Random acts of kindness
November 10, 2009
Filed under Lower School
Lower school students are being rewarded for their random acts of kindness. Mrs. Catherine Fuller, a sixth grade social studies teacher, and Mrs. Shirley Mayeda and Mrs. Deanne Kanekuni, the two Lower School counselors, created a program called Random Acts of Kindness to reward good behavior among Lower School students. When a teacher catches a student committing one of these small good deeds, they report it to Mrs. Catherine Fuller. She calls the child in and gives them a certificate and a small red bracelet that says, “Caught doing GOOD.”
Mrs. Fuller, along with Ms. Mayeda and Mrs. Kanekuni, created this program to “foster a mindset of service in our students; teach them the joy and value in helping others.”
The program has acknowledged a range of good deeds performed by students. Students have opened doors for teachers, helped sick classmates, helped teachers clean up and other commendable actions. Mrs. Fuller said that one student included a friend who learned a lesson on responsibility in a work group.
“We have programs to deal with all types of negative behaviors,” Mrs. Fuller said. “We need to reinforce the good behavior just as strongly.”
This program is similar to the Raider Award given to those outstanding students who have exceptional citizenship and character, but on a smaller level. The Lower School students do not know about the program, because the counselors and Mrs. Fuller want the students to perform these acts of kindness without the known incentive of receiving something in return.
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