W. Babylon Students Show Support for P.S. I Love You Day

Members of the West Babylon School District – including the administration and the students and staff of Forest Avenue, Tooker Avenue and South Bay elementary schools, as well as those in the junior and senior high schools – recently took part in P.S. I Love You Day. The day of awareness and acceptance was established when West Islip student Brooke DiPalma lost her father to suicide in 2010. His last words to her were “I love you.”

For two years on this day, members of the West Babylon school community have donned purple, the color of the anti-bullying movement, to show their support for those who feel alone because they do not feel accepted. The idea is that by telling someone how you feel about them, you can change their day and make them feel less alone.

“Everyone should feel accepted and supported,” said senior Courtney Leone, president of the Leo Club, whose members ran the event at the senior high school. “We should go out of our way to spread love, tolerance and human kindness to all. It is a vital way of making our lives and the lives of others more meaningful, and it isn’t hard to do.”