
Activities
to
celebrate
Random
Acts
of
Kindness
Week
at
Patriot
High
School
were
fully
underway,
with
different
student
groups
branching
out
to
execute
several
activities
each
day
of
the
week.
To
begin
the
week,
students
at
Patriot
High
were
encouraged
to
set
a
reminder
in
their
calendar
to
"Thank
a
Teacher"
and
send
a
positive
note
or
email
to
a
current
or
former
teacher
to
start
the
week
on
a
positive
note.
For
Tuesday's
"Chalk
Up
the
Day,"
several
student
groups
and
sports
teams,
including
the
Patriot
High
gymnastics
team,
went
to
local
schools
to
write
positive
messages
in
chalk
the
night
before
so
that
when
students
and
staff
arrived
at
school
the
next
day
they
would
be
greeted
by
positive
messages
on
the
sidewalk.
Victoria
VanDyke,
a
junior
at
Patriot
who
helped
create
the
beautiful
chalk
art
at
one
of
the
schools,
shared,
"I
felt
it
was
very
important
to
chalk
positive
words
and
drawings
at
Cedar
Point
Elementary
School.
I
went
to
Cedar
Point
Elementary
and
created
so
many
amazing
memories
with
my
friends.
With
the
pandemic
affecting
how
kids
get
to
interact
with
one
another,
I
felt
chalking
positive
messages
was
important
to
make
a
positive
impact
on
these
kids
during
this
tough
time.
Students
can
now
read
our
words
of
positivity
while
they
are
going
into
school
or
playing
on
the
playground.
Hopefully,
we
can
put
a
smile
on
their
face
and
make
their
day
a
positive
one!"
On
Wednesday,
Patriot's
Culinary
2
students
baked
and
decorated
cookies
with
a
smile
to
help
spread
"Smiles
for
Miles."
The
cookies
were
distributed
to
teachers
at
Patriot's
feeder
schools
-
Bristow
Run,
Cedar
Point,
Glenkirk,
Piney
Branch,
T.
Clay
Wood,
and
Victory
Elementary
Schools,
and
Gainesville
and
Marsteller
Middle
Schools.
They
also
delivered
special
packaged
cookies
to
the
School
Board
members
at
the
School
Board
meeting
on
Wednesday
evening
to
honor
School
Board
Appreciation
Month
as
well
as
their
"Smiles
for
Miles"
activity
for
Kindness
Week.
Senior
Zachary
Salter,
chief
information
officer
for
Patriot's
culinary
program,
shared,
"The
"Smiles
for
Miles"
activity
made
me
feel
happy
and
good.
I
was
glad
to
be
able
to
help
to
give
back
to
the
community
and
give
back
to
the
teachers
who
have
worked
hard
during
this
difficult
time.
I
think
it
was
very
important
to
do
this
to
show
that
good
things
are
still
happening
even
during
a
hard
time
with
negativity
and
hardships."
The
theme
for
Thursday
was
"Thursday
Rocks!"
Students
at
all
schools
were
encouraged
to
paint
a
rock
with
a
positive
message
or
drawing
and
leave
their
rocks
throughout
the
community
and
take
a
picture
and
post
to
social
media
using
the
hashtag
#PATRIOTRAK.
Due
to
inclement
weather,
"Donation
Day"
originally
scheduled
for
Friday
was
moved
to
Tuesday,
February
23.
Students
and
their
families
have
the
opportunity
to
drop
off
items
in
front
of
the
school
for
the
Haymarket
Regional
Food
Pantry,
Prince
William
County
Animal
Shelter,
or
Wolf
Trap
Animal
Rescue.
According
to
Sharon
Shipman,
social
studies
teacher
at
Patriot,
over
800
items
have
been
collected
thus
far.