Character, leadership, and service are the key components of a program incorporated into the San Marcos Academy Lower School this year.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of San Marcos, which meets weekly at SMA, Early Act is a service program for elementary students from ages 5 to 13. The mission of Early Act is to promote goodwill, understanding, and peace through the active participation of its student members so that with committed citizenship and effective leadership, they may improve the quality of life in their school, community, and global community. Its operation is closely linked to Rotary’s “Service above Self” ideal and provides the foundation and natural succession into service clubs.
Early Act teaches and promotes positive character qualities. Each month, SMA Lower School students learn a Bible verse associated with that month’s character trait, and the student in each grade who best exemplifies that quality is knighted and presented with a medallion at a Friday Chapel. The first knighting ceremony took place Oct. 30 and a second ceremony followed on Dec. 3.
