Several Elizabethtown Area School District students were recognized as Do the Right Thing recipients in the fall of 2021. The students' good deeds were acknowledged at ceremonies held at their respective schools, where they received a certificate of recognition, a Do the Right Thing T-shirt, and a gift certificate.
Do the Right Thing is a national program, and at the local level, it is a collaborative effort between Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care (EACTC), the Elizabethtown police departments, and the Elizabethtown Area School District. The program seeks to recognize students in the community who have distinguished themselves through their accomplishments, attitude, or outstanding efforts or who embody Steven Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The program emphasizes random acts of kindness that otherwise may go unnoticed.
Honorees and their achievements were as follows: Cheyenne Brocious, second grade, created and shared cards of encouragement with her fellow students and teachers; Yahir Velazquez Ruiz, fourth grade, returned a set of house keys he found to the school office; Easton Boyer, fourth grade, immediately removed and reported inappropriate notes found on the school bus; Sonja Cradic, fifth grade, used multiple recess periods to clean up debris from the school playground; Maijour Scipio, fourth grade, recognized that another student was in medical distress and sought help from a teacher immediately; Tommy Signor, first grade, returned money that he found in the hallway at school and turned it in to his teacher; and Timothy Leaman, second grade, turned in a wallet he found on the bus so that it could be returned to the student to whom it belonged.
Also, Willow Lloyd, ninth grade, took initiative in calling the appropriate responders for a friend in crisis; Briana Bender, seventh grade, helped a student in a medical crisis; Kylee West, eighth grade, took initiative in calling the appropriate responders for a friend in crisis; Nathan Woods, seventh grade, assisted his teachers and substitutes in class several times; Brice Pelletier, second grade, invited a student to hang out with him on the playground after noticing that the student had no one to play with; Masen MacCrate, 10th grade, turned in money he found in the hallway to the office; Alexander Watson, 11th grade, turned in money that he found to the school office; and Kayden Rettig, 11th grade, turned in a set of expensive headphones he found at school to the office.
School staff members and police officers typically nominate students whose positive actions come to their attention, but any adult over age 18 can nominate a student. A volunteer committee reviews nominations and selects one or more winners for each month. Nomination forms are available at https://eactc.org.
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