Making sure everyone is involved and not left behind is the goal of a nationwide program coming to lunchrooms around the country.
St. Charles Catholic School is once again participating in "No One Eats Alone", a lunchtime school event that makes sure that all students are connecting with each other. As each class comes into the lunchroom the kids are assigned to a table with students from other classrooms. An 8th grader is a facilitator at each of the tables to promote conversation in the hopes that all students feel included, valued, and accepted by their peers.
"We're helping out the younger students just like trying to take away social isolation and let everyone be able to talk to someone," explained Oli Bruno, 8th grader at St. Charles.
"We're just getting all the kids together and making sure nobody eats alone and we're just making it a good time and the kids that I had before had a good time, I think I hope," said Olivia Stewart, 8th grader at St. Charles.
St. Charles School's motto this year "Be Kind" goes hand in hand with the "No One Eats Alone" initiative. The students are working to be kind to everyone all the time. Friday everyone wore their "Be Kind" shirts designed by a student with community sponsors providing a shirt to every student.
