Principal's Interactions with Students Caught on School's Hallway Cameras Go Viral

An elementary school principal went viral when he shared his fun actions with students in the hallways to support their education.

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00:00I know that families send us their best every day at school and I want to be able to give them my

00:08best and a big part of that is making kids feel connected, making kids feel seen, and making kids

00:15feel valued. We have something at school called Fist Bump Friday and where I talk about like if

00:28you hold out your hand you have these individuals and they're weak by themselves but it's stronger

00:34together so we talk about being stronger together so when I think about a fist bump or when I think

00:39about a high five it is that idea of being seen and it's not just a celebration it's not just good

00:44job it's I'm here for you it's hey I know you're going through a tough time right now I'm in your

00:49corner and and sometimes that means I'm having a tough conversation with a kid that does require

00:56discipline but as they leave my office I'll give them a fist bump say hey I'm still here for you

01:01I don't look at you any differently behind every every kid there's a story and there's a story and

01:07I don't know what they're going through but my goal is just to let them know hey when you show up I'm

01:11going to be here for you through the good times and through the bad times as well people reach out to

01:16me with direct messages and they'll be like they're they're grown adults and they'll be like when I was

01:21in school that is all I needed if I got that one fist bump if I got that one high five my whole life

01:27could have turned out differently my goal as a principal is to create a school where kids want

01:33to be a place that staff want to be as well and then a place that families trust and are proud to

01:39send their kids in education you hear a lot about test scores and how schools are doing academically but

01:45I wanted people to see schools a little bit from the inside out and maybe transform

01:49the way people look at school