https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects Amherst Juniors are reading "Pay it Forward" in Book Club this semester. In addition to reading the book, they will come up with a project to "pay it forward". Below are the projects each group is doing. Please read the description to see how you can help their project be successful. en-us 2019-09-20 15:29:54 UTC 2026-01-01 12:42:51 UTC hello@padlet.com rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387329715 We are going to collect canned food, snacks, basic household items, and gift cards and put them together in a care package for cancer patients at the CHI Cancer Center. We could use your help by donating the items mentioned above. Please bring your donations to the school office. If you have questions you can text Jordan at 308-222-0592 or email her at jordanroach02@gmail.com]]> 2019-09-20 17:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387329715 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387332194 We will be putting on a local food drive for families in need. You can help us by donating any kind of food, canned or packaged. ]]> 2019-09-20 17:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387332194 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387333948 For our Pay it Forward project we decided to go around our school pulling weeds, raking, and picking up trash so that our school looks more alive and clean. ]]> 2019-09-20 17:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387333948 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387336031 I am going to do something called “High Five Friday” and encourage students to make eye contact and give high fives in the halls. ]]> 2019-09-20 17:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387336031 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387336529 I am going to encourage school spirit by making signs and hanging them around the school. ]]> 2019-09-20 17:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387336529 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387337422 For our project we are going to visit a nursing home. During our visits we are going to play games with the residents and ask them about their lives. ]]> 2019-09-20 17:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387337422 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387383546 We are going to start a free food pantry. We are going to have a mailbox located at Grandpa Terry’s. The community will be able to take and donate. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387383546 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387385293 We plan to challenge people on Facebook tondo acts of kindness every week. We won’t probably make it “kind” acts every week, it may be more of pick up some trash that you continually step over. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387385293 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387097 You will never ALWAYS be motivated. We need motivation throughout the school/work day. This project allows us to brighten and offer hope to people by reading motivational quotes that we put up on the back of the bathroom stall doors. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387097 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387581 We are going to start a kindness chain with the 1st graders. We are teacher aides in that class and when we see kids doing something kind we are going to write the student’s name and what they did on the paper link and see how long the kids can make the chain. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387581 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387787 We are going to put together friendship envelopes that have a friendship bracelet, coupon for free ice cream, an inspiration note, and things like that to give to the homeless shelter so they can hand them out to the kids when they come in. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387787 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387922 “Take what you need wall”
The wall will have different words like peace, motivation, courage, etc. on sticky notes. When people find the word they need they can take the sticky note and carry that word with them. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387387922 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387388113 We are going to talk to the 4th and 6th grade about showing good sportsmanship. We will tell them what is good sportsmanship and what is not. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387388113 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387389173 We will be supporting the Extra Life charity, a charity that helps support local children hospitals. You can view our pages here:
https://www.extra-life.org/participant/378712 (Michael)
https://www.extra-life.org/participant/378757 (Cooper)
https://www.extra-life.org/team/48146 (Our Team)

We will be streaming here:
https://www.twitch.tv/xxramadanstevexx
https://www.twitch.tv/alionoide

And last but not least we will be streaming (probably) around 6pm on the following days, and possibly more in the future:
- Tuesday 1st of October
- Thursday 3rd of October
- Some weekend in the future

You can get more info by following our Twitch pages.]]> 2019-09-20 18:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387389173 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387389330 I am going to read kindness books to the younger elementary kids. ]]> 2019-09-20 18:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387389330 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387392837 We will create a Facebook account that posts inspirational messages and stories. Our page is called Inspirational Quotes. We are trying to create a more positive environment/attitude within Amherst with our posts. ]]> 2019-09-20 19:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387392837 rohde https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387392930 We are going to encourage students to wear their seatbelts by doing random seatbelt checks in the school parking lot. We are going to hand out suckers or tootsie rolls to the students who have their seatbelts on. We are also going to encourage them to take a #seatbeltselfie (while they are parked) and post it to social media to raise awareness about the importance of wearing your seatbelt. ]]> 2019-09-20 19:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rohde/PIFProjects/wish/387392930