Rachel's Challenge

Most of you remember the shootings several years ago at Columbine H.S. The first girl to be killed was named Rachel Scott. She was fondly remembered as the girl who came up with the idea of "Random Acts of Kindness" and wanted to make an impact on the world by this chain reaction. Her parents have a program across the country with this message. Rockwall ISD adopted this program this year throughout all their schools, coordinated by the guidance counselors, etc. Each elementary school (like 12) recorded random acts of kindness on slips of paper that were put into a paper chain displayed around the school. Hay's chain wrapped around the whole school! Because Rockwall ISD was chosen as district of the year to receive the "Kindness" award presented by The Scott family and their organization, Rockwall had a rally out on the football field to honor the students. The place was packed! Everyone from Rockwall was there, I believe. They linked all the schools' paper chains together, had the 2 high school bands/choirs perform some fun songs, and had the 5th and 6th graders walk the paper chain around the track to show their accomplishment. The thing went around and around, and each kid holding the chain was holding at least 3 chains deep. It was crazy! Anyway, it was very cool to see the district come together, honor the kids, and see how thrilled the Scott family was to see that their daughter had started something so neat. Here are a couple pics that don't do the event justice!