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Trustworthiness
Promises kept, words honoured, ramps that hold. Students see what it means to be counted on — by teachers, by friends, by oneself.
Character Building School Assembly in Massachusetts
character building school assembly Massachusetts BMX Freestylers Dream Team delivers character building school assemblies in Massachusetts for K-8 students. Six Pillars of Character framework. Aligned to Massachusetts DESE SEL competencies. Phone (657) 345-4603.
character building school assembly Massachusetts On Building good & true things.
Massachusetts schools have, for generations, asked the same question of every guest brought before their students: what will the children carry home? Our character building school assembly answers in forty minutes — six pillars, one ramp, and a story the Bay State's K-8 students do not forget by Monday.
Chapter One
The Six Pillars of Character.
A framework of six virtues, illustrated through stunts and stories, Our character building school assembly massachusetts services ensure taught to every K-8 student who attends a Massachusetts assembly.
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Respect
The riders model it on stage, with each other and with the audience. The students take it home — to classmates, parents, and the school's quietest corners.
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Responsibility
The story of practice, falls, getting up. Owning the outcome — in the classroom, on the field, in the kitchen — becomes more than just a lesson.
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Fairness
The judging panel, the rules of the line, the moment of inviting a quieter classmate forward. Fair play — illustrated and named, plainly.
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Caring
The pause to check on the kid in the corner. The handshake after the show. Caring — in deed, before word, before sentiment.
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Citizenship
The student as part of a school, a town, a Commonwealth. Citizenship — the quiet duty of being a good neighbour to the school down the road.
Chapter Two · The Curriculum
Why forty minutes changes a school year.
— A note from the founder, on three and a half decades of Massachusetts assemblies.
The Massachusetts schoolhouse is among the oldest institutions in the Republic. Boston Latin, founded in 1635. Worcester's classical academies. The Cambridge schools that read aloud from Emerson. There is a weight to these halls — a weight one feels the moment one rolls a ramp into a cafeteria and the principal welcomes you in.
That weight is the reason every character building school assembly in Massachusetts must be more than entertainment. The Bay State expects substance. Its administrators read carefully, its parents read more carefully still, and its students — for all the noise — are listening.
The forty-minute assembly is not a substitute for a year of character education; it is a hinge. A single hour, in which the language of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship is given a face, a story, and a ramp. The classroom returns to those words the next morning, and the words mean something.
The riders are professionals — background-checked, insured, and trained to read a K-8 audience. The ramps are X Games-grade. The sound system is concert-quality. But the unseen craft is the curriculum: the moment the show pauses, the rider looks at five hundred children, and asks them to think about the friend they have not yet thanked.
For three and a half decades, we have toured Massachusetts. Boston to Berkshires, Cape to North Shore, Springfield to Newburyport. We are honoured to return each year, and most of all, to be invited to the same gymnasiums and blacktops by the same principals — the surest sign that the work travels with the students into the classroom, and from there, into the home.
Chapter Two and a Half · The Leadership
The two men behind the show.
Dennis Langlais
Founder · Customer Care · 1991
Loaded the first quarterpipe into a van and drove to a Southern California elementary school. Has not stopped touring since.
Dustin McCarty
Team Manager · Lead Performer
Coordinates the riders, the ramps, and the calendar. The first call every Massachusetts principal makes.
Touring the Commonwealth.
— Every Massachusetts county, year-round.
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Cambridge
Lowell
Brockton
Newton
Quincy
Lynn
Somerville
New Bedford
Fall River
"The most thoughtful character assembly we have hosted in fifteen years. The students were still quoting the six pillars in advisory the following Monday."
Principal · K-8 Elementary
Greater Boston, Massachusetts · Booked three years running
Chapter Four · Inquiries
The Most-Asked Questions.
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What character traits does the assembly cover?
The six pillars: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Each is illustrated with a stunt, a story, and a moment of pause where the students reflect on its meaning in their own classrooms and homes.
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Does the assembly align with Massachusetts SEL standards?
Yes. Built around the Massachusetts DESE Social and Emotional Learning competencies and the CharacterCounts framework adopted in many MA districts. We can provide documentation for your school's records.
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How long does the program run?
Forty minutes of show, fifteen minutes of setup, and fifteen of breakdown — about seventy minutes on site, total.
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What audience size do you accommodate?
Up to six hundred students per show. Larger Massachusetts schools split grades into back-to-back assemblies, so every student is given a seat at the front.
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What about New England weather?
The Commonwealth's weather is familiar to us. A gym or cafeteria is a fine indoor backup. Rescheduling within the same district is, by tradition, on us — no fee, no fuss.
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Do you accept Massachusetts school purchase orders?
We do. Our office works seamlessly with MA school business offices on purchase orders, invoices, and contracts. A name and a phone number, and we handle the rest.
Chapter Four and a Half · Particulars
Show pricing & the answers.
Professional BMX school assemblies since 1891 in spirit, 1991 in fact — clear pricing, honest answers, zero surprises.
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The Massachusetts calendar is open year-round. Bookings may be held without commitment until the date is confirmed by your school business office.