My parents taught me a very important lesson early in life. The message was clear and simple: “Always try to help people; do it out of kindness and expect nothing in return.” Honestly, as a teenager I probably didn’t quite understand the concept but regardless my parents made me practice that lesson. They made me mow yards for free. Every month I would mow four yards and even though I was expecting nothing in return...I am here today to tell you that I have received something return. I have been blessed...blessed with a great family, great kids, great friends, good health, and a great job. If you don’t know by now, trust that one good deed is always followed by another.
This year during the Random Acts of Kindness, which coincided with the month of February, we had four students who went out of their way to acknowledge our custodians. These girls decided to give our custodians a heartfelt Valentine’s treat and just like me...they were expecting nothing in return. Our custodians were overwhelmed with tears of joy. Fast forward to this past Friday...I received a phone call from our superintendent to inform me that one of the custodian’s son was so moved by our students’ kindness, that he wanted to show his appreciation. Army Specialist Eli Mata, came over to our campus and treated our girls with some Papa John’s Pizza. Our girls were surprised and honored. Never in their wildest dreams did they expect this. Their original intent was to be kind; nothing else.
I have said it once and I will say it again, I have only been here for less than a year but I can say that this act of kindness has been one of my proudest moments as the leader of this campus. There is no doubt in my mind that we will have other success stories but this one will always stay close to home [literally]. Thank you [Elvira Ortega, Anamia Duran, Xitlali Coyote, and Diana Godinez] for the reminder. Keep making your parents and our community proud. #RandomActsOfKindness #ProudPrincipal #BeKind
