Prairie Hills students makes school a No Place for Hate

We have a integral club at Prairie Hills Elementary that is making our school No Place for Hate. In October, our No Place for Hate student leaders went into every classroom at Prairie Hills to share Trudy Ludwig's book, "The Power of One." Students learned that even one small act of kindness can have have a ripple effect across the community. They also led each class in planting seeds, naming their seeds, and writing care instructions for the seeds as if they were a student in their classroom.

Our No Place for Hate students have been taking excellent care of the tower garden. They check the water reservoir weekly and refill it, as well as test the PH levels of the water and help to add acid or base to have optimal growth.

It has been amazing to watch our school-wide community tower garden grow, and also watch acts of kindness spread across our school. We are hoping to grow it large enough to be able to have a school-wide harvest and feast just like they did in the book!

Special thanks to the Prairie Hills Elementary community for submitting this Five Star Story.

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