John Muir Parents and students, help us create awareness of The Great Kindness Challenge, a week dedicated to performing millions of acts of kindness on campuses nationwide! We can all play our part in creating a safe and caring school!  As part of this challenge, we will be participating in a spirit week. 

When: February 21-24

Parent Letter: Click HERE

Parent Letter Spanish: Click HERE

Spirit Week Flyer: Click HERE

Spirit Week Flyer Spanish: Click HERE

Kindness Checklist: Click HERE

Kindness Checklist Spanish: Click HERE  

Kindness Checklist- Junior Edition: Click HERE

Kindness Checklist Spanish- Junior Edition: Click HERE  

Spirit Week

Tuesday- Team Kindness
(Wear workout clothes or something from your favorite sports team)

Wednesday- Twice as kind
(Match your clothing with one, two or 10 other students…Or match with Mrs. ONeal by wearing jeans and a white T shirt)

Thursday- Light up someone’s day with Kindness
(Wear bright or neon clothes)

Friday- Never too old for Kindness
(Dress like a senior citizen)

Suggested Reading List

• A Home For Bird by Phillip Stead
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Phillip Stead
• Angelo by David Macaulay
• Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
• Beyond The Laces by Bob Salomon and Rick Young
• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
• Fill a Bucket by Carol McCloud
• Fly Free! by Roseanne Thong
• Good People Everywhere by Linea Gillen
• Have You Filled Your Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
• Hey Little Ant by Phillip Hoose
• How Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends by Jane Yolen
• How Kind by Mary Murphy
• I See Kindness Everywhere by by Shelley Frost
• I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff Kindness Is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by Margorie Cuyler
• Let’s Talk about Being Helpful by Joy Berry
• Little Bird by Germano Zullo
• Loser by Jerry Spinelli
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
• One Drop of Kindness by Jeff Kubiak
• Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Robinson and Fumi Kosaka
• Pauline Pastrami Achieves World Peace by James Proimos Pinduli by Janell Cannon
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• Random Acts of Kindness by Conari Press
• Somebody Loves Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
• Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are by Maria Dismondy
• Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
• The Birdman by Veronika Charles
• The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Lenny Hort, Thomas Locker, and Mary Mapes Dodge
• The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric
• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
• The English Roses by Madonna
• The Girl, the Fish and the Crown by Marilee Heyer
• The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper
• The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• The Invisible Boy by Tracy Ludwig
• The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
• The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
• The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
• The Nice Book by David Ezra Stein
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
• Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
• Three Strong Women by Claus Stamm
• Under The Lemon Moon by Edith Fine and Rene Moreno Wonder by R.J. Palacio