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Here at Springville Junior High School the Hope Squad is helping students with problems like depression, bullying, and making friends. One of the ways the Hope Squad helps is through the buddy box.
“We have the Buddy Box as an anonymous reporting option. If a student sees someone who is being bullied, or needs help with something, but would rather not tell an adult, you can just leave an anonymous note in the Buddy Box,” said Mrs. Courtney Droz, the ninth-grade counselor and Hope Squad advisor.
The counselors will read the notes every week and get the help the students need as fast as possible. The buddy box is located in the library and there are informational posters located at the library and cafeteria.
Cassie Buhler, an eighth grader at SJHS and member of the Hope Squad, said, “The buddy box will help students in the long run, but if students don’t put their name in the box then they won’t get the help they need” The person who came up with this idea is Marisa Nielsen, Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen for 2010. She wanted to help students through this buddy box.
According to Tyree Strong, a seventh grader at SJHS and a member of the Hope Squad, this is a really good idea and she thinks that it give students a comforting feeling that someone is helping them. This is a way for students to help themselves and their friends.