The Kindness Squad at Forest Lake Elementary School has some words of encouragement for their peers. The group of fourth graders recently created inspirational posters to hang around the school.

Principal Jessica Zimmer said the idea came from students who wanted to do something to give back to their school. The Kindness Squad works with art teacher Laura Capozzi to create the colorful and motivating posters, which reflect Forest Lake’s values. The posters encourage bravery, kindness and even protecting the environment with reminders to recycle. 

Kindness Squad members include Ella DePaolo, Charlotte Hamel, Jonah Oppenheim, Sophia Recher, Abigail Santopietro, Tiago Sapienza and Emma Sherman.