Special days with special peeps!

We ended our week with an atypical snow day.  Something you don't see very often in the great city of Austin.  However, before that "day off" (not really a free day as we will all make it up on Feb 17), our staff and students celebrated No Place For Hate Week with a variety of special days.  Thanks to counselor and SEL coordinator Cari Land for getting it all together.  A good week.

Tuesday saw many of us in red and black, a nod to unity even given our individual differences.

Wednesday saw many colors of the rainbow, as a reminder that "all colors are included at school".

Then finally, it was Pink Day on Thursday, a reminder "to bust the stereotype that only girls wear pink".  Loved it!

All of these special dress days served as a great tie-in for the MLK activities in classes this week, with one really standing out for me.  Ms. Zabilka's first grade students developed a pathway to change on the floor, just outside her class door. They listed things they could individually do to change the world for the better.   Great reminder that even our youngest students can think deeply, do care about the world around them, and feel empowered to get things done.  Pretty cool.