It's the Great Kindness Challenge!
January 24-28, 2022
CELEBRATE THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE WITH US!
First, we will have dress up days everyday next week. Please see the flyer below.
Secondly, we are having a Penny War! We did this last year and raised $3,000 for our backpack program which is incredible! This program provides food for needy families in our community. This is a competition between grade levels and the winning grade will get a pizza party! We had a lot of fun with this last year and were so grateful for your generosity.
Third, we will be making Valentine cards for the Jimtown Elementary kiddos and Hubbard Hill residents. Students will also have the opportunity to complete “50 Acts of Kindness” to earn extra points for their grade. Attached below is the Family Edition for kind acts that can be completed as a family if you’d like to participate with us. We are so excited for next week and hope to continue acts of kindness through the whole school year!
BECAUSE KINDNESS MATTERS!
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind."
~Henry James
The Great Kindness Challenge is proudly presented by Kids for Peace, a global 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Kids for Peace was co-founded in 2006 by Danielle Gram, a high school honors student and Jill McManigal, a mother and former elementary school teacher. What started organically as a neighborhood group of kids wanting to make our world a better place, has grown into an interconnected network of young peacebuilders worldwide.
In 2011, the elementary school that Jill’s children attended asked Kids for Peace to help create a more positive, unified and respectful school environment. As a result, The Great Kindness Challenge was designed and piloted with three Carlsbad, California schools. Because of our innovative approach and wildly successful results, word spread, and a kindness movement was born!
At the heart of The Great Kindness Challenge is the simple belief that kindness is strength. We also believe that as an action is repeated, a habit is formed. With the Great Kindness Challenge checklist in hand, students have the opportunity to repeat kind act after kind act. As kindness becomes a habit, peace becomes possible.
The Great Kindness Challenge is a grassroots movement that is making our schools, communities, and world a kinder and more compassionate place for all. Working together, we joyfully prove that KINDNESS MATTERS!