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Cool to Be Kind
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{by karen werner}
COOL TO BE KIND
Marcia Meyer and the Be Kind People Project put a new spin (and twist and body roll) on character education
It’s a Friday afternoon and members of the Be Kind People crew are rehearsing for a performance at Catalina Ventura Elementary School in Phoenix. Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You” plays as the troupe practices dance moves and huddles together for a pre-show pep talk.
The group has been busy, already logging 91 assemblies in the first 55 days of the school year. Approximately 300 sixth to eighth graders file into the auditorium, not sure what to expect. The crew members roam the room, talking to and high-fiving students before the show in a move to create a personal connection.
