After the reaction Mrs. Rae Puffer’s fourth-graders had to the Halloween cards Ms. Diane Hunt’s psychology, sociology, and math students sent, Hunt decided to continue the tradition.

Hunt’s students designed cards to send to each fourth-grade student in Puffer’s class for Thanksgiving.

On the inside of each card, there is a lined paper that asks the children to write what they’re thankful for.

The idea is that the younger students will write what they are thankful for and send the cards back to their high school friends.

Puffer was touched by the reactions the students had to the cards.

“Students were very excited to see another envelope full of cards from Ms. Hunt’s class,” Puffer said. “They were also surprised to see that the same high school student made another card for them.”

The fourth-graders were excited to hear back from their high school friends, and they even wanted to share a bit of their lives with them.

“The students loved that they were able to write back to the high school students,” Puffer said. “They were eager to write what they were thankful for, but they also wanted to draw pictures and write other little extras, like telling a little about themselves.”

Puffer enjoyed reading what her class was thankful for, filling her with joy.

“Some of the things my students were thankful for really touched my heart,” Puffer said. “One student named a piece of jewelry that is very meaningful to him, along with students being thankful for their family but also thankful for the student who wrote the card to them.”

Senior Kaitlyn Hart designed a card for one of the fourth-graders and is proud of the benefits it gives the younger students.

“It feels really good to show the kids that older kids (and) teens care about them,” Hart said. “I think it motivates them to get through school. They like to be thought about. With the Thanksgiving cards, we gave them room to write in it, too, if they wanted.”

Hart also believes that the fourth-graders need to be shown the right way to act because they are the future.

“Since they are the little ones, what they do later in life also affects us,” Hart said. “So I think making sure they know we are thinking of them helps them.”

Hunt’s students are eager to receive their cards back today, Wednesday, Nov. 22, and will finally get to see what their younger counterparts are thankful for just in time for Turkey Day.