Starts With Socks!!

During the week of February 11th, Willow River Student Council challenged students to bring in pairs of socks for a local organization called "Starts With Socks".  This non-profit provides socks to the homeless here in Hudson as a conversation starter to see what other resources the families and individuals may need.  Our students collected over 400 pairs of socks for this amazing cause - truly a "Random Act of Kindness".

Kindness in Kindergarten

During our Kindness Month, each class will have a special guidance lesson to talk about random acts of kindness, the power a kind act can have and how kids can carry out acts of kindness no matter how small!

In Kindergarten, we read Maria Dismony's book "The Jelly Donut Difference".  Twin siblings Leah and Dexter learn more about their neighbor, Ms. Mavis, who seems to be quite lonely.  They invite her to dinner, learn about her traditions from Poland including pączki (pronounced POWNCH-key), which is a sweet and savory donut-like dessert with a jelly filling.  The twins end up making this sweet treat and delivering them to their neighbor, Ms. Mavis.  Their act of kindness is greatly appreciated by Ms. Mavis and the twins continue to find other ways to be kind. 

After the story, Kindergarten students came up with "Half a dozen ways to be Kind" and created a little "donut box" that contains six ways kids can show kindness.