Area School class ‘filled the Grinch with love’ this holiday season

Clare-Gladwin Area School teacher Rachel DuMond challenged the students in her class to give the gift of love this holiday season through random acts of kindness. During the month of December, Area School staff members who witnessed a student performing a random act of kindness would write the student’s name on a heart. The heart was then posted to a cutout of the famous character, “The Grinch,” located outside of DuMond’s classroom. 

“The goal was for the students to perform random acts of kindness even when no one was watching,” said DuMond. “Sometimes those are the most important acts of kindness.” 

By Dec. 14, hearts covered the Grinch, filing him with love. The students joined the rest of their peers at the Area School that afternoon to watch the movie, “The Grinch.”