Random Acts of Kindness at Distinctive Schools

Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week!

February 11-17th has been designated Random Acts of Kindness week by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. RAK week is a national celebration of Kindness, and there is no doubt we could all use more kindness in our lives. Distinctive Schools challenged each campus to celebrate kindness this week - and to #CaptureKindness #CapturaLaAmabilidad along the way. 

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an important focus for Distinctive Schools classrooms. Our schools are working to develop strategies, classroom practices, school-wide events, programs and family practices that aim to increase student development of the appropriate socio-emotional skills and tools in the areas of emotional management, teamwork, problem solving, responsibility, initiative, and empathy.  

Students and staff across the Distinctive Schools network shared kind acts this week. Students from Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy (MELA) wrote letters of gratitude to veterans, made thank you posters for lunchroom staff, and selected kind acts from the wall of kindness at MELA. Middle school students from CICS Bucktown volunteered to put together treat bags to thank their parents, students spent time doing yoga, and staff shared 'Kind' bars as a treat for one another! 

There were so many acts of kindness taking place this week, and our campuses did a wonderful job capturing kindness through photos and videos, however one campus took the lead in our kindness challenge -sharing over THREE HUNDRED photos of kindness across their campus! Congratulations, CICS West Belden for completing and documenting so many kind acts! We hope all of our campuses keep the kindness going and keep kindness as a top priority! 

Random acts of kindness week is a time for reflection on the importance of kindness, gratitude, and most importantly - for one another! We are so grateful for the collaboration we experience with our students, families, parents, staff, and teachers. Click through the photos below to see some of the amazing things that happened this week!