Our first “Anti-bully Day Committee” meeting led to a goal: fight unkindness on a large scale. We called it “Kindness Is Contagious (KIC) Week.” Suddenly, I found myself the Director of the event which included thousands of students across six high schools. From the beginning, I imagined the actual event planning would be the hard part, but as a family member told me, “The hardest thing, not just in KIC Week, but in life is working with other people.” Over the course of a myriad of planning meetings, hundreds of email, texts, and phone calls, slowly but surely the event came together. Through the countless hours of work put into Kindness Week, I began to understand my potential power to encourage such positivity through leadership.
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Before he had my class, I couldn’t avoid watching his interactions with others and with leadership. He cares for more than just academic success; he constantly strives towards excellence. I’ve seen him leading countless school events in his unwavering quest to help others. I’ve seen him leading intellectual debates on philosophical topics, often shaking the traditional belief systems that many ignore to question. I’ve seen him extend solicitous and unconditional kindness to others to uplift them through positivity.”
From the new member at State Leadership Camp, “He has an unwavering smile. It’s an unyielding emanating happiness and kindness. Its with him I want to be friends.”
From the school custodian, “From what I see working here, Trenton is a dedicated worker. He’s a bee busy at work to support his hive - those with which he surrounds himself and the students and staff who elected him who he represents. For weeks he’s rising hours before dawn to be here early. In first meeting him, though, I had to lecture him about handing out hundreds of “kindness notes” which littered the
Starting, …show more content…
Before he had my class, I couldn’t avoid watching his interactions with others and with leadership. He cares for more than just academic success; he constantly strives towards excellence. I’ve seen him leading countless school events in his unwavering quest to help others. I’ve seen him leading intellectual debates on philosophical topics, often shaking the traditional belief systems that many ignore to question. I’ve seen him extend solicitous and unconditional kindness to others to uplift them through positivity.”
From the new member at State Leadership Camp, “He has an unwavering smile. It’s an unyielding emanating happiness and kindness. Its with him I want to be friends.”
From the school custodian, “From what I see working here, Trenton is a dedicated worker. He’s a bee busy at work to support his hive - those with which he surrounds himself and the students and staff who elected him who he represents. For weeks he’s rising hours before dawn to be here early. In first meeting him, though, I had to lecture him about handing out hundreds of “kindness notes” which littered the