Students Pen Heartfelt Notes At Monarch Academy Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Positivity is spreading rapidly across Monarch Academy Annapolis as students engage in a two-week-long gratitude program called the “Look for the Good Project." The students are adding notes to a gratitude wall and performing acts of kindness throughout the school among other kind and appreciative gestures.

“We’re kicking off the new year with a focus on gratitude,” said Rachel Amstutz, principal of Monarch Academy Annapolis. “This is a simple yet amazing program that brings together students and staff to share what they’re thankful for with each other. It’s a powerful experience.”

The program idea stems from Look for the Good Project, a nonprofit organization in Connecticut that aims to “make America kind, one school at a time” by following the “belief that gratitude changes mindsets, reduces violence and improves everything.” In three years, 121,545 elementary school children in 30 states have participated in the Look for the Good Project’s school program just like Monarch Academy Annapolis is, generating almost two million messages of gratitude to inspire kindness in their communities.