Mary’s
Minute
“No act of kindness, no
matter how small, is ever wasted.”
~ Aesop
Welcome Back!
Kindness matters. We
kicked off the year at Perry Central with two events. The day before students arrived, all staff
members received training on “Trauma-Informed Care,” learning about brain
research and specific strategies of why and how to create a caring community.
Then on the first two days of school, Perry Central hosted Rachel’s Challenge. This school assembly focused on the power of
kindness to change people’s lives with the goal of creating a caring
culture. Rachel Scott was a student
killed in the horrific tragedy at Columbine High School. The tragedy is overshadowed by the power of
Rachel’s kindness during her lifetime and of her family’s quest to spread
Rachel’s message. Rachel wanted to
create a “chain reaction” of kindness.
Perry Central wants to be part of the chain reaction, treating each
other with kindness.
On the first day of school I walked down the high school
hall way greeting students as a strolled.
As I said, “Hello and how are you?” to students, their response back to
me was sincere. Students said back to
me, “I’m great. How are you?” It may seem small, but it really made me
realize how kind and sincere our students are.
Our teachers genuinely care about each other and their students. For example, one teacher noticed on the first
day of school that a student was hungry and did not have shoes that fit. That night shoes and food were dropped off at
the student’s home. Perry Central is a
caring community, and we will continue to work hard to nurture this. We are not perfect. We as individuals and a culture can always be
better. We know that kindness matters,
and we work to practice it every day.
Thank you for your kindness!
Have
a great week!
Mary
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