'You are beautiful': Students use Post-it notes to share positive messages with classmates

Two middle school students are filling the bathroom with hundreds of messages of positivity, letting their fellow classmates know they are loved.Eighth-grader Gabby Fogg started the movement with the message, “You are beautiful.”"A lot of people don’t think they’re beautiful and stuff like that, so everybody thinks negatively," Gabby said.Josie Homestead saw Gabby’s message and decided to join in. She put a stack of Post-it notes in the bathroom and encouraged other girls to leave messages as well."Everyone kind of joined in, and I think pretty much every girl in the grade wrote one," Josie said. "So I think it also creates that sense of unity and it unifies everyone together with this one cause."That cause is shifting the focus from the physical image they usually see in the mirror to inner beauty for anyone who may need a boost."School is important because you’re learning all the things you need to have to, but to have this happen and to just share these messages with everybody is just wonderful for these girls," teacher Diane Senkoski said.

Two middle school students are filling the bathroom with hundreds of messages of positivity, letting their fellow classmates know they are loved.


Eighth-grader Gabby Fogg started the movement with the message, “You are beautiful.”

"A lot of people don’t think they’re beautiful and stuff like that, so everybody thinks negatively," Gabby said.

Josie Homestead saw Gabby’s message and decided to join in. She put a stack of Post-it notes in the bathroom and encouraged other girls to leave messages as well.

"Everyone kind of joined in, and I think pretty much every girl in the grade wrote one," Josie said. "So I think it also creates that sense of unity and it unifies everyone together with this one cause."

That cause is shifting the focus from the physical image they usually see in the mirror to inner beauty for anyone who may need a boost.

"School is important because you’re learning all the things you need to have to, but to have this happen and to just share these messages with everybody is just wonderful for these girls," teacher Diane Senkoski said.