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Students Spread Positivity for P.S. I Love You Day

Students Spread Positivity for P.S. I Love You Day

Seaford students made a firm commitment to the value of mental health, as they marked P.S. I Love You Day. The mission of the nationwide initiative is to eradicate the stigma around mental health and foster an environment where everyone feels welcomed, loved and supported.  

At Seaford Middle School, the last 20 minutes on Feb. 12 were dedicated to a P.S. I Love You Day activity. During the ASK advisory session, students learned about the significance of the day and wrote kind and inclusive messages on purple hearts. The hearts would then be hung throughout the building for P.S. I Love You Day on Feb. 14.  

Additionally, students spread kindness in their community by writing positive messages on coffee cup sleeves that were then given to customers at a local Starbucks on P.S. I Love You Day.  

The activities were spearheaded by the school’s pupil personnel services team. Their goal was to emphasize the importance of always choosing kindness, striving to do what’s right and embracing each other’s differences. Ultimately, they want students to understand the impact their words and actions have on others, and make decisions to ensure their impact is positive.  

Seaford Harbor Elementary School had a week of events for P.S. I Love You Day, that culminated on Feb. 14. Each grade did different activities that focused on acceptance and kindness. Students were reminded that they shouldn't just be kind to others, but also to themselves.  

In first grade, students did crafts that responded to the prompt, “What makes you shine?” Fifth graders used yarn to create kindness webs, as students formed a circle and passed it back and forth while saying positive affirmations. One by one, students had to drop the yarn to demonstrate how the web falls apart when one person doesn’t show kindness.  

Every class made a purple kindness chain with interlocking links on which students wrote ways to show love to themselves and others. The student council hung purple sticky notes with positive messages around the school.  

Three children, two boys and one girl, are standing together and smiling in a classroom setting with colorful decorations on the walls.
A young woman with long brown hair is intently focused on writing or drawing something on a piece of paper in a classroom setting, with other students visible in the background.
A group of five young people, including both males and females, are standing together and holding a long purple ribbon or scarf in front of a blue wall.
A group of young students, likely elementary school age, are holding up worksheets or papers in a classroom setting with colorful walls and bulletin boards visible in the background.
A group of five young women, dressed in casual attire, are standing together in a classroom setting, holding up purple heart-shaped signs.
A group of students gathered in a colorful and lively classroom, engaged in what appears to be a discussion or activity.
Two young girls wearing purple and pink clothing are standing in a hallway with blue walls and a numbered door in the background.
A group of smiling children holding purple hearts stand in front of a sign that encourages spreading kindness and positivity.