During Random Acts of Kindness Week, we give students a challenge to aspire to complete during the school week, spreading kindness in the classroom and at home. And throughout the year, students put sticky notes on the POWered by Kindness wall to represent an act of kindness they did at school, at home, in the store, or anywhere. It is filling up! The best compliment of this program was hearing from parents during parent-teacher conferences that they are so pleased with how the emphasis on kindness (including the posters and general atmosphere) has made the school feel safe by promoting inclusion, kindness and empathy.

The feedback in our school community has been positive, and our school culture has improved, with more random acts of kindness and more inclusion. The most impactful feedback I have is that we have a student who uses a wheelchair and is very limited in any physical activity she can do. She got to be involved and appreciated the inclusion and kindness discussion. It really helped her be more open with other students.