Sprinkling Kindness Through the School Day At Heights Elementary School in Oakland, New Jersey, this year’s kindness theme is “Sprinkle Kindness Everywhere.” Counselor Kim Jacobson coordinates monthly activities around that idea for the school’s 315 students, with student council playing a visible role in carrying the work forward. Council members…
A Place of Safety, Belonging, and Care Hawthorne Elementary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serves about 250 students. Counselor Morgan Towner says one of the school’s central commitments is making sure students and families experience school as a place they can trust. That trust is built through steady outreach. Once…
A Culture Wide Enough to Hold Everyone Hawthorne Elementary School in San Luis Obispo, California, is the kind of place where students carry very different lives into the same classroom. Some come from great comfort. Others carry foster care experiences or the stress of living in a shelter. Some students…
Helping Students Grow Into Kindness At Halls Ferry Intermediate School in Florissant, Missouri, kindness is being taught with real intention during one of the most important stretches of childhood. The school serves 385 students in grades three through five, and kindness champions LaTasha Channel-West, Elijah Green, and Samarya Griffin are…
In 2024, Harshman Middle School didn’t just get new students — it got a new identity. As part of Indianapolis Public Schools’ (IPS) “Rebuilding Stronger” initiative, the oldest standalone middle school in the city added sixth grade and doubled the number of students enrolled. Almost overnight, the only constants were…
