FLEx Examples

Elementary art students create art pieces that highlight the wildlife conservation efforts of a local wildlife trust. Their work is auctioned off and displayed in the facilities of the wildlife trust organization.

Students explore earth keeping and stewardship as they test for contaminates in water systems and then share PSAs with fellow students about stewarding our waterways.

Students considered how, as characters in God's story, they could develop Christ-like characteristics of compassion by engaging in letter writing and relationship building activities with lonely elders.

Third grade students studied, then wrote devotionals based on the Throughlines. These devotionals were shared with their kindergarten buddies to help them to understand the Throughlines.

Students researched and create a museum exhibit of examples from history of "living between the trees" — people who recognized brokenness in their context and worked toward shalom and restoration.

1st grade students developed stories modeled after Kevin Henke's stories to share a Throughline with other audiences.

1st grade students engaged in meaningful helpful home tasks to earn money to provide coats for other young children. The gifts of coats were accompanied by words of encouragement and Bible verses.

8th grade students used prayer journals to pray intentionally for others and then sent letters of encouragement to the people they prayed for. Through the experience, the students' prayer lives were impacted deeply.

Pre-K students show love for others by collecting stuffed bears and writing short messages of encouragement for the recipients — sick children at a local hospital.

Students interviewed veterans and created biographies that were then shared with the veterans at a luncheon the students provided.

Students researched and designed brochures for newcomers to their community so that they would feel welcome and would have important information about the community.

With the help of lots of experts, 2nd grade students learned about plant health benefits and grew young plants for a community garden that supplies organizations that help those in need.

Students researched the characteristics of thriving communities and then applied that research to their own community to identify areas of flourishing and areas where their response to support was needed. They shared their research with the city mayor.

Second grade students show compassion for their school janitor by proactively working to make his job easier and encouraging him with words of gratitude and scripture.

Students live out their deep hope and used their science skills to design a school garden and arrange a food drive to provide needed resources for their community food pantry.

Students researched and designed a sound wall for other students to interact with on the playground.

Students were guided through numerous chapel presentations and principal/teacher activities to show God's love for each other and for their community.

Students prepare and perform for residents of a rehabilitation and nursing facility and build lasting relationships.

Spanish students volunteer to tutor non-English speaking students to assist in their homework support.

Through an in-depth study of literature and character along with a study of scripture, students identified ways in which sins are manifested in both the fictional and real life settings and reflected on ways they are called back by God's word.

Students studied scripture relating to the ideas of being salt and light and then planned with their own families specific actions they could engage in as a family to be salt and light in their community.

Choral and instrumental students select and prepare memory-triggering musical repertoire to share with an assisted living community.

Students studying ASL share about deaf culture, language, and history with the hearing community to celebrate the beauty of diversity found in the deaf community.

Students befriends second grade students in a sister Spanish school by creating videos to communicate and build relationships.

K-8 students create unique art to share the gospel story with community at the Gospel Story Art Show.

7th grade students design and create tessellation appreciation cards for important people in their lives.

First graders study saints from stories and identify medical community members to model saintly characteristics of loving God by loving others. Students write thank you letters and create fleece blankets of hospital.

Students learned about the Kairos Prison Ministry and created neurographic art incorporating verses, thoughts and messages of hope to be shared with inmates at a maximum security prison.

Students work to build awareness of genetic diseases and partnering with an organization to celebrate with families welcoming children with Down Syndrome.

Students live out their calling as justice seekers by composing thoughtful, carefully crafted, rhetorically effective letters to challenge/confront or aid/encourage local justice initiatives.

8th grade students collaboratively built Rube Goldberg contraptions to share with 3rd graders who were learning about simple machines. Students encouraged 3rd graders to be curious, creative and tenacious problem solvers because we bear God's image.

Students were given the opportunity to learn about schools around the world and to connect with fellow image bearers in Kenya.

High school students mentor and practice with 5th grade students to engage with lower school students by sharing Hispanic nursery rhymes during Hispanic Cultural Awareness Month.

