Our Kindness Journey
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As an educator, I am expected to teach Mathematics, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. All of these subjects are without a doubt important in fostering a well-rounded education, but I strongly believe that there is one other important skill that should be practiced and modeled in the classroom as well; kindness. Being kind to others is something I believe that everyone should be doing every day, but in a society where people are often rushed and constantly on the go, it can often be forgotten. So, who better to focus on being kind to others than children? “Kindness changes the brain by the experience of kindness. Children and adolescents do not learn kindness by only thinking about it and talking about it. Kindness is best learned by feeling it so that they can reproduce it. Kindness is an emotion that students feel and empathy is a strength that they share” says Patty O’Grady, PhD. With the inspiration of Makeawave.com, I made it a personal goal to make the importance of kindness a priority in my classroom. Read More...
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Rode by Aimee Clark
Feb 14, 2020 at 7:21AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today we could feel the love on Valentine’s Day as Genesis passed the class coin on to Juliyana. Genesis made Juliyana a sweet Valentine that brought smiles to both girls. Read More...
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Rode by Aimee Clark
Jan 17, 2020 at 7:18AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
One kind word is all it takes to fill a heart with love!❤️ For our first 2020 coin passing Damen chose Genesis to pass the class coin on to. We had just finished reading the story, One Drop of Kindness, and Damen drew a picture of himself and Genesis with the famous line from the book. Read More...
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Rode by Aimee Clark
Dec 13, 2019 at 7:14AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Our last coin passing of 2019, Tristan H passed our coin on to Damen, a new student to Rosemont this year. He made him the coolest pop up card!
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Nov 15, 2019 at 7:12AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Tristan W. Passed the class kindness coin on to Tristan H. He wrote him a kind letter and attached his favorite sweet treat!
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Nov 8, 2019 at 7:09AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Joshua was so excited to pass our class kindness coin on to Tristan W!
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Oct 11, 2019 at 11:08AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Kindness meets Creativity! Today Milania passed our makeawave kindness coin on to Joshua. For her act of kindness she drew a colorful picture bringing literal tears of joy from Josh! Read More...
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Sep 30, 2019 at 1:38PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Kindness is spreading to 2nd grade at Rosemont Elementary in Virginia Beach! This very special coin has been passed down for the past 4 years in a 3rd grade classroom, but this year it has made its way down to our second grade students. The coin may be weathered, but that makes it even more special! This year Sophie was chosen to be our first 2nd grade student to do an act of kindness and to pass the coin on. She chose Milania and wrote her a letter listing all of her kind qualities. These 2nd graders are enthusiastic, hyped ready to make a wave of kindness this year! Read More...
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Apr 26, 2019 at 6:16AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today Olivia passed our classroom kindness coin on to Marcus. She made him a wonderful card and included a portrait of him. Smiles all around! ☺️
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Apr 5, 2019 at 12:06PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
When Kindness meets creativity it’s a beautiful thing. Aerin passed our classroom kindness coin on to Olivia and created an amazing collage of kind words. Read More...
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Apr 5, 2019 at 12:02PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Ally passed the coin on to Aerin making a beautiful and colorful card and giving her some sweet treats and a bracelet.
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Feb 8, 2019 at 6:28AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This morning, Diamond passed our kindness coin on to Ally. She made her a custom bracelet, and also gave her a slap bracelet and some candy as her act of kindness! ❤️❤️ Read More...
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Jan 13, 2019 at 1:30AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This week Gabby chose Diamond to pass our kindness coin on to. She said in her sweet card that Diamond has been a great friend to her all year round. Our ceremony ended with smiles and hugs! In addition to our passing this class has been named Rosemont Elementary’s official “Kindness Ambassadors” for the school by our principal! We will wear our kindness badges loud and proud daily through the month of January promoting kindness. Read More...
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Dec 27, 2018 at 12:21PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
The last coin passing of 2018 Cam chose Gabby to pass our kindness coin on to. He drew Gabby a picture and made her a sweet holiday card. This class is looking forward to a new year and new acts of kindness in 2019. Along with our last December coin passing, this class completed the 12 days of Christmas Kindness missions from Kadence and Kelvin the Kindness elves. Check it out! Read More...
