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District 25 parents and CEC coalesce on slogan: “Wellness, kindness, community”
Summary
CEC wellness working group reviewed parent survey results and, after discussion, converged on the three‑word phrase “Wellness, kindness, community” to represent district wellness work; members plan to refine messaging and link the slogan to a focused action area next year.
Parents and CEC members in District 25’s wellness collaboration reviewed a parent survey of slogan preferences and converged on a short, three‑word slogan — “Wellness, kindness, community” — as the working phrase to represent the district’s wellness effort.
The group examined a slide deck summarizing parents’ top picks (several multi‑word slogans ranked highest) and discussed the merits of longer versus shorter phrases. Catherine, a CEC member, said she “was leaning towards the one that had fostering kindness in there” because she felt kindness would drive social‑emotional learning. Another CEC participant summarized the group’s final recommendation as: “Wellness, kindness, community.”
Presenters emphasized the group would not necessarily adopt the single slogan purely by vote of highest selection; instead, they described plans to field the choice to more families and to use the slogan as a framing device to narrow the scope of wellness work next year (for example, focusing on mental, physical or social‑emotional domains). The presenter told the group: “We have this first one here … how can we kind of merge those so that we have a really solid statement that embeds those parts around family, kindness and community.”
Members suggested keeping the slogan short so it would be memorable and align with the district vision; one participant noted the district vision already uses “strong” language, so the slogan could act as a branch off that overall statement. The presenter asked members to consider, as “homework,” which specific area to focus on next year and to think about parent engagement strategies that could align with the slogan.
Ending: The wellness working group left the meeting with a working slogan — “Wellness, kindness, community” — and a plan to finalize wording and select an initial focus area (for implementation in the coming school year) after additional community feedback.
