WATCH: Somerville High Schoolers Deliver Individual Messages of Inspiration

SOMERVILLE, MA – In response to a rollercoaster of a month, a teacher at Somerville High School asked students to "check the 'pulse'" of one of their classmates.

U.S History teacher Kevin Dua suggested checking in with a "friend, classmate you might know or that person you've never spoken to" and pushed students to respond by going beyond "a bake sale or deciding what color a club t-shirt should be."

Earlier this week, Dua's students landed on an idea for inspiring the Somerville High School community – they placed handwritten messages of encouragement and hand-drawn hearts on every school locker and hung individual letters of appreciation for all staff and faculty members on each classroom or office door.

According to Dua, the endeavor took five hours after school to complete. Watch the students' act of kindness below:

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