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Nov 30, 2018 at 6:18AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today Max passed on our classroom kindness coin on to Cameron and did a HUGE act of kindness in the world of 8 year olds. He gave Cameron some of his favorite Pokémon cards. His classmates were blown away by his generosity! Read More...
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Nov 16, 2018 at 3:46AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today Amare passed our classroom kindness coin on to Max. This year is Amare’s first year at our school. Amare chose Max because he said Max was the first one in the class and school to introduce himself. Today they are great friends. Read More...
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Nov 2, 2018 at 6:28AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This morning Kameron passed our makeawave kindness coin to Amare. Kameron thanked Amare for being such a good friend and for always being so helpful!
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Oct 19, 2018 at 10:50AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This year Kolin was chosen to continue our wave. He has shown kindness to all of his classmates from day one and has even set kindness goals for himself for his 3rd grade year. He chose Kameron to pass the coin on to. A homemade birthday card and a few kind words was all it took to create a huge smile! Read More...
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May 25, 2018 at 3:21PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
For our last coin passing of the year, Andrew choose Edric to pass the coin on to. For his act of kindness her drew a picture of the two of them and wrote a letter explaining why Edric was such a great friend to him. With Andrew moving schools as a rising 4th grader this meant a lot to his good buddy Edric. Read More...
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Apr 12, 2018 at 3:18PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Skiles aka “Sie-fly” chose to pass our classroom kindness coin on to Andrew. Skiles has recognized that Andrew goes above and beyond to show kindness to his classmates. He has purchased books for the classroom library and is always the first one to lend a helping hand. Skiles wrote a kind letter and drew a picture for Andrew and added his own flair of “poking the eyes out” that only this group of students would understand and be tickled by. This act of kindness created Smiles and HUGE laughs all around! Read More...
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Feb 2, 2018 at 12:04PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Gary-Elle chose Skiles aka “Sie-Fly” to pass our makeawave kindness coin on to today on Kindness Friday! She drew a picture of the two of them and wrote him a kind letter. Read More...
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Dec 15, 2017 at 12:11PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This week Jaylin passed our classroom kindness coin on to Gary-Elle. Her beautiful picture shows the girls complimenting each other and the latter reads, “ I wanted to give you the kindness coin because you are so nice and kind to me.” I can’t think of a better reason! Read More...
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Nov 17, 2017 at 10:17AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Jada passed the coin on to Jaylin this week. I chose Jaylin because, “She is nice and kind to me.” Friendship drawings created huge smiles by both girls! Read More...
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Nov 3, 2017 at 10:58AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Spreading kindness doesn’t cost a thing. This week Isaly chose Jada to pass the coin on to because Jada is always there to cheer her up when she is feeling sad. A kind letter and a drawing of the two girls showing their friendship was all it took to put a smile on both of these cutie’s faces. Read More...
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Oct 6, 2017 at 10:05AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This year’s new class of wavemakers had their very first coin passing of the year. Dylan chose Isaly to pass the coin to because she had helped him earlier this week. He drew her a picture and wrote her a kind letter. Smiles all around! Read More...
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Jun 27, 2017 at 8:06PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today my 2016-17 students had their final coin ceremony as they passed their classroom kindness coin to the new rising third graders for next year. For their act of kindness they wrote a letter to my future students explaining how we use the coin and created a Kindness board. Each child was given the opportunity to display what they have learned about kindness this past school year using pictures and words. This board will be used to teach the importance of kindness to next year's class as our coin continues teaching the importance of kindness. Read More...
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Jun 14, 2017 at 12:09AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Another amazing act of kindness in the books! Our 2016-2017 "kindness coach" Airiana was elated when she was passed the coin and able to do an act of kindness of her own. For her act of kindness she embraced our newest member to the class by creating a list, the "Top 10 ThingsI Like About You" for Dayanara. As the school year ends, There are big things in the works as our 2016-17 class passes on the coin to the newest Makeawave class if 2017-2018. Stay tuned! Read More...
