“The Chain of Kindness” By Alice Early, 4th Grade Teacher
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here have been a number of fundraisers for Tabitha throughout the year. In fact, our kindergarten just raised $2439.15 by doing chores at home! The kindergartners understood that, by getting paid to do home chores, they were collecting money to help families that didn’t have clean water, food, clothes, beds, or other comforts we take for granted. Congratulations to the kindergarteners, that’s a lot of money! A student in my class, Jessica White, was motivated to earn money for Tabitha when Mr. George Bach did a counseling lesson in the fourth grade called “The Chain of Kindness.” The fourth graders were given an assignment to actually plan and perform an act of kindness for someone with the hope that the kindness will prompt the second party into doing a kind thing for another person. Jessica put together an ice tea stand which made over $500 with all proceeds going to Tabitha. She motivated her classmates so much that they were happy to join in on Jessica’s subsequent bake sale where the class raised over $500, again for Tabitha. The money raised is being used to purchase wells in Cambodia. Thanks to Mr. Bach and the intermediate counselors for such a motivating lesson. Maybe it will inspire the readers of this article to participate in an act of kindness!
Debbie Woodfield’s kindergarten class raised funds to purchase pigs for families in Cambodia.
Alice Early’s 4th grade class helped raise funds to purchase wells in Cambodia. Jessica White is in the front row, second from the left.
Kids CAN Make a Difference!
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Deputy Principal, Mr. Schunk, put on his walking shoes too!
n Wednesday, April 25th all grade two students put on their walking shoes and celebrated their 1st Annual Walk-A-Thon on the SAS High School Track from 8.00 - 9.30 am. This Community Service Project was hosted by all grade two teachers and parent volunteers as well as the Primary School Deputy Principal, Mr. Ken Schunk. Many younger siblings of the students also attended. As the music played, the students ran, hopped, skipped and walked with friends, parents and teachers to make a difference. The monies raised will help support underprivileged school children in Jakarta, Indonesia (www.kampungkids.org) and orphaned elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand (www.elephantnaturefoundation.org). Thank you to everyone who put on their walking shoes and helped to create the success of our 1st Annual Grade Two Walk-A-Thon. We definitely found a new way to walk that CAN make a difference!
Parents, siblings and grade two students joined in the fun!
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SAS NewsFlash – May 2007
Water and fruit help to keep us walking!
We’ve got a new way to walk!