4th graders learn about racial injustice during the Civil Rights era and write stories reflecting what they've learned. They read their stories at a public lecture on justice, race and the gospel.

Students interviewed and prepared podcasts featuring staff members to share with the broader school community.

Students prepared and presented proposals to administration to improve student experience at their school. Students adopted a posture of humility and gratefulness as they shared their ideas with leaders.

Students created a children's Bible to cover Israel's history and connect to Jesus and the redemptive storyline then and now.

Students used their math skills to calculate percentage to encourage and motivate other classes to contribute to their food drive goals.

In their study of their local communities, students noted the divisiveness of community and sought to bring shalom through a deeper understanding of their community neighbors and letters of appreciation for their contributions.

Students researched the life stories and the impact Black mathematicians made in American history and shared the significance of the work with their school and greater community.

After learning how God created families and adopted us as his children, first grade students consulted with their own families to do chores to meet their needs in order to raise money to buy supplies to fill backpacks for foster children's needs.

Art students create art collaboratively to be auctioned off at the Leaving a Legacy fundraiser at their school.

Senior Bible students seek to welome and bless Somali refuges by engaging in a meal and conversation about their experiences.

5th grade students interviewed members of their community to show their New Covenant community that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they see the world through God's eyes. Students told these Kingdom Builder stories in a book where they compiled the interviewee's stories.

After learning about the role of decomposers, 3rd and 4th grade students decided to do their part in addressing environmental concerns by starting a compositing project at their school.

After visiting a nature center, 1st grade students were convicted of the importance of caring for God's creators. They created informational packets including a friendly letter, a PSA about animals and a how-to for making a bird feeder. These packets were shared with their community to spread.

Middle school students wrote and produced an original poetry book to share with the ICS community. And they mentored and supported their first grade partners as they prepared for their own poetry recital.

Middle school students use their math skills to redesign their school playground based on current and future needs of the growing school.

Students learn about the importance of metal recycling and copper mining to develop renewable energy. They share their insights with the community to raise awareness.

Spanish students learn about the invisible community of farm workers and raise awareness in their community as they seek restorative transformation.

High school dance students created and implemented a movement class for their preschool buddies.

As part of their SS and Financial Literacy studies, students came to understand the important work various organizations were doing in their community. They desired to support these organizations so they partnered with the United Way to collect books for children who didn't have the same access.

Anatomy and Physiology students raise awareness of the crisis facing the Great Salt Lake by researching and then designing PSAs

2nd grade students recognized how Jesus loved everyone and decided that a buddy bench would be a good tool to help them to love others at recess.

4th grade PE students designed and shared workout plans for senior residents.

After completing a unit on nutrition and understanding the importance of healthy eating, preschoolers assisted at a local food pantry to ensure that others could also experience healthy food options.

Art students encouraged Taiwanese students by creating portraits that encouraged them as fellow image bearers of God.

In conjunction with a novel study, students used masks to explore how we connect with each other and to embrace their true identities in Christ.

As students studied genetics and their own unique facial characteristics, they were inspired to create self-portraits which were then displayed along with accompanying reflections of how God uses each of us for his unique kingdom purposes. Staff and students were challenged to do likewise.

Students shared performances that raised awareness of "the least of these" in their community. Their performances offered hoped and an encouragement of God's love. In addition, at each performance, donations were collected for an organization that served the marginalized population

Chemistry students investigate common pollutants of wastewater systems and write an article to publish in local city newsletter to increase awareness.

Ist grade students identified a recess problem, brainstormed together solutions and wrote a "how-to" piece that was shared with the school to enable harmony during recess. Students modeled "shining bright" on the playground.

Middle school students use their math skills to consider how to design school lockers that will better serve the needs of their school community. Proposals are presented to the HoS for consideration in the new building project.

High school physical education students developed and taught lessons to middle school students.

After reading some literature about how words can lead to change, students discussed how they could use their words for positive change in their school community. Students used sidewalk chalk to write words of affirmation and kindness on the outside hallways of their school.

Students planted wild rice for waterfowl and created shelters for wood ducks in the Fenner Nature Center to ensure that they were being good caretakers of the earth

In preparation of their school's 60th anniversary, students interviewed alumni via Zoom and shared the recordings with the celebration committee.

