VHEC students to participate in ‘Random Acts of Kindness Week’ from Feb. 22-26

The students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Central will have the opportunity to do nice things for other people and share the results with their teachers and fellow students during the school’s “Random Acts of Kindness Week” from Feb. 22-26.

“Each teacher will be able to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week in their classroom as they see fit, and students will be asked to write and describe the [act of kindness] they decided to do,” school counselor Alexis Shivers said.

One purpose of the Random Acts program is to encourage VHEC students — who really enjoy outreach projects — to brainstorm ways they can provide a random act of kindness, Shivers said. 

Organizers want students to learn that

such kind acts do not have to involve material things. 

“We hope that (the program) will show students that (random acts of kindness) do not always have to be things or items,” Shivers said. “A random act of kindness can be a kind word or a gesture to another person.”

“Random Acts” is a theme at VHEC for the entire month of February and “will be incorporated into the counselor’s monthly guidance lesson with each class,” Shivers said.

The school regularly hosts other community events and projects — for example, food and toy drives — to promote a caring spirit among its 775 students.

VHEC is located at 1289 Montgomery Highway. For more information, call 402-5300 or go to vestavia.k12.al.us/Domain/9.