Humanitarian concern, honesty, integrity, positive decision making and heroism were recognized Thursday October 20 during the Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s second “Do The Right Thing” Awards Ceremony of the school year.

The ceremony was held in the Board Room of the School Board of Lee County in Fort Myers.

Each month throughout the 2011-2012 school year, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office honors the positive actions of the community’s students through the “Do The Right Thing” Student Recognition Program.

The goal of “Do The Right Thing” is to reinforce positive behavior among youths and to establish students as role models for their peers, said John McGraw, program director.

Most of the students who received awards went to Cape Coral students.

The following students from the East Zone, including Lehigh and Alva schools, were among the 19 students honored at the program:

Kevin Jackson of Lehigh Acres is a kindergarten Student at Bayshore Elementary School.

Teacher Khrystine Bosland of Bayshore Elementary School said that Kevin is extremely kind and understanding toward other students. He is always letting others go ahead of him and offers to help other students, as well as myself, every chance he gets. Kevin is a wonderful role model, she wrote in a nominating letter.

Dominique Harden of Lehigh Acres is an eighth grade student at Alva Middle School.

Teacher Charlotte Lippincott said when a fellow student experienced a very embarrassing situation causing others to laugh, Dominique responded with compassion and offered to help.

Amanda McDowell of Lehigh Acres is a seventh grade student at Alva Middle School.

Teacher Margaret Spradlin said that Manda saw a potential safety issue for another student. She took the next step and acted so as to prevent an injury.

Susan Hunt of Fort Myers is a seventh grade student at Alva Middle School.

Teacher Margaret Spradlin said Susan found a beautiful ring, with a pearl and diamond setting. It was on the locker room floor. It appeared to be very valuable and without hesitation she turned it in to Spradlin.

Sabrina Bouie of Lehigh Acres is an eleventh grade student at Dunbar High School.

Resource Officer Cpl. Garfield Young said that when thing began to get out of hand in her classroom and students began to fight, Sabrina knew what she had to do. She ran down the hall to notify an adult of the fight. She also has come to the aid of a student who had passed out on the school track. In that situation she immediately notified school authorities and helped.