Every Wednesday morning for about the past five years people coming into Pierre’s T.F. Riggs High School are greeted by students. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2026/02/020426-welcome1.mp3 Gov to Gov Advisor Terri Johnson says they call it “Welcome Wed nesday.” https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2026/02/020426-welcome2.mp3 Junior Brandon Brave says he likes seeing the student greeters when he gets to school. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2026/02/020426-welcome3.mp3 Senior Gov to Gov member Kathryn Larson hopes the Welcome Wednesday positivity at the Riggs High School front doors extends throughout the hallways and classrooms. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2026/02/020426-welcome4.mp3 Johnson says February is Random Acts of Kindness Month and she’s given the Gov to Gov students a challenge. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2026/02/020426-welcome5.mp3 Suggestions for things you can do to spread kindness at home, at school or at work include: Hold the door open for someone. Text or message someone who helped you just to say thanks. Put yourself first for an entire day. Donate blood. Let someone merge into traffic or go ahead of you in line. Find more activity suggestions by going to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation website, https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/. Welcome Wednesday at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School.Feb. 4, 2026.Photo credit to Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group. Welcome Wednesday at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School.Feb. 4, 2026.Photo credit to Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group. Welcome Wednesday at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School.Feb. 4, 2026.Photo credit to Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group. Welcome Wednesday at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School.Feb. 4, 2026.Photo credit to Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group. Infographic courtesy of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Infographic courtesy of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Infographic courtesy of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Infographic courtesy of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Infographic courtesy of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. ...read more read less