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the frankfort station | March 5, 2020 | 25<br />
Kindness Project spreads<br />
positivity through Frankfort<br />
Submitted by Frankfort<br />
School D157-C<br />
Grand Prairie Elementary School students<br />
brainstormed about random acts of kindness they<br />
could contribute as part of the Kindness Project<br />
initiative at Frankfort School D157-C. Photo submitted<br />
The Frankfort community<br />
recently enjoyed more<br />
kindness throughout their<br />
everyday encounters during<br />
the Frankfort Kindness<br />
Project, initiated by Frankfort<br />
School District 157-C<br />
students.<br />
During the week of Feb.<br />
9-15, Frankfort residents<br />
and visitors who stopped<br />
by one of 30 participating<br />
Frankfort businesses received<br />
handmade stickers<br />
with positive messages.<br />
Students at all three District<br />
157-C schools created<br />
the stickers by hand.<br />
The Hickory Creek<br />
Middle School PozSquad<br />
spearheaded the initiative.<br />
The club, which is sponsored<br />
by teachers Michelle<br />
Matz and Cristina Vallejo,<br />
is in its first year. Its mission<br />
is to spread kindness<br />
through small interactions<br />
that create a ripple effect<br />
throughout the school,<br />
district, Frankfort community,<br />
and world.<br />
Matz explained that a<br />
small act or word of kindness<br />
shared with one person<br />
can inspire the recipient<br />
to be kind to others,<br />
multiplying the amount of<br />
positivity and compassion<br />
in the world.<br />
In addition to the Kindness<br />
Project initiative,<br />
students in grades K-8<br />
celebrated Kindness Week<br />
by engaging in social emotional<br />
learning lessons and<br />
activities focused on kindness.<br />
For example, at Grand<br />
Prairie Elementary<br />
School, students participated<br />
in an annual food<br />
drive for the Frankfort<br />
Township Food Pantry,<br />
created handmade Valentine’s<br />
Day cards for veterans<br />
and brainstormed<br />
random acts of kindness.<br />
At Chelsea Intermediate<br />
School, students created<br />
kindness journals to reflect<br />
on how they can be kind<br />
each day; participated in<br />
a toothpaste challenge in<br />
which the power of words<br />
is demonstrated by a tube<br />
of toothpaste – once words<br />
are out, they are difficult<br />
to take back; and created<br />
kindness mobiles to hang<br />
in their classrooms. Additionally,<br />
students could<br />
be the “I” in “kind” by<br />
standing in front of a wall<br />
adorned with printouts of<br />
the letters.<br />
Also at Hickory Creek,<br />
Student Council members<br />
delivered Grand Prairie’s<br />
food drive collections to<br />
the Frankfort Township<br />
Food Pantry.<br />
The Frankfort Village<br />
Board of Trustees proclaimed<br />
the week of Feb.<br />
9-15 Kindness Week in<br />
Frankfort, and area businesses<br />
and residents were<br />
encouraged to join in on<br />
the positivity by paying<br />
kindness forward after<br />
receiving or handing out<br />
a sticker with a student’s<br />
positive message.<br />
District 157-C is grateful<br />
to the Village for its<br />
support of the Frankfort<br />
Kindness Project and<br />
to local businesses that<br />
agreed to distribute stickers<br />
throughout the week.<br />
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