Juab 243

Why 243? 

Tom Junod recounts from an interview with Mr. Rogers: "Once upon a time, around thirty-one years ago, Mister Rogers stepped on a scale, and the scale told him that Mister Rogers weighs 143 pounds... And so, every day, Mister Rogers refuses to do anything that would make his weight change...and every morning, the scale tells him that he weighs 143 pounds. This has happened so many times that Mister Rogers has come to see that number as a gift, as a destiny fulfilled, because, as he says, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful?"

243 takes the I and turns it into We. We love you. Think of all the ways we can help students thrive if we share that simple message with them. 

Rogers counseled: “You don’t have to do anything sensational for people to love you.”

Inspired by Roots Charter High School