Lynchburg-Clay students spread kindness through painted rocks project
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Inspired by the Kindness Rocks Project, Lynchburg-Clay art students are painting rocks and hiding them in the community to “brighten the day” of those who find the colorful painted rocks.
This project began when LCHS art teacher Missy O’Connor’s daughter found a painted rock in northern Ohio, encouraging them to post a picture on Facebook indicating where they found it.
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“After doing a little research, we discovered this rock-hiding movement was part of The Kindness Rocks Project, and there were many groups doing the same thing all over the world,” O’Connor said. “I liked the idea of having LCHS art students create little pieces of artwork to hide and share with the community, hopefully brightening someone's day along the way.”
The Lynchburg-Clay Art I, II, III, and IV students have painted rocks and will be hiding them around the community. The high school students have also enlisted the help of some of the third graders at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary. The third graders provided the high school classes with 25 very creative drawings, and the high school students painted a replica of each drawing on individual rocks. The third graders then were able to take home these home to hide on their own.
Anyone who finds a rock is encouraged to send a picture of the rock and its location to lchsrocks@lclsd.net. After that, the classes hope to have the rocks hidden again at some other location. Ideally, some of the rocks will make their way to other cities and quite possibly other states as well.
“We are excited to spread a little kindness in the form of art and hope the community enjoys finding them,” O’Connor said.
To follow more updates on the LCHS rocks project, visit the Lynchburg-Clay school district Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LynchburgClayLocalSchoolDistrict.
This project began when LCHS art teacher Missy O’Connor’s daughter found a painted rock in northern Ohio, encouraging them to post a picture on Facebook indicating where they found it.
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“After doing a little research, we discovered this rock-hiding movement was part of The Kindness Rocks Project, and there were many groups doing the same thing all over the world,” O’Connor said. “I liked the idea of having LCHS art students create little pieces of artwork to hide and share with the community, hopefully brightening someone's day along the way.”
The Lynchburg-Clay Art I, II, III, and IV students have painted rocks and will be hiding them around the community. The high school students have also enlisted the help of some of the third graders at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary. The third graders provided the high school classes with 25 very creative drawings, and the high school students painted a replica of each drawing on individual rocks. The third graders then were able to take home these home to hide on their own.
Anyone who finds a rock is encouraged to send a picture of the rock and its location to lchsrocks@lclsd.net. After that, the classes hope to have the rocks hidden again at some other location. Ideally, some of the rocks will make their way to other cities and quite possibly other states as well.
“We are excited to spread a little kindness in the form of art and hope the community enjoys finding them,” O’Connor said.
To follow more updates on the LCHS rocks project, visit the Lynchburg-Clay school district Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LynchburgClayLocalSchoolDistrict.