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Since the first week of school, students have been surrounded by a PRIDE Movement, specifically geared to help students show Preparedness, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence. PRIDE is the motto of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS), a program implemented by LBHS. Posters decorate the campus with these specific terms and classrooms have matrices showcasing the acronym and expected behaviors students should have while going about their day. 

This movement was started by Ms. Sherry Housley, along with teachers, security, and other staff members.  They attended trainings and had monthly meetings for an entire year to make sure that things were well planned and went smoothly for the first year.  Ms. Housley anticipates staff  and students will participate in school and individual classroom activities to improve students’ grades and behavior. The PRIDE movement is an attempt to push the message of being respectful and working hard. Some other schools in the district are also using PBIS, and Ms. Housley and staff hopes that if the PRIDE movement shows great results, other schools will join as well to make LBUSD a better place for parents, teachers, staff, and students.

Mrs. Housely explained,  “I’ve been doing a lot of research, and as you know, we have two populations here; we have born and raised in Los Banos and we have the San Jose implants, and we want them meshed together; we want them to know the rules.”  

“This is our first full year of implementation for PBIS which is what the pride movement is from,” she said. “Signs are there to remind them (students).”

As part of the implementation for the PRIDE movement, students will be taught monthly lessons during sixth period.  Our first lesson has already taken place and it concentrated on the matrix of expected behaviors as well as the PRIDE acronym.  Future lessons will focus on respect, integrity, and excellence.

Students feel the staff and administration are sending a positive message out to them.   “It was interesting,” said Junior Joshua Olono. “They did their best on trying to tell us what to do; they really had control on what they were doing.”