Beyond the bookwork.
Students at Kastner Intermediate are using their creative side to send home an important message.
Students are teaching their peers about dozens of different characteristics through the ‘Positivity Project.’
It’s a nationwide and district-wide program.
Resource Specialist Teacher Brittany Lee runs the leadership class.
Each month, she teaches her class about a new characteristic.
“Once my leadership students understand that trait, then it’s their job to go out and teach it to the rest of the community,” Resource Specialist Teacher and leadership instructor Brittany Lee said.
Students like 7th grader Haley Loorz then put their own creative touch on teaching.
They make a monthly video for their peers where they cover character strengths like kindness, social intelligence and humility.
“You can do like describe it, you can do some slides, you can do a skit. It’s anything that can just explain to the students the trait that we’re learning about,” Haley said.
Each Tuesday, all classes take part in the Positivity Project in first period.