Students at Paragon Charter Academy recently celebrated a Bucket Filling Spirit Week with three days of themed dress-up days. Scholars participated in Hawaiian Day, Classy Day, and Crazy Hair and Sock Day.
The event was inspired by Carol McCloud’s book, “Have You Filled a Bucket Today,” which encourages children to express kindness, appreciation, and love to themselves and others, daily.
“Bucket-filling is a wonderful metaphor to use with children both at school and at home,” said Sally Clark, dean at Paragon Charter Academy.
Jim “Basketball” Jones kicked off the event with a performance and positive words of inspiration to the students. Throughout the three days, students had many opportunities to practice doing kind things for each other. The event concluded with a bucket filling parade on the last day.
Listen to Buzzing for Books’ rendition of “Have You Filled a Bucket Today."
About Paragon Charter Academy
Paragon Charter Academy is a tuition-free, public charter school in Jackson, Michigan, serving students in Young 5s through eighth grade. It is part of the National Heritage Academies (NHA®) network, which includes more than 100 tuition-free, public charter schools serving more than 65,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade across nine states. For more information, visit nhaschools.com.
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