Students throughout Hamilton Heights School Corporation took a few minutes this past Monday to write a note to someone special in their lives.
Hamilton Heights seniors Andrew Hoch, Caleb Jones, William Olson and Ethan Hall are pictured handwriting notes to say “thank you” in recognition of World Gratitude Day. (Photo provided)
World Gratitude Day, Sept. 21, was designed to help bring awareness and to appreciate thankfulness, gratefulness or appreciation – feelings or attitudes in acknowledgement of a benefit that one has or will receive. It is considered the greatest of the virtues. Studies show a strong correlation between gratitude and increased well-being by everyone involved in an act of gratitude.
Several students in Mrs. Joy Volz’s English Class shared who they planned to give their handwritten notes.
“This was a short exercise that can have a powerful impact,” said Volz. “It’s something that can be conducted with very little effort, every single day, and in many different ways. Ethan Hall wrote a note of thanks to his grandparents for the important role they play in his life. Sophia Lamoreaux and Corbin Roosa wrote notes to two of their teachers. Lamoreaux wanted to say thank you to Heights Choir Director, Mrs. Kitzmiller, for being ‘awesome,’ and Roosa said he wrote a note to Mrs. Myers, English/Theater teacher, because ‘she gives it her all in teaching and is a great person.’ Others wrote a short note to special friends and family members. All seemed to enjoy the opportunity to take a moment to pen a personal note of gratitude.”