Can I just tell you how much I love the kids in the Peace Squad? On Friday, September 11, they performed their own play for our school's Kindness Rally (a kickoff to a year-long kindness initiative). The theme for the play was Kindness Grows, and they showed examples of simple ways that students can be kind to each other, including things like helping someone with a heavy instrument, to reporting mean behavior, to offering a seat to someone on the bus. They served as role models for the entire school and the students were really into their performance! Not only did they truly "bring it" for the live performance, but they worked really hard during their lunch period for weeks before the performance to write and practice the play. They were dependable, thoughtful, and truly invested. During our final rehearsal, I asked the students "What kinds of things are you nervous about?" I was sure that they would say that they were nervous about performing in front of their peers, and while a few were, I also heard concerns such as "I'm worried that we will forget to remove some of the props in between scenes," and "I'm worried that other students that aren't in the Peace Squad might feel jealous that they can't be on stage."
They are an amazing, awesome group of people!
Here's a picture of us right after the production with our school's Kindness Pledge (which will be signed over the next couple of weeks by our student body):
They are an amazing, awesome group of people!
Here's a picture of us right after the production with our school's Kindness Pledge (which will be signed over the next couple of weeks by our student body):