools joined GUTSY trainers in a workshop on Civility. The participating schools were: Mashabo Primary School located in an indigenous Amerindian community inland from the Essequibo Coast and Providence Primary School located on the East Bank of the Demerara River The Workshop…
Read More
GUTSY’s first workshop of 2026 focused on Citizenship, and the timing was intentional. In early February, teachers from GUTSY’s participating schools in Guyana came together to talk about what citizenship really means and how to teach it in a way children can understand and live…
Read More
GUTSY’s First 2026 Workshop Focused on Citizenship: In early February, teachers from GUTSY’s participating schools in Guyana came together for the organization’s first workshop of 2026. The focus was Citizenship, and the timing was intentional. As Guyana celebrated its anniversary as a Republic during the…
Read More
In early February, teachers from GUTSY’s participating schools in Guyana came together for the organization’s first workshop of 2026. The focus was Citizenship, and the timing was intentional. As Guyana celebrated its anniversary as a Republic during the same month, it was the right moment…
Read More