Millville schools seek nominations for prosecutor’s Do the Right Thing program

Millville Public Schools is asking adults to put forward students for Cumberland County’s Do the Right Thing program, a recognition effort aimed at a district of about 5,000 students spread across nine schools. The push puts a countywide spotlight on the kinds of choices educators and prosecutors want to reward: behavior that strengthens classrooms, families and the wider community.

The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, based at 115 Vine Street in Bridgeton, describes itself as a community partner in public safety and ties youth recognition to that broader mission. Its public materials also highlight the Cumberland County Positive Youth Development Coalition, which says it works to reduce juvenile delinquency and improve outcomes for young people. The office’s website also links to the Millville Police Department as one of its related local public-safety resources.

The program follows the Do The Right Thing of Miami, Inc. model, which says it recognizes and rewards youth for positive behavior, accomplishments and good deeds. Under the nomination form, a student may be nominated only once per school year, and the nomination must come from an adult who is 18 or older. That makes the program a gate-kept recognition tool, not an open popularity contest, and it centers adult observation of steady, responsible behavior.

For Cumberland County families, the appeal is in the everyday examples the program is meant to catch. A student who returns a found cellphone, helps a younger classmate who is having a hard day, or steps in to stop bullying in the hallway fits the kind of action the nomination is designed to recognize. The focus is on conduct that may never make a headline but still shapes the tone of a school building.

The timing also places the nominations alongside a busy spring of student-centered events in Millville. The district listed the Teen Arts Festival on April 22, 2026, and the Cumberland & Cape May Counties Teen Arts Festival said registration started January 5 and the festival was held April 22. Against that backdrop, the prosecutor’s office and Millville schools are using Do the Right Thing to keep attention on positive student behavior as a public good, not just a private virtue.