This week students at the Los Angeles Leadership Academy (LALA) High School took part in the Great Kindness Challenge Week with PESA’s support. The program is intended to educate, uplift, and allow students to thrive in their education.
A reflective worksheet allowed students to think deeply about themselves and their community, essentially learning about the importance of being kind to yourself and others. Joseph L., a 9th grader at LALA, believes that “kindness is overall just being considerate and respectful. Some words that describe kindness are generous and mindfulness.”
PESA took the conversation one step further by discussing Social Emotional Health, as it allows students to adjust their minds to what they can control. Social Emotional Health is all about having social and emotional support and learning how to manage one’s emotions, social conversations, and surrounding environment. It is necessary to educate students on positive reinforcement, which will allow the students to “S.T.O.P.” when they encounter an emotional situation. “S.T.O.P.” stands for: Stop, Take a breath to calm down, Observe the situation, Proceed with a solution.