One elementary student at a school in San Marcos, Texas is reminding everyone what courage looks like.
A principal at Travis Elementary puts up "Virtues of the Month" for the students to respond to. January's virtues were confidence and courage. Niki Konécki, the principle, says she posted a prompt in the school's main hallway asking her students when they had seen someone act courageously.
One fourth grade student, Tres Munos, wrote "I don't think no one has more courage than Kenneth Copeland." Copeland was a 19 year veteran of the San Marcos Police Department. He was shot to death while serving a warrant in December. Tres continued "Copeland is courageous because it was his day off, but he still went to work and he was serving a warrant."
The young fourth grader ended his note saying "we need more courageous men like Copeland. Copeland didn't have to go to serve the arrest warrant. But he chose to work on that day. That's why I think Kenneth Copeland has courage."
Konécki says she was in tears when she read what Tres wrote and immediately called him down to let him know how proud they all were of him. She shared the essay on the school's social media pages and with the San Marcos police chief.
Thank you Tres, for reminding everyone the courage of Officer Kenneth Copeland.