Students and teachers at George Washington School in West Hempstead kicked off a new campaign to share kindness throughout the school community.
Students are using the district’s Habits of Mind program to create >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77391386 BCX2">compliments tear-off sheet. Before the holiday break, their projects were posted around the school building in which students can "tear-off" and share a compliment with >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77391386 BCX2">. The tear-off sheets, which students crafted using the graphic design app, Canva, feature positive affirmations such as “you can do this,” “we need more of you,” and “believe in yourself.”
>span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77391386 BCX2">Ms. Victoria Tytone crafted a sheet filled with free compliments. >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77391386 BCX2">of George Washington’s students and became very popular within a month.
A program that was introduced in the district in 2021, Habits of Mind nourishes students’ social-emotional learning and aims to improve the performance of students under challenging conditions.
