Middle School Great Kindness Challenge Week 

From Monday to Friday, January 22 to 26, our students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 will join 18 million students in over 36,000 schools in 115 countries to create a kinder world by participating in the annual Great Kindness Challenge, an international initiative to spread peace and positivity across the globe. 

The Great Kindness Challenge, presented by the global nonprofit Kids for Peace, was launched with three Carlsbad, California schools in 2012 to address bullying and to foster connection, inclusion, and compassion. The annual program has multiplied in enrollment yearly, having grown to nearly 17 million students in 33,000 schools across all 50 states and 115 countries. The Great Kindness Challenge provides educators and students the tools, opportunity, and encouragement to actively create a positive, respectful, and inclusive school culture for all.” Students have the opportunity to “show” their kindness through five different fun dress days with the themes listed above. Students will be encouraged to complete as many kind acts as possible in school, at home, and in the community. We encourage families to use social media such as Facebook and Instagram to post pictures and write about their child(ren)’s acts of kindness throughout the week. You may tag Saint Andrew's using @saintandrewsschool for Instagram. Please use the hashtags #KindnessatSA and #KindnessMatters.

As a way to bring attention to the importance of kindness, we will participate in the following special clothing days (all of which are guided by the Middle School casual-dress guidelines):

 

• Monday, January 22: Shine Bright for Kindness - Wear Bright-Colored Clothing

• Tuesday, January 23: Ride the Kindness Wave - Wear Tropical Clothing

• Wednesday, January 24: Round-up for Kindness - Wear Western Clothing

• Thursday, January 25: Peace, Love, and Kindness - Wear Hippie Clothing

• Friday, January 26: Spirit of Kindness - Wear SA Spirit Clothing