FLEx Examples

With the outward focus of bringing joy to others, students see how they can play a part in taking care of the elderly and restoring community through reading and songs.

Two third grade classes from Iran and USA met and communicated over video. Students created postcards and sent them to third graders in Iran.

Students were empowered to use their peculiar treasures to design, create and perform a musical. In addition, students used information obtained from surveys of their grandparents to add to their musical.

Kindergarten students recognized that both plants and themselves need things to grow. The students planted flowers and gave them to someone, along with a note, thanking them for helping them grow in their faith.

Fifth grade students learn of an orphanage in Mexico and desire to build connections with the kids at the orphanage. Students correspond with peers in Mexico and send encouraging words.

Fifth grade students captured and preserved the memories of the elderly by interviewing them and writing their stories.

Music is used to have deeper meaning and impact when a 6th grade choir class selects a song to perform for a community member/former teacher undergoing cancer treatments.

Students sorted dental supplies and delivered them to a food bank.

First grade students worked to fill a real need for students who do not have enough to eat on the weekends. Students packed bags of food and created an infomercial to spread the word about the organization they partnered with.

In a practice of selflessness, first grade students showed God's love to the neighborhood community near the school with snack bags and encouraging messages.

Students identified conflicts in their community and then worked towards ways to bring resolution. They specifically focused on the conflicts of poverty and homelessness.

Students consider ways they might be able to seek justice after recognizing and gaining and understanding of the challenges in the US Criminal Justice system.