(11/16/2023) As part of October’s National Bullying Prevention campaign, Anoka-Hennepin held its 20th annual kindness poster contest.
About the contest: This year’s theme was Make Kindness Your Purpose. The district invited students at all grade levels to submit their best artwork for the competition and the school-level winners advanced to the district-level competition. Nearly 150 posters were voted on by staff at the Educational Service Center on Tuesday, Nov. 7 and 10 were named districtwide winners.
Meet the winners and view their posters:
- Paisley Rugroden, kindergarten, McKinley Elementary.
- Emersyn Buttweiler, first grade, Monroe Elementary.
- Ahaan Kumar, second grade, Sunrise Elementary.
- Hadley Hoehn, third grade, McKinley Elementary.
- Anh (Sofia) Ngo, fourth grade, Monroe Elementary.
- Aarohee Anand, fifth grade, Monroe Elementary.
- Avery Dikken, sixth grade, Oak View Middle School.
- Jheel Sharma, seventh grade, Roosevelt Middle School.
- Audrey Schwen, eighth grade, Roosevelt Middle School.
- Hope Fletcher, 11th grade, Anoka High School.
The big picture: The annual kindness poster contest helps create a safe and welcoming environment for students by promoting kindness and anti-bullying. The contest promotes kindness as a positive call to action to counteract the negative impact of bullying, and Anoka-Hennepin’s core values of respect, responsibility, appreciation of diversity, integrity, and compassion are the basis of kindness.
What’s next: These students will be recognized at the Jan. 22 School Board meeting and will receive a Kindle tablet from the Horace Mann Company. Winning posters will also be displayed on the district website and printed for use in school buildings across the district.
