Denise Kelly – Bio

Denise Kelly
Second Grade Teacher
Classroom Website – Includes past Class Intentions

I am a second grade teacher in Oswego county.  I started following Dr. Kiltz’s Intention of the day in April of 2008.    I found these intentions very uplifting and something I looked forward to every day.  I spent a lot of time over that summer trying to figure out how to bring this positive message to my young students.  Dr. Kiltz really inspired me to do something different with my class.  With Dr. Kiltz’s permission I brought his daily intention to my classroom.

Last year our class developed a “Weekly Intention”, sometimes written by me, or a variation of Dr. Kiltz’s intention with some simplified words and some with the words of the children.  After January, the students wrote their own intentions.   The deep feelings of these students and their willingness to share motivated me to bring the positive thought to our school community.

This year our school has adopted the “Positive Thought of the Month”.   We focus our positive thoughts on the character traits.  As a class, we write a “monthly intention”.  Currently, we write these intentions together.  In January, each student will write their own intention.   We focus on this intention daily through reflection writing and class meetings.  We will be sharing these intentions with Mind Body Smile, as I hope to inspire others to share this with the young people in their lives.