Kindness
Immigrant custodian honored for positive influence at ID elementary school
Mustafa Ocanavic wears a lot of hats at Boise’s Taft Elementary School – custodian, counselor, cafeteria DJ, student safety monitor, mentor and friend.
OH schools host ‘Veteran Appreciation Game’ to honor military servicemen and women
Two Ohio communities of Miamisburg and Bellbrook came together this month to honor military veterans with a Veteran Appreciation Game between high school baseball teams.
MO student’s anti-bullying anthem earns class trip to Nashville recording studio
A Missouri 10-year-old didn’t like the way some of her classmates were treating kids in her school, so she wrote an anti-bullying anthem to inspire change.
Students join Hope Squads to help struggling classmates through depression, trauma
Students at Ohio’s Lakota West and Lakota East high schools are stepping up to help struggling classmates in their time of need as part of a new Hope Squad program to prevent teen suicide.
Student starts birthday tradition to help the homeless
Fresno State University senior Jasmine Castillo started a tradition for her 21st birthday, and it’s since turned into a family affair that’s also inspired her 7-year-old sister to serve.
Canadian bus crash survivor may never walk again, but wants to do his part to improve the world
In mid-April, Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki woke up to a devastating sight – dozens of teammates and others lying dead and injured in the wreckage of the team bus along a Canadian highway.
New narrative
In order to combat the narrative the world presents to our students of who they are as people, from day one we present a new narrative.
Wichita district launches new “opportunity” school for disruptive students
The Wichita, Kansas school district is launching a new “Opportunity Academy” for misbehaving students that will focus more on developing character – an effort to address increasing disciplinary problems in recent years.
UI students launch nonprofit to help disabled classmates navigate college
University of Iowa student Michael Penniman is changing the way disabled students experience college with the help of two friends and a nonprofit start-up they launched last year.
