Babylon Memorial Grade School Celebrates 'P.S. I Love You' Day

Press release from Babylon Union Free School District:

March 21, 2021

Babylon Memorial Grade School recently celebrated the annual P.S. I Love You Day. The focus of the day’s programming at BMGS was the importance of being friends with someone who is different, being aware of others’ words and actions, reaching out to someone who is lonely and standing up for someone who is mistreated. Students and staff wore the color purple or their official P.S. I Love You Day shirts to promote unity and help raise awareness for these messages.

Student Council representatives from each class organized a schoolwide social-emotional learning activity for all students to participate in that focused around this year’s theme. Each student was given a wing template and wrote about a way in which they could “lift others up,” which were pieced together to form a beautiful wing display in the school’s main hallway, titled “We Rise by Lifting Others.” The class representatives also created a bulletin board display of “Songs That Lift Us Up.” Students not only suggested songs that could help put them in a good mood, but they also listened to excerpts of these songs played over the daily announcements. Lastly, teachers found creative ways to support this theme in their individual classrooms by having their students participate in various kindness-themed lessons.

Babylon Union Free School District extends a special thank you to student council advisers Erin Kennedy, Nicole Cupo and Amy Malone for all their hard work in organizing this special celebration for BMGS students and staff.

This press release was produced by Babylon Union Free School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.