Good

Today, our school started a "Look for the Good Campaign".  Our assembly this afternoon taught students what it means to be grateful, what they could be grateful for, and a little about how to show that gratitude.  The whole school was decked out in colorful "You Matter" t-shirts - staff included.

Here is what students will do over the course of the next two weeks:

• Step on Gratitude Spots! Gratitude Spots are spread around the school and outside at recess - students step on them and think - or say out loud! - something they are grateful for.
• Add to the Gratitude Wall! Students write what they are grateful for on a sticky note, and the sticky notes will go on a large Gratitude Wall, located in our school lobby.
• Let people know "You Matter"! Students look for people who are kind or show kindness to them and pass them a "You Matter" card. When they receive a "You Matter" card, they get to sign the Kindness Wall.
• Tell people "You Matter"! Students write letters of gratitude to people who matter to them. Then they either mail them or they read them aloud to those people.

I am on bus duty every afternoon. Every day, I tell kids good-bye, use the names of the ones I know, tell them to have a good night and I'll see them tomorrow. Most days I get some mumbled "byes", some eye contact, but mostly I don't exist to them.

Today, I got more high fives, smiles, "good-nights", and "byes" than I've gotten all year combined. I even had one student tell me, "You Matter!"

It's going to be a wonderful two weeks, and we're just getting started.

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If you're interested in the project, the website is www.lookforthegood.org. The woman who runs the organization is someone I went to K-12 school with!