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May 26, 2017 at 11:21AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Today, Jazmyn passed our Makeawave kindness coin on to Airiana. She tells the class she chose Airiana because she is always kind and a true friend. Along with the coin she gave Airiana one of her favorite My Little Pony dolls. I can recall being a child and just how difficult it was to part with a favorite possession. What a beautiful example of kindness in its purest form. Our class "Kindness Coach," Airiana is extremely excited to have the opportunity to pass the coin along next! Read More...
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Apr 26, 2017 at 11:46AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
"You have five things inside you. Honesty, loyalty, laughter, kindness, and generosity. So keep doing more kindness. Spread it all over the school." That is what Jazmyn said to Isabella as she passed our kindness coin on along and completed another act of kindness in third grade. Read More...
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Mar 13, 2017 at 9:40AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
"Kindness is your number one quality." Said Jayden to Isabella as he passed our make a wave coin this week. Jayden chose Isabella to do a kind act for, stating that she always stays positive and is always kind to others. Along with the coin, he brought in a decadent chocolate cake to give to Isabella and the rest of his classmates to share. Read More...
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Mar 13, 2017 at 9:41AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Jordan, a student new to Rosemont this year, choose Jayden to do an act of kindness for. He choose Jayden because he said that Jayden was the first classmate to introduce himself to him at his new school and they became fast friends. For his act of kindness, he gave Jayden an assortment of candy and chocolates and wrote him a letter thanking him for being so friendly and welcoming. Read More...
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Feb 3, 2017 at 11:48AM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
This week it was Fareed's turn to do an act of kindness and pass on our classroom Makeawave coin. Fareed chose Jordan, a new student to our school this year. Fareed wrote Jordan a kind letter explaining why he chose him. "You are always nice to me and very smart at Math. Whenever I ask you for help, you help me." Along with Fareed's letter he gave Jordan a bag of blow pops. Later that day when I picked the class up from lunch, I noticed that all of the kids were chewing gum. That's when I realized that Jordan had decided to continue to spread kindness to the rest of his classmates and shared all of his candy. These kids continue to make waves! Read More...
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Dec 28, 2016 at 3:24AM
Rosemont Elementary School, 1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
Cindy Lou passed our classroom Make a Wave coin on to Fareed the last day before Winter break. For her act of kindness she gave Fareed a pack of his favorite NFL team's player cards along with a letter and card with the message, "It's your turn to make a make a wave." The smile on his face was absolutely priceless! What a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season! Read More...
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Dec 2, 2016 at 5:31AM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Jasmine chose to pass the coin on to Cindy Lou. She said that Cindy Lou is always kind to her friends and others. For her act of kindness she brought in a chalkboard sticker, chalk and a beautiful handmade sign that says,"It's your turn to make a wave." Read More...
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Nov 18, 2016 at 10:52AM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Today Rediate passed the coin on to her classmate Jasmine. For her kind act she brought Jasmine a pack of gum and made her a card which contained a sweet letter and an acrostic poem listing Jasmine's positive qualities. Read More...
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Oct 28, 2016 at 10:44AM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Today was a BIG kindness Friday. We were able to Skype with our kindness coach, the founder of makeawave.com AND we had another coin passing. Kingston decided to pass the coin to Rediate. He made a kind card and gave Rediate her favorite sweet treats. This ripple continued to make waves when Rediate decided to share her candy with all of the students in the class. Read More...
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Oct 14, 2016 at 1:30PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Zymeek had recieved the coin at the end of last year from my former students. It was up to him to perform the first kind act of the year. He chose a classmate, Kingston, to do a kind act for because he said Kingston was the type of student that he wanted to be more like. With the help of a former student with lots of kindness experience he decided to create a poster listing all of Kingstons qualities and present it to him. Kingston keeps this poster hanging on the wall in his bedroom. Read More...
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Jun 8, 2016 at 10:20AM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
As the school year came to an end and the first Makeawave pilot class was getting ready to graduate to fourth grade, my students decided that they wanted to pass the coin to the new rising third graders that would be taking their place in the fall. For their act of kindness they decided they wanted to educate the new students about what kindness is and why it is important. Read More...
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Jun 22, 2016 at 9:56PM
Nina now had the coin and wanted to do something special with it. She knew that she would be leaving RES and Virginia with her family in a few short weeks. She had also become newly acquainted with a new student Akeena that had recently transferred to Rosemont. With that thought in mind she the passed the coin on to Akeena along with a sweet letter giving her "tips" on how to be successful in Ms. Clark's class and a drawing of her favorite cartoon characters. Read More...
