On November 13th, the world celebrated World Kindness Day. It is a special day that serves as a gentle reminder to spread kindness wherever you can. You may never know the invisible struggles someone is facing, and coming from a place of compassion and understanding may allow you to see people or situations differently.
As most of you know, we have a Kindness Club here at school, and the members of our club came together and organized some great ways to appreciate the kindness of others at Newark! Every week, members wanted to recognize a different teacher based on the results of a survey they created for students to ll out. They received great feedback, and were able to identify four teachers to acknowledge on the announcements: Mr. Cooper, Mr. Hall, Mrs. McCoy, and Ms. Quillen. We appreciate all teachers and staff who help to make Newark a kinder place!
On the student side, teachers and staff were asked to nominate students seen doing kind acts around the school for the whole month of November. By doing this, we wanted to convey the message that kind acts, no matter how big or how small, can have an impact on others without you even realizing it. Sometimes, our kindness is not always recognized or appreciated, but that doesn’t mean we should stop being kind.
We had 12 students who were nominated, and they all received kindness award certi cates to commemorate their nomination. From the nominees, three names were randomly chosen to receive a prize. Our rst winner was Jayden DeBoard, our second winner was Jacob Seyller, and our third winner was Kiara Wesseh.
Thank you for continuing to spread kindness throughout the school!