By Zach Santarcangelo – Staff Reporter

The SAVE Promise Club is a new club at Jonathan Law which is advised by history teacher Ms. Healy founded by senior Aislinn Burns.

The club is built around mental health awareness, inclusion, and preventing violence within schools. The goal of the club is to make sure students feel both safe and welcome at Law throughout the year.

“The main goal is to de-stigmatize mental health,” Healy said. “We wanted a club specific to mental health.”

The president of the club is Burns, who started the club to increase the message of the Sandy Hook Promise inside of Law. SAVE is a part of a national organization called SAVE National. SAVE stands for Students Against Violence Everywhere and is an initiative of the Sandy Hook Promise.

“In previous years, some of the Sandy Hook Promise events were run through Natural Helpers,” Burns said. “However, I wanted to create SAVE Promise Club to increase the impact/message of the club at our school as well as have the opportunity to run events year-round.”

The club had its first meeting on September 16 where they discussed preparations for Start With Hello Week. 

“We discussed different activities or themes,” Healy said. “A lot of students are in it so far.”

The club meets on F days in room 187 during common time but plans to move into the auditorium due to the strong attraction the club has gained.

Over 50 students came to the meeting on the September 16 and signed up for the club’s Google Classroom. People who joined the club have had many reasons to join. 

“I wanted students to feel safe at school,” said sophomore club member Alexandra Fino. “With everything that has happened in the past few years, I wanted to help make a change.”

At the meeting, club members introduced themselves and learned about the club. The members also discussed ways they could help make an impact on students at Law for Start With Hello Week. 

Members of SAVE Promise appeared on Eagle Eye News the week of September 26 where they explained that day’s activities.

“For example, some people might have needed to go to school early to write motivational messages in chalk by the entrances,” sophomore member Natalia Gagliardi said. “Some may have written on name tags, and some may write messages on sticky notes and placed them around the school.”

The week was to promote positivity throughout the school and welcome those new to the Law community.