Cultivating Kindness in the New Year!

When the calendar flips to January, it seems everyone makes resolutions. Even in our Stonehedge building, we are making a big resolution. We are resolving to increase KINDNESS. Throughout our entire building, classrooms grades K-5, special area classrooms, in the cafeteria, on the bus, and on the playground, we are increasing our kindness!

What kindness looks like in each classroom is a little different and teachers are working with students to define what it is.

Our kindness campaign kicked off yesterday with performances from the group Vitamin L. According to Vitamin L’s website, “The purpose of the Vitamin L project is to spread love and goodwill through music... Our mission is to reach and positively influence as many children as possible.”

Our building-wide kindness campaign comes with a newly-revised Stonehedge Pledge. The new pledge has students actively promising to increase their kindness.

Kindness is what you feel in your heart,

Think in your head,

Show in your actions,

And

Say with your words. 

I pledge to be kind today and every day!

The new poster design was voted on by all students and will decorate hallways and classrooms.

As students demonstrate acts of kindness, they will be recognized by earning a small pom-pom for their classroom’s collection. Each week, the class will add their bag of pom poms to the school’s large “kindness container” housed in the library. The visual representation of kindness increasing throughout the building is a great motivator for the students.We look forward to watching our container overflow with kindness!

Please note the following important dates:
Wednesday, January 11- PTA Meeting, 6 PM High School Library Classroom

Monday, January 16-No School, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, January 30-No School for Students, Staff Development

Thursday, February 16-Winter Wonderland Event

~Lori