Small acts of kindness are often overlooked and easily under appreciated on a daily basis. During the last week of January, all students at Sansome School took part in "The Great Kindness Challenge."  The main purpose of this challenge is to highlight the routine acts of kindness that our students, staff and community do each day that supports each other in both a simple and profound way and make as feel comfortable and valued at Sansome.

Over a five-day period our students set the goal of recognizing 1000 acts of kindness such as; saying "thank you", making eye contact with someone new and smiling, picking up litter, offering compliments, sharing with others, and more. At the end of each day classrooms discussed and recorded all of the acts of kindness they participated in using an on-line survey, identified new and creative ways they could be kind to others, and set new goals and positive actions for the following day.  The week was also recognized with a variety of spirit days and events.  By the end of the week students and staff of Sansome exceeded their original goal and recorded over 1600 acts of kindness

What matters most in life doesn't cost a lot of money, doesn't require years of study, and doesn't require being a certain age. When it comes right down to it, what matters most in life is offering kindness and support to all those around us.  We are very proud of our students and hope that our students recognize all of the acts of kindness that surrounds them each day.