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If there鈥檚 anyplace where middle school girls鈥� insecurities are magnified, it鈥檚 in the student bathroom. So a group of Alabama seventh-grade teachers gave the girls鈥� bathroom at Simmons Middle School in Hoover a makeover, painting the walls and adorning the space with inspirational messages.

鈥淏eautiful girl, you can do amazing things.鈥�

鈥淢iddle school is tough,鈥� English language arts teacher Laura Missildine told . 鈥淕irls need a little love and encouragement.鈥�

鈥淪he leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.鈥�

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The five teachers 鈥� Missildine, Winnie Davis, Allison Harrelson, Charvon Jackson-Lassiter, and Sue Martindale 鈥� took over the space the week before school started, turning a wall mint green and then applying vinyl decals, custom-made for the project by Jackson-Lassiter, with words of love and support.

鈥淗appy girls are the prettiest girls.”

Missildine said Principal Brian Cain had encouraged staff to 鈥渙wn鈥� sections of the building, and last year an art teacher turned the staff bathroom into a spa-like oasis. 鈥淲e felt our girls needed something like that, somewhere girls can go to call their own,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e wanted them to have a retreat.鈥�

鈥淏e your own kind of beautiful.鈥�

The messages appear on the stall doors, along the walls, and above the mirrors, a do-it-yourself project that all the teachers pitched in on and enjoyed because it was for their students.

鈥淒ream it, believe it, achieve it.鈥�

鈥淥ur girls deserve it,鈥� Missildine said. 鈥淚t brings me joy to do it for them.鈥�

鈥淵ou are beautiful.鈥�

Next up: the boys鈥� room.

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