This week my focus is going to be on cleaning up litter.
I ready a quote recently that said litter is like dumping trash in your home.
The Earth is our home.
Whether it's a piece of paper, a cup, a newspaper left out for days - anything that doesn't belong on the ground, I'm going to pick it UP!
And I'm challenging YOU to do the same!
Every Monday Matters!
Make it a great week!
Service is a powerful thing - whether doing it yourself or instilling it in children.
I was blown away at school this morning.
It's a big testing day, which means major stress.
I said, "Ugh..It's Monday!"
Several of my students, with huge smiles on their face, said, "Yes, but every Monday matters!"
Wow.
Service can be shown a multitude of ways:
Going out of your way to thank others
Helping others
Welcoming others
Giving your time
Giving your money
Helping our environment
I teach in a school with a fairly high transient ration. We frequently have new students.
Our service this week is going to be creating cards for new students. Welcoming them and letting them know what a fantastic school we have!
What is your service for the week?
Last week I started Every Monday Matters.
I wrote a letter of appreciation to someone in the military.
Not only did I do it, but I challenged my 52 fifth graders to do it.
Over HALF of them wrote letters!
I'm incredibly proud of them.
Our service this week..
Letting the support personnel at our school let them know how much they are appreciated.
Just today, I've witnessed kids walking up to custodians, look them in the eye, and tell them thank you for making our school a clean place in which to learn.
I'm humbled by the service I have already instilled in these children.
Who can you thank?
GASC - Georgia Association of Student Council
The Eldest Chicklet is Vice President of her high school's student council.
This past weekend was the annual GASC conference. EC's high school needed another adults, so she asked me to tag along.
What a PHENOMENAL group of kids!! And what a PHENOMENAL weekend of learning about service, self-awareness and leadership.
Accomodations - no so phenomenal. Take out the rat, ghost and blood-sucking spider, and still not so phenomenal!
What stayed with me the most was the theme of service, and how service should be a weekly endeavor - not just around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Service impacts others in more ways you can imagine.
Service can change the world.
I challenge you to be a servant once a week.
Whether it is service for yourself that will make a you a better person, whether it's service in your school or community, whether it's a service that can be felt globally.
Make a difference.
Be a servant.
My service for the week - writing a letter of appreciation to someone in the military.
What's yours?
