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April 17, 2026

Channel 6 News Reporter Stops by Ewing High School for The $20 Kindness Challenge Project! 

It was an exciting day at Ewing High School!  Ms. Siri Bowman, Ewing High Business teacher, and her Financial Literacy students are taking part in the “$20 Kindness Challenge”!

Earlier this year, Ms. Bowman set a personal goal to reach beyond our community to share some amazing things that brought her to Ewing High School.  Ms. Bowman wanted the goal to align with something she was teaching in her classroom to extend learning and affirm to her students how great they are!  Thanks to Dr. Trisha Bogusz, Assistant Superintendent, and Ms. Shalieka Jarrett, Assistant Principal at Ewing High School, Ms. Bowman was able to reach this worthwhile goal.

On Friday, April 17^th, Ms. Bowman introduced Ms. Kristina Ulmer, an English teacher from Hatboro-Horsham High School in Pennsylvania, and a few of her students to her Financial Literacy class to share in a wonderful opportunity:  The $20 Kindness Challenge.

The $20 Kindness Challenge Foundation provides students with an opportunity to carry out a meaningful act of kindness by giving each student a small amount of money.  The concept is simple: careful budgeting and planning, along with guidance and support, will help make this opportunity a success. Many of the concepts students are learning in Financial Literacy will be used to implement the Kindness plans students create.

Ms. Bowman shared, “Before Spring Break, I was featured in two short news videos from CBS and ABC.  I am in a brief segment in both about The $20 Kindness Challenge Foundation and its origin.”   

Please ‘click’ on the links below:

o    CBS National News Click Here

o    ABC National News Click Here 

Today, a Channel 6 reporter showed up at Ewing High School to do a follow-up segment featuring The $20 Kindness Challenge Foundation. 

Last year, Channel 6 News did a community spotlight feature on Ms. Ulmer’s “$20 Kindness Challenge” project.  The concept of the project was derived from a personal tragedy in 2014, when her sister died in a car accident and had a wallet full of cash from tips she earned from a side job as a waitress in the car.  How could this money be put to good use, and honor her sister’s memory? 

The money sat in a drawer for four years, waiting for the perfect inspiration to put the money to good use.  That inspiration came from a book her class was reading in her Hatboro-High School ninth-grade English class, “Fahrenheit 451” in 2018. 

The novel written by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel that takes place in the future and has a message to humanity about the importance of knowledge and identity in a society.  Ms. Ulmer wanted to teach her students how the book is a warning of how we don’t want to become like the society portrayed in the novel, and the concept of the “$20 Kindness Challenge” project was born.

Ms. Ulmer’s sister was always concerned about other people, and what better way to put to good use her sister’s hard-earned money than to help those in need.  So, Ms. Ulmer took the money out of the drawer that had been stashed away for years and gave each student in her class $20 to put toward a good deed of their choice.  There was only one rule: you could not spend the money on yourself.  The goal was to help teach the lesson of kindness, and that even a small amount of money put to good use can have a huge impact. 

The Channel 6 viewing audience was so impressed by the concept of the project and the implementation of the good works by her students, donations poured in to support the “$20 Kindness Challenge” project.  Ms. Ulmer took the next step and formed The $20 Kindness Project Foundation with the catalyst she would expand beyond the doors of her classroom to other communities with her “$20 Kindness Challenge,” and one of the stops was Ms. Bowman’s Ewing High School Financial Literacy class.  

Today, Ms. Ulmer and some of her students from Hatboro-Horsham High School were guests at Ewing High School and gave a short presentation to Ewing High School Financial Literacy students in Ms. Bowman’s class about the "$20 Kindness Challenge".  The students shared some “Acts of Kindness Ideas,” such as helping people in need (basic needs), supporting families in crisis or hardship, pay-it-forward kindness, appreciating essential workers and community helpers, and helping students and schools.

Ms. Ulmer and her students presented Ms. Bowman’s Financial Literacy class with a $460 donation from The $20 Kindness Challenge Foundation.  Each Ewing High School Financial Literacy student was given $20 in cash to spend as they wish to carry out a meaningful act of kindness, or good deed, but they just can’t spend it on themselves. 

We can’t wait to hear how our Ewing High School students put their creativity to work and used their $20 to make a meaningful impact.

 

April 2026

If you could use one word to describe yourself, what would that word be? 

Humble

As you look to your future, what is your destiny?

Going to college and becoming a successful basketball player while getting my degree.  

Your final season of high school basketball has come to a close, but not without fanfare.  You are now in the Ewing High School Athletic History Books for Boys Basketball, making your mark by scoring your 1,000th point against Hamilton West this past season.  Your name will be enshrined with all the other Ewing High School “greats” on the wall of the Emil Wandishin gym forever. Congratulations!

Now that you have time to reflect, tell us how you felt when that ball swished through the net?  

I felt great when that happened because it was a big milestone that represented all of my hard work.

When reading the names placed before where your name will go, did any of those players before you inspire your high school basketball career?  If not, who did?

Trey Lowe was a big inspiration.

Do you have any lasting words for your coaches and teammates?

I'm very thankful for both my teammates and coaches believing in me as a player. 

 

You are a role model for the younger generation of Ewing basketball players coming up through the program.  What is your advice to those who want to follow in your footsteps to strive to be an excellent Ewing High School student-athlete like yourself?  

Stay focused on the main thing and stay out of trouble. Trust your coaches because they are always trying to put you in the best position for yourself.

Athletes need to eat.  It is your final semester of high school, and your schedule includes the course, “Culinary Arts III/Baking and Confections” with Mr. Kocubinski.  You also took “Culinary Arts II” in your first semester with Mr. Kocubinski.  Any interest in going into a career in Culinary Arts, or just learning to help out Mom in the kitchen?   

Culinary class with Mr. K is great! I don’t have any interest in going into culinary arts; I'm just learning how to cook on my own for the future. 

What is your favorite meal or dessert that you have created in class?

My favorite meal that we made was oxtails, mac and cheese, and yams.

What senior activities are you looking forward to these next few months?

I'm looking forward to prom and the senior trip the most!

Do you have a favorite subject?

My favorite subject is math.

Who is your favorite teacher?

She is not a teacher but my favorite administrator is Ms. Sabo.   

What activities do you participate in outside of school?

Working out. 

What awards or acknowledgments have you received in school or outside of school?

Winning the conference championship my junior year.

What accomplishments are you most proud of?  

 Making an all-conference team every year I played varsity.

What is your favorite memory of high school to date? 

My sophomore year.

Who or what has positively impacted your life? 

 My mom has positively impacted my life, always pushing me to be the best version of myself.

 How do you define success?

Being dedicated and hard-working in whatever you want to do in life.

What are your plans after you graduate from Ewing High School?

My plan is to go to college. 

What are your hopes and dreams?

I hope and dream that I can be the same player I was in high school in college.

Please 'click' on the link below to enjoy the April 2026 issue of GoodNews:

April 2026 GoodNews.pdf

 

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2026-2027 Ewing Public Schools District Calendar:  BOE  Approved March 23, 2026

 

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Meet the Ewing Public Schools 2025-2026 Educators of the Year!