Nicole Phillips, breast cancer survivor, Hallmark Channel guest, and author, came to Avon High School on February 17 to present an assembly she calls Kindness is Contagious! She told her life story and how she overcame her battles using kindness in her daily life. Phillips also presented a little challenge for teams with salt and pepper. She had salt and pepper (both loosely and in the containers) on a plate with toothpicks and straws, and she said to separate the pepper from the salt. Ironically, all they had to do was split the containers. It was a lesson on perspective. When she finished, she also donated two of her kindness books to Avon High School library.

In our second assembly, Bobby Truhe, a school lawyer, gave a presentation on March 26 for the students and staff regarding digital citizenship. Truhe talked about having nudity on social media and how it can affect an individual, school and community as well as the consequences. Also, if someone reports it, your extracurriculars can be taken away if you are breaking rules/laws outside of school. Not to mention that law enforcement can be involved.

The final assembly was presented by Justine Kougle, a ranch wife and mother turned advocate, who thinks of herself as a “Kindness Ambassador.” As the Non-Profit Director of the organization, she presented the Tour of Kindness and gave a virtual presentation on April 7. She talked about how kindness has affected her life as a mother of three children, one of whom is a special needs child. Kougl overcame her battles through kindness and continues to help her daughter overcome and accept her differences while making people aware of their own treatment toward others.