My students live in a diverse neighborhood in the north Bronx in New York City. They are from Bangladesh, Ghana, Yemen, Dominican Republic, Harlem, and more. What they have in common is their curiosity! They are smart, engaged and engaging, thoughtful, and always ready to take on new challenges. My job is ESL teacher, which means that I'm helping them find ways to express themselves, and I love getting to know them. They inspire me every day and I can't wait to see where they go.
My Project
I have a group of wonderful students in a peer mediation class, where we have been working all year on exploring empathy, compassion, benevolence, and how to shift school culture to embrace kindness.
I want to make Kindness Beads with the kids, to help them share how to be kind to themselves and one another, after being inspired by a great article on the Mindful Schools blog.
As the article says, "Each bead signifies an act of kindness students can do for themselves. Invite students to add beads to their kindness bead string that reminds them to care for themselves."
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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