Hello Farmar Families,
I hope this communication finds you well. February is going by very quickly and we are close to wrapping up the second trimester of the school year. The past few weeks have been quite busy. Last month we launched the Great Kindness Challenge, Spirit Week, a Spelling Bee with 4th and 5th graders, an Anti-Bullying assembly, class visits from the Marine Science Institute, and so much more!
The vibe on the campus during the launch of the Great Kindness Challenge is one that is hard to describe with words. Our students lead the morning announcements every day with a goal of inspiring their peers to be kind to one another. We had activities during lunch recess daily with the support of our Students in Action and many volunteers. One of the quotes shared by our students was:
“ If you need to choose between being kind and being right, choose being kind and you will always be right.”
Thank you to Meagan Carroll who helped to organize all of the events during The Great Kindness Challenge, including the Cereal Box Dominoes Challenge, which was another opportunity for us to come together as a community in service of others and see the ripple effect of kindness. Because of the generosity of our families and community, we collected many boxes of cereal.
We ask for your continued support in talking with your students at home about kindness and how it extends beyond a week. As shared in an email earlier this week, we are continuing to navigate derogatory language on our school campus. Our words are powerful and we get to choose how we use them. As a school staff and district, we refuse to normalize using derogatory language and causing harm to others mentally or physically. We continue to need your partnership in this work and know that conversations with our young people will be key.
We hope that you and your family enjoy some time together during the upcoming President’s Week break that includes time to unwind, getting lost in a new book, family meals together and
