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Ormond Beach fourth grader visits schools to spread kindness

Gianna Capri, Florida International United Miss Jr. Preteen 2024, visited Morning Star School in Jacksonville and spoke to her own classmates about the importance of spreading kindness.

By Observer Staff
| 9:40 a.m. March 29, 2024

Rebecca Goeke's fourth grade class. Gianna Capri is pictured in the top rop, fourth from left. Courtesy photo

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A St. Brendan Catholic School fourth grader is on a mission to spread messages of inclusion and kindness.

Ormond Beach's Gianna Capri, who is also Florida International United Miss Jr. Preteen 2024, visited Morning Star School in Jacksonville on March 26, to speak with her brother's classmates and teachers about her charity work with Michael's 'Ohana, a nonprofit established in 2021 after the death of Gianna's uncle Michael Alberico.

Gianna Capri reads to her fourth grade class at St. Brendan Catholic School. Courtesy photo

"Gianna shared the story of Liho, a dolphin befriended by her uncle that made a lasting impression of kindness," Morning Star School ninth grade teacher Laura Brock said in a press release. "As a reminder of what simple kindness can do, Gianna gifted everyone with a stuffed dolphin. She encouraged all of us to be kind to one another, never fear mistakes, and remember we are all loved precisely as we are, for that’s how God made us."

Gianna spoke to her own classmates at St. Brendan on the same day. She read a book titled, "We Don't Eat Our Classmates," by Ryan T. Higgins. Gianna also distributed small dinosaur toys to her fourth grade class.

In addition, the press release states, Gianna spoke to the students at both schools about being "HEROIC," an acronym by the International United Miss Scholarship Pageant that stands for honesty, empathy, respect, optimism, integrity and community.