Two principals challenged their teachers to perform and share “Random Acts of Kindness” throughout this school year. They have given me permission to share this with you. I may not get all details correct but you will get the idea. Then you can tweak it for your school.
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| Mrs. Jennings(L) Mrs. Hyde(R) |
Boswell Elementary Principals, Lael Hyde and Rachelle Jennings, kicked off their new school year with a bang! (You can find them on twitter at @Laelow1 and @rdjennings3 )At their back-to-school faculty meeting they shared a notebook that would be kept in the office. This special notebook was put in place to keep track of “random acts of kindness” throughout their school.
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| Nothing fancy:) |
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| (used Skitch to blur names) |
The event that caught my eye was posted to Facebook. These ladies did 12 recess duties for their teachers in one day!
Below Mrs. Jennings shares a special story about her experience that day…….
As most of you have seen already, Lael Streight Hyde
and I did a Random Act of Kindness day and took ALL 12 recess duties
for our teachers today at Boswell. But I have to share the BEST part of
that. I was asked by a group of 4th graders to do a flip on the monkey
bars. Not sure if I could still do that at my age, I said I’ll have to
get the courage up, so see me at afternoon recess. A 4th grade girl
came up to me and told me she has always been too scared to do a flip
on the monkey bars. So I made a deal with her: if I did a flip she had
to try one too. And here’s the “goosebumps” part……. At afternoon
recess, a crowd gathered around the monkey bars to watch me attempt a
flip……to which I accomplished-not very gracefully but none the less-
I did it! Then it was her turn. The boys and girls cheered for her as I
attempted to help her 3 times. On the fourth try she flipped all the
way around the monkey bar too- and they all clapped and cheered!!! She
overcame one of her fears today with a huge crowd of students cheering
her on!! #tearfilledeyes #blessed
What would happen if you initiated this challenge?
