WARREN, Ohio – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd., the area’s largest law firm, has contributed $500 to support an innovative Willard School program that encourages higher attendance and better behavior. (See photo, above.)

Willard’s Positive Behavior Support initiative stages parties and other special events for students who meet challenging attendance and behavior goals.

 

“Willard has crafted an innovative solution to a problem that challenges many schools,” said Jess T. Enyeart, an HHM lawyer. “We’re impressed with the teachers, administrators and students who developed this program and we’re very proud to support it. We’d like to see other schools study and learn from Willard’s experience.”

 

The program was established three years ago and has shown promising results, said Willard Lead Principal Edward Ashcroft. For example, the number of students qualifying to attend a recent “beach party” was up 40 percent from the number that qualified for a similar event a year ago.

 

“We’re working to reward those students who consistently show positive behavior and good attendance,” he said. “We also want to provide a nice goal for kids who may be on the edge of good behavior.

 

“The numbers show us that not only are kids having fun at these events and continuing to do the things that enable them to qualify, but they’re also telling their friends, who are also qualifying.”

 

Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd. is the area’s largest law firm, with nearly 30 attorneys at offices in Warren, Youngstown, Salem and East Palestine. The firm provides legal solutions to corporations, other businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies and individuals. More information is available at the firm’s Web site, at hhmlaw.com.

Jess T. Enyeart, right, a lawyer with Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, and Edward Ashcroft, left, lead principal at Willard School in Warren, hold up a check representing HHM’s $500 contribution to the school’s Positive Behavior Support program. Also pictured are: (front row, from left) student council members Jon’Te Williamson, Natalie Hall, Celestia Hathhorn and Kimberly Collier and teacher Sonya Marshall; (back row, from left) principal Michelle Chiaro, math coach Chris Wilson, student council members Shyn-Tele Smith, Walter Robinson and Chaleesa Seawood and student council advisor Honeya Price.

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For more information, contact:
Paul M. Dutton, Esq., Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., (330) 744-1111 or pdutton@hhmlaw.com or
Dan J. Pecchia, Pecchia Communications LLC, (330) 720-6912, or dan@pecchiacomm.com