Beginning on February 9, the SCOPE council ran its annual “Love Week” leading up to Valentine's Day. Each day during this week, the council hosted an activity to celebrate the love shared each day at Trinity Hall.
On Monday, Trinity Hall practiced self-love. SCOPE organized a self-love presentation from guidance counselors Ms. Petit and Mrs. Thomas. During the Community Meeting, the counselors taught the community how to shift from a negative mindset to a positive one. They explained that students should not participate in toxic positivity. Rather than negative self-talk, students need to encourage themselves and be proud.
On Tuesday, big and little sisters shared love with one another in Advisory. Students bought candy grams from Talk in Unity for their classmates and friends a week prior, so everyone was able to receive their candy grams during Advisory. Also, everyone decorated their own Valentine’s Day themed bag and wrote kind messages to their peers. Then, each student put a note in each of their peer’s bags, spreading compassion and positivity. The kind words written on each note stuck with students throughout the day.
On Wednesday, the entire school battled in an intense game of Valentine’s Day themed “Jeopardy!” It was a close game between the blue and orange teams, but ultimately orange pulled out the win, earning Royal Rumble points. At lunch, the junior class held its bake sale to raise money for Happy Hearts Foundation, which Julia Panullo ‘27 brought to SCOPE’s attention. This organization aims to spread hope and love to hospital patients by providing care bags filled with comforting and necessary items.
On Thursday, students dressed down in red and pink to support Blood Cancer United and foster excitement for the long weekend. To dress down, students and teachers brought in a two dollar donation for Trinity Hall’s Teams Tackling Blood Cancer, raising about $700. In addition, many students enjoyed a lunch supplied by Blonde Shallot, who kindly donated 15% of the profits to Blood Cancer United.
Overall, SCOPE’s Love Week was a huge success, spreading love within the Trinity Hall community and beyond. SCOPE Council Chair Anna Martin ‘26 exclaimed, “Planning this week was truly fulfilling for myself and the rest of the council! Service is a key element of SCOPE, and I’m happy the entire school got to participate in a greater cause while having fun!”