The Good Things That Kids Do: A Week In Review

1. You already know . I don't feel the need to rehash the tragedy one more time.

Instead, I'm deliberately accentuating all the good things that kids did this week.

Let's begin with the local reaction to the Chardon High shooting. Mentor High sent a , letting them know they care; and .

2. Tragedy is never good. But, sometimes, tragedy spurs people to do good things.

That's what happened when Brandon Shima, a 16-year-old Mentor High student, died.

His family started the Brandon Shima Foundation Against Bullying and which raises money for the foundation.

3. Both the Riverside and Mentor High student sections wore red, out of respect to Chardon, during the Cardinals boys basketball game Tuesday.

Mentor won, .

4. Last but in no way least, a group of students helped raise money for the .