LEE, Mass. - Motivational speaker Kyle Scheele visited Lee Middle and High School on Thursday. He travels the country to share his message of kindness, empathy and how one person can make a huge difference in the lives of others.
What You Need To Know
- Speaker, author and artist Kyle Scheele spoke to students and faculty at Lee Middle and High School on Thursday
- The motivational speaker talks about everyone's individual power to make an impact on the world
- The visit to Lee was made possible through community impact money from the town
- Scheele has more than 3 million followers on TikTok
“Some speakers are like, ‘I want to change everyone's life’," Scheele said. "I think that I just want to help someone keep going a little bit longer and let them know that their life matters and that there's a place for them here.”
Thursday morning and afternoon, his audience was students at Lee Middle and High School who said they connected with the stories he shared from his life experiences.
“I thought it was very relatable," Annie Herman said. "Definitely for someone who's still going through high school and has more to come.”
“Hearing about how people can lift somebody up and down based on what they say and what they do can really last a lifetime," Nicholes Hill said. "Especially with moving from down south up here, I've had experiences with that.”
The author and artist discussed topics he wishes he heard as a student.
“We always had speakers that would come in and say, 'don't do drugs and don't murder people,'" Scheele said. "And, you know, I was already not doing any of those things. And so, we never had anyone tell us, like, ‘How do you make an impact? How do you live a meaningful life?’ And so, I just wanted to tell people about that stuff.”
Scheele is the first assembly speaker to visit Lee Middle and High School since the start of the pandemic. Superintendent Michael Richard said part of the work done by their wellness committee is to bring new voices into the school.
“Some of those things that we do to create well-rounded experiences is to bring in people like Kyle who can present different messages to inspire students to give their best, to do their best, to be their best for themselves and for those people around them,” Richard said.
“Each of us has the power to make an impact on the world," Scheele said. "And oftentimes, especially when you're young, when you're a student, so much of your life is told to you. You're told where to be and what to do, and you feel like you don't have agency or power. But most of the things that really make an impact long term are just done by one person making another person feel like they matter. And that's something that all of us have the power to do.”