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Sewickley Academy is distinguished by not only its rigorous academics and outstanding faculty, but also by its student-centered approach to learning and teaching, in which every child is challenged to explore and excel to his or her highest ability. Learn More
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Do You Know How to Fill Up Someone’s Bucket? Our Kindergarten and Middle School Students Do!
Middle School Dean of Students and Latin Teacher Trevor Adams
On Tuesday, November 29, Kindergarten and Middle School students joined together in Rea Auditorium to share thoughts around the idea of "filling up someone's bucket" and the idea of gratitude.
The concept of filling up a bucket comes out of a series of books the kindergartners read and is centered on the idea of performing kind acts for others. These acts of gratitude and kindness are what fill up people’s buckets.
Kindergarten modeled a morning meeting for the Middle School students to express the work they have already done to understand this concept of filling up a bucket and to share their ideas for how they can show gratitude and kindness to many different people. This demonstrated to Middle School students that gratitude is a concept being grappled with by many students in our community.
After their mock morning meeting, Middle School students formed Circle of Power and Respect (CPR) groups with their advisories – one of the main components of the Developmental Designs program – along with two or three Kindergartner students to create a list of acts that demonstrate gratitude and kindness, or “filling up a bucket.” These lists are now hanging up in the Middle School for the students to observe and reflect on what they can do within this community to show their gratitude. Join our students’ efforts by filling up the people in your lives’ buckets.