Before Awa Behm, a first grader at Braden River Elementary School, left to move out of the area last week, she went to the school’s new kindness garden and picked up a small rock with an owl painted on it.
The rock was Behm’s way of being able to take a piece of Braden River Elementary with her.
Third grader Corbin Bennett helps deliver the kindness rocks to the new kindness garden. Courtesy photo.
“It made her feel special because she was sad about leaving,” said Tammy Peters, Behm’s teacher.
Peters’ class worked with their reading buddies in Joadie Durfee’s fifth grade class Jan. 26 to create kindness rocks. After the students were done painting positive messages, such as “I’m proud of you,” “You’re amazing,” and “You’re my sunshine,” on the rocks, they needed the perfect place to put them.