Here at Lutherville, we use the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? to create a positive learning environment. This story presents the idea that each of us has a bucket inside that represents our emotional well being. When we are kind to others, we fill their buckets. When others treat us with kindness, they fill our buckets as well.
We have all been challenged to be bucket-fillers by showing respect or doing something kind for those around us.
What better way to fill a bucket, than by sharing a comment on our blog? Think about ways that others have filled your bucket:
- Has someone been kind to you by helping you during group work in class?
- What about someone who cheered you up when you were feeling sad?
- How has a student, staff, or family member helped you solve a problem?
Remember that we only share first names on our blog. If your comment does not show up right away, it just means that Mrs. Austen has not had a chance to approve it. Be sure to check back in 24 hours.
Parents and family member, feel free to comment on ways that your child is filling buckets at home. We can’t wait to hear from students, teachers, staff, and family members!
🙂 Mrs. Kiewe
Guidance Counselor
Mrs. Austen,
You really helped to fill my bucket today. I want to thank you very much for helping me set this post up!!
Mrs. Kiewe
As principal of Lutherville Lab, I am proud to be part of a great school of kind students, parents, and teachers. When I was out sick, my front office team and teachers were very helpful in supporting me when I returned. Thanks for being there for me, everyone!
Mrs. McGee’s Class came up with a list of ways to fill buckets.
Fill a bucket by giving a friend a smile. Mrs. McGee
Fill a bucket by telling your friends they are nice. Noelani
Fill a bucket by helping someone when they are hurt. Myles
Fill a bucket by being kind to a friend. Charlie
Fill a bucket by helping someone be a good friend. Gavin
Fill a bucket by being nice to your friends. Aylssa
Fill a bucket by helping friends to make good choices. Sabrina
Fill a bucket by being a kind person. Kathryn
Fill a bucket by saying something nice to friends. Anna
Fill a bucket by being someone’s friend. Marion
Fill a bucket by helping someone understand English. Olivia
Fill a bucket by helping each other. Emily
Fill a bucket with water. Paolo
Fill a bucket by being kind to friends. Aviva
Fill a bucket by helping friends do their work. Milhani
Fill a bucket by taking time to complete my classroom work. Orlando
Fill a bucket by helping a friend when they fall down. Daniel
Fill a bucket by telling friends to stop when they are doing something bad. Raadi
Fill a bucket by talking in class. Theisal
Fill a bucket by helping another friend get their jacket on to go outside. Gavin
Fill a bucket by keeping my personal space. Qiqi
Colleen says that you all have great ideas. Sydney says she loves what you said because you are all helping fill buckets. Zoe says your ideas are really great because filling buckets is a good thing. Caiden thinks Sabrina’s idea of helping friends is a great idea. Marah says that all of your ideas are great because you aren’t dipping buckets.
Our class appreciates all the hard work that our Related Arts teachers do to create awesome and fun activities and lessons. We are excited to learn during each class. Thank you so much! All of you rock! 😀
We would like to thank our parents and families for coming to our parties, field trips and other fun activities at school! We would also like to thank Mrs. Vita for helping us when we are sick or hurt!
We would like to thank Mrs. Kiewe for filling our buckets every day. Max thinks that she helped him feel better when his mom died. Mrs. Kiewe has helped me to move away from my first home said Max. She made our school a better place because of bucket filling said Sarah. Harlem loves when Mrs. Kiewe invites him to a lunch bunch. Tatum feels happy when Mrs. Kiewe talks to her. Allison really appreciated Mrs. Kiewe helping her deal with going on a fieldtrip without her mother. Fred really enjoys playing Bingo with Mrs. Kiewe. Jackson said she always helps me feel better about any problems I have doing my school work. Thanks for helping our students every day!!
Thank you,
Mrs. Scott’s Class
Mrs. Scott’s class, you really have helped to fill Mrs. Kiewe’s bucket!! I am so lucky to work with such wonderful students!!! Mrs. Kiewe
After reading Mrs. McGee’s post, Ms. Bauer’s friends wanted to share their ways to fill buckets.
Fill a bucket by smiling at your friends. -Mary Katharine
Fill a bucket by helping somebody when they get hurt and tell a teacher. -Ben
Fill a bucket by helping a friend on the playground when they are trying something new. -Colleen
Fill a bucket by helping your friends. -Artemis
Fill a bucket by being kind to your teachers and friends. -Mason
Fill a bucket by helping a friend when they are injured. -Beliz
Fill a bucket by helping someone if you are done with your work early. Fill a bucket by treating others the way you want to be treated. -Sadie
Fill a bucket by helping your friend when they are sad. -Sydney
Fill a bucket by letting a new student play with you at recess. -Quint
Fill a bucket by helping another person if they are stuck on a question. -Lila
Fill a bucket by helping others follow rules and procedures. -Cheyanne
Fill a bucket by saying “thank you” when someone fills your bucket. -Caiden
Fill a bucket by cheering someone up when they are sad. -Zoe
Fill a bucket by teaching someone how to play football if they don’t know how. -Trevor
Fill a bucket by helping someone if they don’t speak English and try to understand them. -Marah
Fill a bucket by playing with someone when they are playing alone. -Arwa & Grayson
Fill a bucket by helping someone if they are being bullied. -Dan & Angela
Fill a bucket by respecting other people’s cultures. -Nathaniel
Fill a bucket by being respectful and polite. -Lucy
Fill a bucket by giving someone a compliment. -Ms. Bauer
Fill a bucket by using your manners. -The Whole Class
I wanted to let Ms. Bauer’s class did a great job sharing bucket filling ideas!! Keep up the good work!! Mrs. Kiewe
I am so excited to share that students in grades 1, 2, and 3 are creating movies about bucket sharing in computer lab. We are using Pixie3 and PhotoStory to demonstrate the ways students at Lutherville fill buckets everyday! We will be sure to post our end results with you when they are finalized!
I can’t wait to see the bucket-filling videos that our students create! 🙂
I am also very excited to see the finalized pieces of work!!! How exciting!!! Mrs. Kiewe
Hi Friends,
I want to thank the following boys who have taken on the job of caring for our flags displayed on our school flagpole. The boys have shown true commitment to and responsibility in carrying out the task daily- all with a pleasant attitude! Thanks for filling our bucket here in the front office!!
Samuel Wilmot
Phillip Groh
Connor McElwain
Parker Fong
Alex Zuk
Kosta Mimaros