Kindness Counts!!!

During the month of February, first graders have been reminded of kind actions and words that help keep our community of learning a happy place to be.  Last week during Friendship Groups, the 5th graders encouraged us to practice giving compliments and then asked each Wellman Elementary student to do the same to one other person.  As we continue to grow in our social interactions, the first graders are able to see a 'visual' reminder of paying it forward with kind words and actions.  If a first grader catches another 1st grader giving a compliment, lending a helping hand or sharing kind words, he/she ties a ribbon to our 'Kindness Heart' that hangs just outside the 1st grade doors.  Ask your little one to share what he/she has noticed with kindness in and out of the classroom!