Stacey Mock and her 22 Juniper School second-grade students place rocks of kindness along the Animas River Trail on Wednesday. The students painted positive messages on their rocks.

Stacey Mock and her 22 Juniper School second-grade students created rocks of kindness by painting positive messages on them. The students placed the rocks along the Animas River Trail on Wednesday.

Twenty-two Juniper School second-graders in Stacey Mock’s class placed rocks of kindness along the Animas River Trail on Wednesday. The students painted positive messages on their rocks.

Lydia Vlass, 7, a Juniper School second-grader, holds her rock of kindness. “I asked them how can we make the world a better place. They said place rocks of kindness around town,” said teacher Stacey Mock about her 22 students. Lydia is the daughter of Brendan and Kelly Vlass.