{"id":14932,"date":"2019-02-07T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=14932"},"modified":"2019-02-07T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:14:48","slug":"valencia-high-school-commits-to-kindness-with-week-long-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=14932","title":{"rendered":"Valencia High School students commit to kindness through week-long, inspirational campaign on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia High School started off the second semester by focusing on spreading kindness. Each day, the school had a different activity to try and promote\u00a0compassion <a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14934 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>on campus. The theme for the week was &#8220;Color Your World With Kindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As students walked through the gates on Monday, January 28,\u00a0they were greeted by Link Crew Leaders passing out stickers that said &#8220;Kind people are my KIND of people,&#8221; &#8220;Make\u00a0kindness normal,&#8221; and &#8220;Kindness is cool.&#8221; Then, in second period, students watched an informational video surrounding the theme and took\u00a0a pledge to be kind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14935 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The rest of the week followed in suit with a chalk art contest, teacher tribute video, and photo booth, as well as a &#8220;U Matter&#8221; assembly with guest speaker Richard Kuo.\u00a0Candidly with\u00a0the Tigers, Kuo shared about his personal struggles and encouraged students to speak openly about their\u00a0challenges as well. Ultimately, Kuo sent the students on their way with the message that &#8220;you matter&#8221; instilled.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week, the chalk art contest was also a great success with many beautiful tributes to kindness carefully crafted by teams of students. The winning\u00a0masterpiece depicted\u00a0the mountains, the sun, and the seas with the Dr. Seuss quote, &#8220;Mankind can be kind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall it was a great week to see our students come together in kindness,&#8221;\u00a0said\u00a0Valencia&#8217;s\u00a0activities coordinator, Lauren Stouffer. &#8220;Our campus was literally colored in kindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14937 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14938\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-4.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14939\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-6-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-6-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-6-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14936\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness Week activities at VHS.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Valencia-High-Kindness-Week-2-1-19-5.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia High School started off the second semester by focusing on spreading kindness. 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