The Kindness Project: An Un-Competition

You and your classes are invited to participate in a new program designed to encourage and celebrate all the ways we can be kind to each other.

  • The Kindness Project: This program encourages students to imagine how their kindness can make the world a better place—and then act. Classes will participate in the project for a minimum of four weeks, with weekly in person classes taught by a Tandy Beal and Company Teaching Artist. These classes will guide students and classroom teachers through imaginative games, exercises, and lots of kindness evoking discussions as they prepare a presentation. Generally students write an essay with several prompts and read to each other. TBC will work with the classroom teacher to craft the classes to align with the teacher’s goals and ideas for the project. Appropriate for all grade levels.

  • Moving Kindness: This aspect incorporates creative movement exercises to stimulate empathy alongside the writing and reflection aspects. A large open room is needed. This program qualifies for support from the Santa Cruz County Department of Education for a few schools, and is also available to other schools for a fee.

  • Tandy Beal and Company worked with Board Member, Lyn Olson, former VAPA Coordinator for the PVUSD and currently a mentor for the Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project. To support teachers’ work, Lyn developed the Teacher Materials and curriculum connected to the VAPA Standards and Social Emotional Learning.

The Kindness Project: Free program for all schools and all grade levels

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  • Students in your class each write an essay or create a presentation about kindness, given or received. Why is kindness important? How was someone kind to you? How does it feel when you’re kind to someone else? How did someone’s kindness help you?

  • After sharing their essays and presentations, you and your class will decide how to spend an award of $50 to support a non-profit of your classroom’s choice.

 Please sign up using the Registration Form.

Questions? Please contact us at TandyBealCompany@gmail.com

Kindness…we could all use more!

Congratulations to all the students and teachers who have participated — online, after school, or in weekly classes with movement and writing! Students have written wonderful essays, thank you notes, collaborated to make engaging presentations and dances that represented their thoughts and hopes for kindness in our lives. Here are some photos of some students celebrating their wonderful work.

Kaleah Alanis — Virtual Academy 4th grader; Teacher: David Manier; Principal: Jennifer Ponzio

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Kaleah chose to donate her award to the Marine Mammal Center.

Kaleah Alanis with her teacher David Manier, Tandy Beal, and Marine Mammal Center volunteer Tammy Slenkovich.

5th grade students from Sally Walker’s class at Ann Soldo Elementary

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Ms. Walker’s class chose to donate their award to the Santa Cruz SPCA.

5th grade students at Ann Soldo with their teacher Ms. Walker, their principal Elaine Parker, and Tandy Beal.

5th grade students from Amy Ryan’s class at Mar Vista Elementary

Special Thanks to Lyn Olson for supporting teachers with her careful alignment to elementary school standards.