Students at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School celebrated World Kindness Day on November 13 with a schoolwide initiative designed to promote compassion and encourage positive actions throughout the school community.

In the weeks leading up to World Kindness Day, all students received Kindness Bingo boards filled with activities aimed at fostering empathy and goodwill. The challenge encouraged students to complete various acts of kindness, with participants entering a raffle for prizes including pop-it fidget toys and personalized kindness certificates.

The bingo board activities ranged from simple gestures to thoughtful interactions. Students were encouraged to perform small acts of kindness, write gratitude letters, offer compliments, lend helping hands to others, and practice self-kindness. The initiative emphasized that everyone can make a difference through everyday actions.

To mark the special day, students showed their commitment to kindness by wearing shirts featuring bright colors or kind words. The colorful display created a visual celebration of the school's dedication to creating a positive environment.

Ms. Kolb's second-grade class took the celebration a step further by participating in Chalk the Walk, an activity where students wrote encouraging messages on the playground sidewalk. The uplifting notes served as lasting reminders to the school community about the importance of continued kindness.

World Kindness Day, observed annually on November 13, serves as a global reminder that simple acts of kindness have the power to create positive change. The day encourages people to be kind to one another, to themselves, and to the world around them.

The initiative at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary demonstrated how working together with compassion and consideration can help build a kinder school community and, ultimately, a kinder world.

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Date Added: 11/17/2025