The middle school students will be given the opportunity to try six different exercises and integrate them into their sefira experience. The program is called 6 for 6 for u! which stands for 6 exercises for 6 weeks for a more positive you.
- The first week begins with smiling with intention to one individual.
- The second week will be giving a compliment to one individual.
- The third week will be saying "Thank you for _____" something specific someone has done for the student.
- The fourth week will be writing a thank you note for something specific someone has done for you.
- The fifth week will be thinking of something you can thank Hashem for during modim.
- The sixth week will be writing in a gratitude journal daily. Each student will have the opportunity to receive a raffle ticket for completing a task.
To entice the students to participate the eighth graders will be giving out promotional items to get the students to complete the tasks. Additionally, there will be a weekly competitions and a grand prize raffle at the end of the program.
The students are encouraged to participate in all the activities and the beauty of the program is that its cumulative. For example, a student on week three gets the chance to get three raffle tickets per day one for a smile, one for a compliment, and one for saying thank you for __.
