As we drove to school on Wednesday, Sage said, “I want all my friends to have that warm fuzzy feeling since it’s the holidays. I’m going to write each of them a compliment.”
I replied, “That’s nice, you better get started,” since the next day was the last day before the break.
After school that day, Sage came into my office with a sticky note listing every kid in his class and a word or two about each one. He asked me for a pack of sticky notes and started writing. I went to a meeting and when I came back to my office, he had finished writing a compliment for every person in his class including his teacher and a paraprofessional that works with one of his classmates.
The next morning, Sage happily bounded off to class to deliver his notes to his classmates. Later that afternoon, the para, Pat, stopped me in the hall and said, “Sage is the sweetest! Do you know what he did?” She proceeded to tell me how much his compliment touched her heart.
After school, Sage’s teacher asked to speak with me. She was teary eyed as she spoke about Sage’s compliments to the class and how excited the kids were as they would go up to her and say, “Look what Sagey wrote about me!” Mrs. Guccione told me how happy the kids were that morning. Even her most challenging kids smiled more that day because of Sage. She said Sage’s compliments were specific to each person and truly matched their strengths. She could tell he put a lot of thought into each one. Mrs. Guccione continued to tell me what a sweet boy Sage is and how we must be doing a great job as parents. I started getting all teary eyed too!
Needless to say, we are incredibly proud of Sage’s compassion for others and this act of kindness. We feel truly blessed to have such an awesome kid!
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