REFLECTIONS FROM PANDEMIC CLASS of 2020-2021 are posted in the Social Studies Schoology Class.
"After shoveling the snow for my parents, I learned that I really enjoy helping out my parents. Also that it makes me feel like a better person." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"My son and I really got to talk to each other while sorting food at FISH. We will make time to include volunteer work into our family schedule, and we will help at FISH again. Thank you for giving such a meaningful assignment". -Parent of an 8th Grade Student 2013-2014
"Overall I learned that helping my community made me personally feel good and made my community members live better and easier. I learned just how lucky I am and how blessed I am to have food and shelter, and I shouldn't take that for granted. I now believe if you are blessed, you should be working to help others." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"It felt really good to be able to pass on happiness through such a small but simple act." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"What I learned from this experience is that you don't have to make money doing these things; this made me feel good by helping somebody in need." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"I learned that a little bit of hard work can really make someone very happy." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"I realized all the things I take for granted: clean parks, food, shelter and a loving family I can go home to every day." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
"...If only everyone could see the benefit in doing acts of kindness, the world would be in peace." -8th Grade Student 2014-2015
World Leaders
"We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you." - Jeff Warner
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." - Albert Einstein
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." - Albert Schweitzer
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Ghandi
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."- Margaret Mead
"Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service."- Mother Teresa
"Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." - Theodore Roosevelt
"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."- Maya Angelou