Washington Street School Becomes a "Bucket Filling School"

During the week of February 8th, 34 sixth grade students visited each classroom at Washington Street School to spread the message of the children's book, "Have You Filled a Bucket Today? (A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids)" by Carol McCloud. The premise of the book is that we all carry an invisible bucket that contains our feelings. When our bucket is filled , we feel great. When our bucket is empty, we feel sad.

A bucket filler is someone who says or does nice things for other people, gives hugs and compliments and generally spreads their good feelings to others without being asked. By doing this, they are filling other people's buckets and filling their own at the same time.

On the other hand, a bucket dipper says or does things to cause other people to feel badly. A bucket dipper empties the buckets of others when they say or do mean things.

Help us fill the buckets of all our students, by posting your stories of those individuals who continue to make the lives of others better by being "Bucket Fillers". You can do so by clicking on the comment link underneath this posting.

Thank you to the WSS PTA who so generously purchased a copy of the book for each classroom.