Stop, Feel, Think, Choose, Act

Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theater Programs performed "Drummin' Up Peace" for Victoria's third-fifth grade students on Monday. Their play was about four students who received detention for a food fight in the cafeteria. Sadly, this food fight started because a student accidentally tripped another student. While the students were in detention,their principal, Mr. Whistle, assigned the group a project. They were to create a way that they could present the five conflict resolution steps of "Stop, Feel, Think, Choose, Act" to the other students at the school. Although these four students had very different personalities, they were able to build on each other's strengths to create a rap about their assigned topic... and in the meantime, they became good friends.

Tuesday and Wednesday each class participated in a one-hour follow-up activity with the actors. They continued to discuss "Stop, Feel, Think, Act, and Choose." Student groups worked together to write a rap about resolving conflicts. They then stood around a special microphone and recorded their raps on a CD that will be given to their teacher. All students were also given a dog tag necklace with the Drummin' Up Peace logo and the five conflict resolution steps.

On Thursday evening, May 13th, the actors returned for a family night at Victoria. All students and parents were invited to attend. The theater group shared parts of their play, as well as played Victoria's Rap CD. At the conclusion of the evening, students were invited to participate in a drum circle. Parents joined along in the chorus singing, "We stop and think. Go zoom, zoom, zoom. Spreading peace like boom, boom, boom." Students received a "Drummin' Up Peace" gel bracelet for participating.

Thank you to Kaiser for this wonderful education opportunity for our Victoria students!