By Jessica Whitney ’16 | Staff Writer

Throughout last week, the unknown do-gooders behind Project Smile organized several small events around South called “Smile Week” in an effort to brighten students’ days.

The components of the week included boxes of candy and toys and letters with encouraging messages spread out at random around the school. Posters were also set up with the message “smile” and cards were taped on lockers intended for students to share them with others.

“I think it was successful because they changed up what they did last year and when they added in new aspects, it got more people interested in it,” said Beth Coyle ’16. “I think the notes helped because they added one more thing to look for.”

Project Smile took to their Twitter page and announced to followers to tweet them pictures of the letters and boxes they found. They also shared hints about the next days event.

“South! We’ve left some surprises around the building,” said the Twitter page on Wednesday. “Go find them and tweet us a picture!”

A variety of music also played in the hallways during passing time.

“I definitely heard kids speaking positive about it,” said English teacher Nicholas Provenzano. “I know there are definitely some teachers who maybe weren’t as pleased about it, but it’s during passing time, I don’t see that as problematic.”

Other schools actually play music in the hallways everyday as a regular routine, Provenzano said.

“Anything that is aimed to make school better, to support students and things like that I am 100 percent in support of,” said Provenzano. “I think that’s nice and I would love to see more people focused on doing good things.”

Although Anthony Kolesky ‘17 thinks that the music was a good idea, it may not have been very successful, he said.

“I think it’s trying to get people to be happier during school,” said Kolesky. “I liked it the first day but they were not very consistent about it which was kind of confusing.”

Coyle said she thinks that Project Smile’s Spirit Week happened at a good time.

“We’re close to finals, and it’s a stressful time in the school year, and it helps students cheer up,” said Coyle. “I think the most successful event was the boxes because everyone likes finding toys. The least successful were the banners because those were a little scary.”

These events will be continued by Project Smile next year because of other positive feedback, its Twitter page said.

“We hope everyone had a great Smile Week,” said the Project Smile Twitter page. “Seeing everyone share the cards made us Smile. See you next year! #KeepSmilin”