What is this I hear about a purple card?

Your child may have come home in the past couple of days saying they want to save the Earth AND earn a purple card. To clarify, this year we have a reward in our class for kids when they go out of their way in a self-less act that betters the world outside of their immediate environment. They earn a class prize and a write-up in the weekly school newsletter. Your child may come in and tell me about what they did and if it sounds like something worthy of a "purple card" I will send you an email to get details.

Some examples of what past students have done to earn a purple card:

- Open a lemonade stand and donate all proceeds to charity

- Participate in a family volunteer day at a SOLV beach clean-up

- Students gathered their parents and friends to clean up their neighborhood and park

- Outstanding participation in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF (each child will have this opportunity next week)

- Create and mail cheerful cards to soldiers or terminally ill children

Some students have come in and said, "well, I weeded the garden for my Mom" or "I cleaned my room". Of course these are GREAT but they don't fit the requirement of "a self-less act that betters the world outside of their immediate environment". If your child suggests an activity that does fit this requirement, I hope you are able to help him/her do it! I truly believe that at PNA we are doing a great job of teaching this to our students and that we have been given an amazing group of families that share this ideal. As a school-family partnership, I think we can do so much!