Wagner Elementary’s Kindness Crew helps create caring and respectful environment on campus

Led by Wagner teachers, Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Kiblinger, Wagner’s Kindness Crew is a leadership team of 4-6th graders that work together to spread kindness and inclusion on the playground. It is made up of four committees: Playground Pals, Communications Committee, Crafty Crew, and Game Gurus.

The Playground Pals walk around the playground to include students that are playing alone and to help solve problems. Communications Committee spreads kindness through words of affirmation. They make posters about school events, write letters, and write kind words around campus. Crafty Crew provides students with sensory play opportunities such as kinesthetic sand and playdough, reading in the reading garden, and making arts and crafts. The game gurus set up games on the playground for students to play altogether.

The four committees work as peer mentors to spread the Wagner Ways of being respectful, responsible, ready, and safe.