Post-It Notes and poster board may seem like nothing more than standard school supplies. However, in Erin Castillo’s hands, they are a powerful mental health ______.

Here’s the way it ______: About once a week, the high school teacher ______ the “mental health check-in board.” The board instructs students to write their ______ on the back of a sticky note and then ______ it next to one of six coloured hearts. The hearts are ______ “I’m great,” “I’m OK,” “I’m struggling,” “I’m struggling and need a check-in,” and “I’m in a dark place,” and allow the students a ______ way to describe and share their feelings before class starts.

Then, during independent study time, she ______ one-on-one with students about their sticky notes. Some kids just need ______ or a listening ear, but for those who are more ______ or dealing with a serious issue, she says she has a variety of ______ ready and waiting to help them, such as the school psychologist they can see that very day.

She got the idea for the ______ after a couple of weeks where many of her students kept telling her they were having a bad week. While she was ______ they were sharing, she needed more ______ to help them—and the board was born. “I didn’t want to miss any student that might be struggling, and this was a way to easily ______ how everyone was feeling,” she says.

In1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids ________ “The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the name students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too ________.

Freddy was an average ________ , but not an average person .He had the rare balance of fun and kindness. He would ________ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s ________.

Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special _________, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your _________” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the ________ things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide ________ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his________ from high school and remained the same ________ person I met many years before. Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he ________ a friend money to buy a house.

Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman ________ the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a ________ from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”

I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all ________ something from Freddy.

I wouldn't have picked up that dusty card without seeing those big words: DON'T FORGET. I was _______. Don't forget what? Under the words were three numbered items. 1.Snow peas. 2.Shakespeare. 3.Sadira Kirmani. What was my name doing on someone's list?

Yesterday was my first day here. Since Mrs Allison _______ me, nobody except the boy with glasses spoke to me and asked if he could have my cake at lunch. I tried to _______ on the lessons, but my mind went _______. Snow peas, Shakespeare, and me? “Sadira.” I _______ when Mrs Allison called my name. “It's time to line up for _______.”

As I moved through the line, I heard a girl with braces ask, “What's that？”， _______ at a pan. “Snow peas，” the lady answered. “I'll try some snow peas，” the boy behind me _______. Snow peas! Number 1 on the list.

After lunch, Mrs Allison _______ that it was “rhyme time.” The boy who'd asked for snow peas stood up. “OK, Wyatt.” Mrs Allison nodded. “‘To be or not to be...’”Wyatt began. When he ________， Mrs Allison added, “Shakespeare wrote sonnets, a special kind of ________.” Shakespeare? Number 2 on the list. I started to ________， wondering what would happen next.

After school, I sat alone on the bus. It was quite a while before I ________ Wyatt. He smiled in a ________ way, saying “I wanted to talk to you. I almost forgot.”

“Forgot what？”

“You're number 3 on my list.”

So now I ________ what was going on. “My mom's ________. I'm supposed to try three new things every day.” continued Wyatt.

That night, I made my own ________. 1.Try the spinach quiche. 2.Offer my ________ to the boy with glasses.3.Say ________ to the girl with braces. Then I smiled before adding one more ________： Thank Wyatt.