Alma Schrader School: A National School of Character

Fred Lynch

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Alma Schrader School is one of 83 schools nationwide to receive a National School of Character Award, announced Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau.

Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader School principal Ruth Ann Orr moderates a Skype call Wednesday, May 10, 2017 with Tami Bopp, left, and Nicole Diehl who announced that the school had achieved a national School of Character award. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students celebrate their school receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader School principal Ruth Ann Orr explains Wednesday, May 10, 2017 that the school is one of over 123,000 schools in the United States that could have earned this designation, "which puts us in the top 0.0006 percent of schools." (Fred Lynch)

Assistant principal and counselor Julia Unnerstall, center, with fourth-grade teachers Liz Sterr, left, and Rhonda Young, celebrate with students after learning the school received a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Alma Schrader students spell out "Family" after receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Over 400 Alma Schrader students spell out "Family" after receiving a national School of Character award Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)