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Happy Holidays from the 21 Day Kindness Challenge Team

12/20/2016

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21 Day Kindness Challenge Makes a Big Difference in Sterling, Alaska!

12/13/2016

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PictureMrs. Kelly dresses up as the "Kindness Queen" and encourages students in the bus line to be kind. "Not exactly Alaska winter apparel!" she says.
It was the beginning of the school year, and Principal Denise Kelly was feeling frustrated.  Despite hard work and positive efforts by her staff, her school – Sterling Elementary in Sterling, Alaska – was experiencing high levels of behavioral issues.  Principal Kelly had more students in her office and had suspended more kids by October than in the entire previous school year.  She wanted to break the negative cycle!
 
Mrs. Kelly reached out to the 21 Day Kindness Challenge with the hopes that the program would reignite her staff to feel kindness in themselves and to share the kindness with their students.  She is extremely happy with the results.
 
“I saw changes in our students; I saw changes in our staff.  When we talk about students and their difficult behaviors, we talk about how to lead them back to kindness with kindness!  The focus on kindness has been infectious!”
 
​Mrs. Kelly’s co-kindness coach is Katy McKinley.  She was inspired to help with the Kindness Challenge because she has been teaching Growth Mindset in her classroom, and felt that the 21 Day Kindness Challenge is an excellent complement to the Growth Mindset.  She was very excited about bringing additional positive change to their school. 
 
Mrs. McKinley was very pleased with the impact the 21 Day Kindness Challenge has had on her classroom and Sterling Elementary.  She says other teachers agreed that the 21 Day Kindness Challenge was much needed and served a necessary purpose in their classrooms. 

“It is amazing how contagious kindness can be,” she said.  “Students, staff, and community have been affected by our challenge!”
 
Mrs. Kelly concurred.  “Our (kindness) chain was 931 feet and it equated to 6,571 acts of kindness!” she said.  “But beyond that, we had a class who all on their own conducted their own kindness missions across the school and the world.  We had a parent contact us and ask us to spread cheer with handwritten cards to the children at the hospital over Christmas to whom they provide gifts.  We had numerous parents comment at how contagious our kindness challenge was!”
 
Sterling’s office referrals have already seen a decrease by nearly 70% since they held their 21 Day Kindness Challenge, said Mrs. Kelly. 

​“Students are helping each other more and are being more respectful to the adults.” 
 
Mrs. Kelly says the best part about the 21 Day Kindness Challenge at Sterling Elementary School was watching students do kind things, tell her about the kind things they did and seeing them ask to help others “just because.”  Mrs. McKinley agreed, saying that she also loved sharing the daily videos that are provided as part of the program and planning the kick off and celebration Kindness Challenge assemblies for the school, especially because they included lots of students and community members.
 
Sterling Elementary School really got into the spirit of the 21 Day Kindness Challenge with their kick off and celebration assemblies.  They invited many guests to attend and participate.  A former Sterling principal, a school board representative, their school district’s communications specialist, a community volunteer and their State Senator all made guest speeches!  Their district superintendent and a former Sterling Elementary secretary helped the students celebrate at the end of their Kindness Challenge.
 
One of Mrs. Kelly’s favorite parts of the 21 Day Kindness Challenge was dressing up as the Kindness Queen, a role she took on during the kick-off assembly.
 
“For our second week, I decided that I should ensure that the students were still thinking about kindness after the weekend. So I put on my Kindness Queen costume – which is not necessarily 'Winter in Alaska' appropriate – and I went to bus duty, greeting all of the students and parents with a reminder to be kind!”
 
Mrs. Kelly says that anyone can and should do the 21 Day Kindness Challenge.  “Any school can do it!” she says.  “Focusing on kindness is easy!  It is well worth the time and the energy.”
  
One of the 21 Day Kindness Challenge team’s favorite stories about Sterling Elementary was getting an email from an enthusiastic kindness coach from another school in California.
 
“I just heard the 21 Day Kindness Challenge on the Bobby Bones show!” she emailed to let us know.  Sterling Elementary had received a super fun shout-out from the morning show hosts.
Listen to the shout-out on the Bobby Bones show here.  The Sterling clip starts at 7:38.
 
The 21 Day Kindness Challenge team applauds Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. McKinley for their dedication, creativity, passion, and enthusiasm for creating a kinder, more inclusive school climate.  To find out how you can make a difference on your school campus, visit our website!


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Sterling Elementary's amazing Kindness Coaches, Denise Kelly and Katy McKinley!
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How do you make kindness go viral on your campus?

12/8/2016

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To spread kindness on campus, you must make it easy, fun, and intentional. This month’s Fun Kindness Project we suggest schools create a wall dedicated to kindness. This project can be led by a student group or by anyone with the passion for spreading kindness on your campus.  

Here is what you do:

1: Find a location for your kindness wall. 
Consider a wall (or walls) on your campus that students, faculty, and staff walk by often. 

2: Decorate your kindness wall. 
Have fun and be creative! Make the wall inviting and cheerful. You can use quotes, pictures, lights, or other materials you have on hand. 

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3: Print and Post.
Your students, staff and teachers will surely partake in spreading kindness on campus with these three printable kind act suggestions. Print as many copies as you like and post them all over campus.
Share Your Porject With Us.
We’d love to hear what you did for your kindness wall and how viral this kindness project was on your campus. You can leave a comment below, or you can post your pictures on Twitter or Facebook.

Video Suggestions 

Watch our YouTube video on ways you can use our Decemeber 2016 Fun Kindness Project.
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Give Kindness this Holiday Season

12/6/2016

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PictureKind Kids are Cool! Give the gift of kindness to your teachers this holiday season!
Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your children’s teachers that will be greatly appreciated and create lasting impact?  The 21 Day Kindness Challenge: Classroom Edition is the perfect holiday gift for all the teachers in your life!

Your gift of the 21 Day Kindness Challenge: Classroom Edition will provide your children’s teachers with 21 days of lessons, projects, activities and team meetings that teach kindness, compassion, appreciation and caring.  It makes a wonderful gift for any K-6 classroom teacher, youth group, preschool teacher, home-school, or any small group-based learning environment. 



​Find out how one grandparent gave the gift of kindness!
​The 21 Day Kindness Challenge: Classroom Edition is a gift that will be remembered and appreciated for years to come, not only by your child's teacher but by the students for whom you will be creating lasting change.  You will be gifting a four-week program that includes step-by-step weekly theme-based activities to emphasize kindness, caring, appreciation and gratitude. The program integrates seamlessly with existing curriculum so teachers won't have any extra work to do.  
Give the gift of kindness today!
The 21 Day Kindness Challenge: Classroom Edition is extremely well-priced at $119 (includes shipping). The 21 Day Kindness Challenge: Classroom Edition includes a downloadable program guide, kindness bracelets, posters, kindness strips to record acts of kindness, daily videos, printable journals, and printable materials to make it easy and fun for the teacher to implement kindness in their classroom.  

​At your request, we will 
ship your gift of kindness directly to your children’s teachers.  We will include a handwritten note informing them of your generous gift.  
Order today in time for the holidays!  

“One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness; it usually comes back to you!”
-Anonymous
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