As 2024 comes to an end, everyone is thinking about what they would like to accomplish in the new year.
Anyone looking for inspiration is encouraged to check out the goals and ideas that Courtney Lambert’s fourth graders at Devon Forest Elementary came up with before Winter Break.
The class penned their New Year's resolutions on worksheets that started with the sentence “I can’t yet but this year I will...” They also jotted down some personal goals for school and at home – lots of great ideas about staying healthy, working hard at school, listening to their teacher and getting along with their siblings.
Some students want to try out a new sport. Some want to improve in specific school subjects. There is even a pretty ambitious plan to attain a Master’s Degree in there.
Check out what Lambert’s students aim to accomplish in 2025:
Jordan James
This year I will: Do a backflip.
Home goals include: Stop yelling.
School goals include: To read better.
Serenity Pooler Brown
This year I will: Work on my attitude, stop yelling, work on my confidence, work on what I say
Home goals include: Smiling more, being a better sister, being cleaner, exercise more, be a better person.
School goals include: Being a better friend, being better at math, to smile, be a better student, to be cooperative.
João Ferreira de Oliveira
This year I will: Play soccer.
Home goals include: I will help more at home.
School goals include: I will be more organized at school.
Sanariah Washington
This year I will: Join dance, or gymnastics.
Home goals include: Be more kind to my brother. Clean more.
School goals include: Be cooperative more and get work done more. Take my time and don’t rush.
Tyler Edwards
This year I will: Try to get all A’s and get on A/B honor roll.
At home: I will try to clean my room and be more organized.
At school: Try to get my master degree for college.
Ryker Gimenez
This year I will: Do a backflip.
Home goals include: Do homework not at night!
School goals include: Stop talking.
Matthew Biggs
This year: I will go to a water park.
Home goals include: Be nice to my sister.
School goals include: Be respectful.
Bianca Lopes
This year I will: Join a public art club.
Home goals include: Be nicer to everyone at home.
School goals include: Be better at reading.
Christabel Ashley
This year I will: Do a sport like soccer or baseball.
Home goals: Not yell inside.
School goals: Get better grades.
Itzari De Leon Morales
This year: I will be a great singer.
Home goals include: To be nice to my friends and family.
School goals include: Making challenges and being kind.
Julien Nelson-Cooper
This year: I will learn to sketch better.
Home goals include: I will be more healthy and exercise more.
School goals include: I will study more.
Bailey Brantley
This year I will: Try out for gymnastics.
Home goals include: Cleaning up. Losing my attitude. Have fun.
School goals include: Make it to fifth grade. Have fun. Be good.
Quentin Johnson
This year I will: Get better at football.
Home goals include: Listen to my parents more. Work out every day and night.
School goals include: Get all A-pluses and be nice to others every day.
Milan Davis
This year I will: Do cheerleading.
Home goals include: To study more.
School goals include: To be more organized.
Zyonna Solomon
This year I will: Get better at talking more.
Home goals include: To help cook.
School goals include: To help my friends.
Malachi Deweese
This year I will: Practice basketball.
Home goals include: Train for basketball.
School goals include: Play basketball.
Mateo Alfaro Vegas
This year I will: Publish a book I made called “Chocolate Cake”.
Home goals include: I will exercise more.
School goals include: Talk when the teacher calls on me.
Kendy Funes Martinez
This year I will: [Kendy wrote about being interested in sports, particularly football].
Home goals include: I play with my brother and my sister.
School goals include: I work hard with Mrs. Lambert.
