To promote positivity, these Tennessee teens are blanketing their school with notes of encouragement
The notes are simple but powerful.
A group of students at Harriman Middle School in Harriman, Tennessee, decided to cover the campus with uplifting notes, sticking them on mirrors and tucking them into lockers. The colorful messages say things like "Never give up," "Stay strong," and "We love you." Eighth grader Nicole True, one of the students who came up with the idea to put up the notes, said she's been thanked by many of her peers who like reading the positive reinforcement.
"I think it makes all the difference in the world," True told WBIR. "All of us have had someone come up to us and say, 'That's really affected us in a major way.'" There are at least 100 notes on campus, with more to come. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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