After studying about Jackie Robinson, students researched and presented leaders of effective positive change for their Wax Museum presentations.

Students designed a water system and developed a budget for a Nicaraguan community. They presented their proposal to the community water council.

Kindergarten students welcome preschoolers to school using maps they've created.

Students were invited to build relationships with local Spanish speakers to develop language skills and cultural understanding and to enrich each others' lives with the hope of building long-term friendships.

High school Spanish students write original stories to share with elementary students to inspire and encourage learning a foreign language.

Seeds are sent to Ukraine, "Europe's Breadbasket," as students study the breadbasket of the U.S. and how God's image bearers can serve as a part of the community of believers.

After studying the impact of power in their social studies curriculum, middle school students recognized the need to encourage and acknowledge the responsibility of current leaders and wrote letters of gratitude and encouragement.

After learning about the history of Hip Hop and how it was used as a medium to create positive change, students chose issues in their own school community that could benefit from positive change. They then designed and performed Hip Hop messages for their classmates and community.

Students were invited into three distinct experiences as a way to help find a healthy intermingling of politics and Christian practices.

Second grade students in a reading intervention program practiced their reading skills to be able to read and share with kindergarten students who also struggled with reading fluency and word recognition.

High school stats students designed probability carnival games to share with elementary students.

As an exercise in encouragement for social-emotional health, students created podcasts of their "favorite things" to share with their classmates.

In a yearlong FLEx, 6th graders worked with local park representatives to develop and clear a bike trail. Additional side projects also occurred.

Students worked like scientists as they evaluated evidence to make informed decisions to help themselves and their families as well as create an infographic to explain how mRNA vaccines work.

Using their understanding of electricity, students recycled/repurposed old lamps to reflect the missions of organizations in their community that were being a light to others. The repurposed lamps were gifts of encouragement to those organizations.

Through a bilingual exchange, students in Michigan and Ecuador were able to support each other by providing content (videos, writings, Zoom) to help develop language skills and to share cultural perspectives.

Students interview people working to build God's Kingdom on earth and write a book of their interviews to inspire others.

Students plant seedlings to share with local community gardens.

Students performed the musical Annie after learning more about foster care and the challenges faced. Students invited an audience of foster families to attend their performance.

Middle school students raised money for the purchase of three new instruments for a neighboring Title I school, then delivered the instruments and visited with students and had conversations about their shared interest in music.

Students created a video presentation that they shared with students during a chapel on image-bearing.

Fourth grade music students presented a Veteran’s Day Tribute Show and Performance and wrote letters to veterans so that they know they are not forgotten.

Students learned about the Harlem Renaissance and then engaged in research to study one person's story of how his/her art helped restore God's broken world. They then created their own tribute art and shared it in an exhibit at the Justice, Race and the Gospel event at a local church.

After researching body systems, students interview LifeGift spokesperson to learn more about the importance of organ donation. Students then created a stop motion PSA to share on the LifeGift website and in their own school newsletter to raise awareness of the need for organ donation.

Students work collaboratively to great a garden space where all can gather to delight in God's creation.

Students reflected on how what they love determines the direction of their hearts. Through interviews and reflection they were able to celebrate how their grandparents reflected their deep love of God in the daily decisions of their lives and that those decisions have impact for generations.

Students applied their math knowledge to budget for and purchase Christmas gifts for children in their local community who would otherwise not be receiving gifts.

Students participated in a cross-curricular FLEx by which they investigated immigration in their city and wrote letters to immigrants in their city.

Third grade students learn about empathy by reading a number of books and then craft empathy lessons to share with their kinder buddies.

Students met with a "client" and created a fitness program to help the client meet health and fitness goals.

Students designed and created prayer stones for those they wanted to encourage.

Students learn about decomposers and the importance and value of composting. They begin to compost at their school and write a book about composting to share with others

Students learned about the impact of music on memory care seniors, then prepared 10+ pieces of music to share with residents in a senior assisted living facility.