West Babylon Students Create a Garden of Kindness

Every month, the students of Santapogue Elementary School in the West Babylon Union Free School District reflect on a new character trait in support of their Bucket Filling Character Education program.

During the month of May, students explored kindness.   Every student had the opportunity to take part in a unique project that resulted in a visual reminder of the importance of being kind.

Throughout the month, teacher Cara Kerr led the character education committee's Kindness Flower initiative, in which students decorated “kindness flowers” with inspirational messages of how to be kind and why doing so is important.

During their recess periods, members of the Santapogue student council worked with Mrs. Kerr to hang the flowers, creating a display in the lobby that promotes kindness throughout the school.

Information provided by Alison DeMaria/Syntax.