Copper Elementary's Kindness Hero Essay winners:
K - Gavin Marks
1st - Patsy High
1st - Tyler Reder
2nd - Taylor Wayman
3rd - Jadzia Balcer
4th - Brandon Reder
5th - Samantha Sinclair
Students will be reading their essays to their heroes in the Copper Elementary gym on Wednesday, February 12th at 6:30pm.
The community to welcome to come and join us in celebrating our
heroes, listen to our fabulous students read and enjoying cake and
coffee.
Each year, for the past 20 years, students at Copperopolis Elementary
and Mark Twain Elementary have been participating in a Kindness Hero
Essay Contest during Kindness Week.
The students from grade K through 8 each compose an essay featuring
their kindness hero and explaining why they chose that person. A
kindness hero can be a family member, friend, teacher, etc. Teachers
then choose only one essay from the whole class and submit them to a
review board for further judging. When the judging is complete the
children with the 'winning' essays will then participate in an open
reading night at Copperopolis Elementary.
While it is an essay contest, each child is a winner as
they learn not only how to compose an essay but they also learn that
kindness, a seemingly simple act, can touch someone so deeply it can
leave a lasting impression.
