Kindness Matters Week

Noemi Orozco, Staff Reporter

As the month of February comes to a close, Rancho Cucamonga High School’s ASB dedicates an entire week to the importance of treating people with kindness.

From the spirit week that includes wearing our classic Kindness Matters T-shirts to the paintings hung throughout our campus of great African-American icons, the combining of these two celebrations rallies students and staff together in a positive direction by aiming towards goodwill and diversity.

“This week’s theme is mainly focused on individuality, but seeing on how it’s Black History Month, it also sheds a light on diversity”, expresses Jai’lyn Edwards, an eleventh grade student and a member of ASB at Rancho Cucamonga High School. Edwards states that incorporating both Kindness Matters Week and Black History Month within the same week spreads love while paying tribute to the values of many great African-American figures. “I’ve enjoyed honoring my black culture this week and still celebrating being kind and spreading love” says Edwards. 

In addition to aiming towards diversity, Kindness Matters Week aimed towards self love as it gained the quote “love starts within but has no limit”. This is shown throughout our campus; whether it is the friendship table booths during lunch or the posters written with cheesy pick-up lines hung throughout the hallways, these simple examples showcase the love that Rancho gives to all students and staff. “The message is always expressed at Rancho to spread love, but Kindness Matters Week takes it to a new level as it creates a fun and loving culture for the campus” concludes Edwards. 

To help get both the students and staff of Rancho Cucamonga High School involved with the two celebrations, our Black Student Union created a spirit week with many different lunch time activities for all to engage in. BSU members Annisabel Mensah and Kaitlyn Demoica both share that although they were hesitant about having a tribute week for Black icons within the same days of Kindness Matters week, it was able to work out for itself as it brought everyone together through its many activities. “My favorite lunch time activity was the jump rope because so many people came out and were reminiscing on the past, and it was really amazing to see how much fun people had being together” shares Mensah and Demoica. 

Throughout the last few days of February, Rancho Cucamonga High School’s own ASB and BSU teamed together to shine a light on expressing kindness to others, as well as embracing the beauty and empowerment of African-American culture to kick off the beginning of March into a brighter and kinder path for all.