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May 10, 2016 at 3:12PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Now that Breanna had the coin she knew exactly who she wanted to pass it on to and what act of kindness she would do. Breanna knew that Nina would be leaving our school soon and moving to another state. She also knew how much Nina adored the Power Puff Girls. For her act of kindness she drew and colored Nina a beautiful picture of the Power Puff Girls and wrote her a kind letter. "To Nina, I am passing the coin to you because you are funny and make me laugh. Also smart and easy to be friends with and kind to everyone in the class. That why I picked you!" Take a look at this sweet coin passing ceremony. Read More...
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May 10, 2016 at 3:02PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
After Austin received the coin, as a well as a pretty cool Pokemon bookmark, he became inspired by all of the acts of kindness that had been done. He chose Breanna to pass the coin on to and used his inspiration to write her a book all about kindness! Read More...
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May 10, 2016 at 2:57PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
After Adian received the coin and a sweet poem written by Sophia, it was his turn to pass the coin and do an act of kindness of his own. For his act of kindness he made a Pokemon bookmark for his pal Austin. Read More...
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May 10, 2016 at 2:48PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Sweet Sophia decided to do her act of kindness for her friend Adian. She said she chose Adian because he's always helping others and makes them have a smile on their face. For her kind act she wrote Adian a poem. " You are sweet like honey, that is true. When people are sad you turn their frown upside down so I choose you!" Read More...
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May 10, 2016 at 2:37PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Now that Morgan had the coin, she knew exactly who she wanted to pass it on to. She took some time to research her friend Sophia's favorite things (television show, movie, color, food, music, etc.) Then she gathered her data and then drew Sophia a beautiful picture that included all of these different things. Read More...
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May 6, 2016 at 8:35PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
For Madelaine's act of kindness, she decided to write Morgan an acrostic poem listing all of her wonderful traits and qualities.

M-Magnificent
O-Outstanding
R-Really good at drawing
G-Good at math
A-Awesome
N-Nice and good
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May 6, 2016 at 8:22PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Taylor continued our chain of kindness by lending Her favorite book to Madelaine and writing her a kind letter. "Dear Madelaine, Thank you for being a nice friend to me. You're always proactive. You're always unpacked in the morning. You follow all of the 7 habits in our school. So I'm going to let you borrow my book for a whole two weeks since you always ask. Love, Taylor" Read More...
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May 6, 2016 at 8:10PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Giana and Zane passed the coin on to Taylor by filling her bucket! We all carry an invisible bucket in which we carry feelings about ourselves. When our buckets are full, we are happy, when they are empty we are sad. In order to fill Taylor's bucket, Zane and Austin had every student in the class write something kind about Taylor and collected it in an actual bucket. The students then read all of the kind things to Taylor which made her beam with joy. Read More...
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May 5, 2016 at 6:26PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
It was now Ezra's turn to use the coin. Ezra decided to recognize two students(Giana and Zane) that he had noticed had been exhibiting kind behavior to everyone in the class. For his act of kindness he created a list of wonderful qualities of each of them and shared them with the class. Here is a video clip of him passing the coin on. Read More...
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Apr 6, 2016 at 5:00PM
1257 S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23453, USA
It was now Naima's turn to use our MakeaWave coin. For her act of kindness, she wrote a kind letter to her friend and classmate Ezra explaining all of the things that made him a good friend. It was now Ezra's turn to keep the kindness contagious. Read More...
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Apr 6, 2016 at 3:32PM
S Rosemont Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Gabe was the first student in our class to start our chain of kindness. One morning, as students were logging into their computers to begin their daily morning work, I noticed that Naima was struggling to enter the correct username and password. Just before I was able to go over and assist her, I watched as Gabe, her neighbor stopped what he was doing, and aided her in logging in. The best part was...Gabe didn't simply enter the username and password for her, he patiently talked her through the process so that she was able to do it herself. What a wonderful thing! Naima felt proud that she was able to complete the task she had struggled with prior on her own, and Gabe felt happy that he was able to help. From this day on, kindness chain began. Read More...
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