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The Education Foundation Newsletter Spring/Summer 2013 Educa�on Founda�on grants help kids fill ‘Buckets of Happiness’ Self-esteem, bullying, anger management – those are difficult issues for anyone but especially for elementary school children. Three years ago, guidance counselor Kristen Johnson decided to tackle those concerns with a “Bucket Filling Program,” based on a series of books for children by Carol McCloud. Brookview Elementary School Principal Tracy Schneid describes the books as “guides for daily happiness for kids. The goal Grindstone Guidance Counselor Kristen Johnson and 1st- through 4th-grade students display their Bucket Filling is to fill another person’s posters. From the le�, bo�om row, Gino Naylor, Nina Cunningham, Logan Baker, Daeveon Ma�hews, Jacob ‘bucket’ and then your Frederick and Charlie Thuranzky. Top row, Khang Nguyen, Nayeen Arman, Evan Lynch, Katelyn Nguyen, Reese ‘bucket’ will be full, too.” Young, Rachel Konkoly, Cayleigh King and Eliza Tipton. Filling a bucket means doing something posi�ve, says Johnson. It bucket with cat and dog treats and donated it to Berea’s could be as simple as smiling at a classmate as you walk down the Animal Rescue Friends shelter. Another child gave a candy- hall or reading to a friend during lunch or recess. filled pail to his postal delivery person. Yet another bucket Johnson began the program at Smith School and then transferred was planted with a flower and given to a neighbor. The Berea D