'Thanks for being yellow' is new catchphrase
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Monday was a big day for elementary students in Esko as they celebrated Be the Yellow Day at the school. It was a project to promote kindness that culminated with students in yellow shirts spelling out their initiative on the school grounds for Esko sophomore and drone operator Ethan Kilichowski.
Bridget Peterson, a media specialist at the schools in Esko, held a door open for two elementary students on Tuesday.
One of them said: "Thank you for being yellow."
Peterson beamed. "That was so cool."
"Yellow" has been the code word for kindness the past few weeks at the elementary school in a courtesy and kindness campaign dubbed "Be the Yellow," based on a national and worldwide campaign launched by a teacher in honor of one of his colleagues.
"I'm the instigator," admitted kindergarten teacher Kari Knutson on the buzz going around the school.
In 2016, Knutson attended a national kinder...
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