The GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE
BES Celebrates: January 26-January 30, 2015
Benson Elementary School is proud to be a...
What is the Great Kindness Challenge?
The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive and positive bullying prevention initiative. It is one week devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible. Using the provided checklist of 50 kinds acts (as a taking off point for ideas of kind acts), students take the challenge and prove that bullying is weak and kindness is strength.
KINDNESS MATTERS! Easy Ways YOU Can Make Your School a Kinder Place!
Below is a digital copy of the flyer sent to families.
The Great Kindness Challenge flyer:
50 Kindness ideas students, faculty, and families may use to increase our caring quotient.
Our Great Kindness Challenge Tree
As our students meet the Challenge, they write their kind act on heart-shaped blooms, then add them to our tree.
Some 3rd grade friends adding their acts of KINDNESS.
Our KINDNESS tree is beginning to bloom!
Some Kindergarten friends sharing acts of KINDNESS!
Blooming...
Some 1st grade friends adding to our KINDNESS tree.
More kind and caring students.
More caring friends!
Blooming...
1st Grade Class full of Kindness-Givers!
Dedicated to helping each other.
Some of our 4th grade students who met the Kindness Challenge!
The power of Kindness and paying it forward.
Ripple - Inspirational Short Film // Viddsee.com
A young man's courageous, yet simple act of kindness.
Josh - opening doors and hearts | WestJet Above and Beyond Stories
Remember, no act of kindness is too small, and every act of kindness sends endless ripples out into the world. Please join us this week, and send your own ripples of kindness out into the world.
Susan Hager, BES School Counselor
We look forward to hearing about your family's Great Kindness Challenge! Please feel free to contact me and share your successes.
Email: susanhager@johnston.k12.nc.us
Website: bensonelem.johnston.k12.nc.us
Phone: 919-894-4233