Congratulations to Pennwood Middle School students Kylee Finn and Reese Galiber, along with teacher Dave Howe, for earning top honors in the Most Creative category of Capital Health's Post Positive video contest. Their winning video, ”Control Your Comments,” was selected from 547 submissions.
Post Positive was this past school year's campaign of the Capital Healthy Students initiative. Each year, middle school students are challenged to create a one-minute public service announcement (PSA) video on a health or wellness topic selected by Capital Health. This year's campaign encouraged students to create peer-to-peer messages promoting online kindness by showing how one positive post can change everything.
In recognition of their achievement, the school received a $2,000 award for its PTO/PTA to support future student programs and activities.
Other winners included Newtown Middle School (Most Impactful), Lawrence Middle School (Best Messaging), and Timberlane Middle School (Honorable Mention).
Post Positive is part of Capital Healthy Students, an initiative developed by Capital Health to empower students to make healthy choices, build leadership skills and create positive change within their schools and communities.
This fall, Capital Health will launch its next PSA campaign, Let's Clear the Air: The Truth About Vaping.
To view this year's winning videos and learn more about Capital Healthy Students, visit capitalhealth.org/healthystudents or contact Rebecca Kelly at rkelly2@capitalhealth.org.
