The students started by shaping cookie dough, then baked and adorned them with different colors and flavors of icing. Not only did the class get to enjoy making and eating fresh sugar cookies, they had the opportunity to bond with each other and do an act of kindness for the teachers of our school.

I asked Mrs. Soder, an English teacher, how she thought this was an act of kindness. She responded with “It’s a great act of kindness because of all the time and effort the kids put into making the Just Because treats. I still have some of the gifts from previous years’ Just Because in my room.” The final product consisted of a pencil holder filled with sweets such as candy canes, lollipops and cookies they baked.