BANNER ELK â The fourth and fifth graders of Banner Elk Elementary School didnât let remote learning or even Covid regulations stop them from finding a way to show kindness this Christmas. Their teacher, Molly Rhoades, presented the Kindness Project to her students and they were immediately on board to adopt the residents at the Life Care Center of Banner Elk.
Students learned that the residents had not been allowed to have visitors since March and wanted to do something special to cheer them up. While students began brainstorming items to donate on their morning Zoom lessons, Mrs. Rhoades embedded her writing curriculum into the project. Her students were taught the format for letter writing and each student personally chose a resident to write to. Every resident at the Life Care Center was written a personal letter from a fourth or fifth grader at Banner Elk.