In 1999, former Pettisville High School Alumni and past Archbold Mayor, the late Chuck Rychener, formed the Archbold Character Council with the intention of strengthening the citizens and families of Archbold through the promotion of good character. However, we have discovered that the Archbold program has been an inspiration to other schools and communities around Northwest Ohio.

Our ability to reach others through assemblies and events has had an impact. Because of the interest from other communities and our desire to promote character in other school districts, we decided to change our name from the Archbold Character Council to The Northwest Ohio Character Council, and we are already seeing positive results from this change.

Over the past seven years, the Character Council has been promoting different character qualities through the signs that you have seen throughout the Archbold community and soon to be placed in Pettisville and Ridgeville Corners communities. We have given recognition to students exhibiting good character, and also by assisting the National Honor Society (NHS) students in giving character assemblies to the elementary grades throughout the past several school years.

Additionally, in 2004, we sponsored a Northwest Ohio character assembly, which included 250 students from four different schools.