Mr. Conrad is a ROCKSTAR! You always go above and beyond by being KIND and HELPFUL to everyone.
🌺❤️ Mr. and Mrs. Smalley, thank you so much for creating and decorating our teacher lounge and teacher work rooms. Your effort goes a long way. ❤️🪻
“I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!”
― Dolly Parton
Shoutout to Mr. Windsor for not only teaching us about science but also about life.
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”
― Dolly Parton
Mr. Howard: Thank you for being our PBIS leader and organizing all of our PW Club activities! You are AWESOME!
A special thank you to Caitlin and Michelle who are always so sweet and helpful to me and everyone all day, everyday! We love you!!!
Caitlin Oliver is definitely a star at our school. She juggles many hats with a smile and is never too busy to give hand to those in need.
The Ultimate Act of Kindness
John 3:16
thanks to sue for all the things you do,
helping us pursue the dreams we do ,
thank you oh thank you for all you do,
opening the gate to our fate,
making sure we are never late,
we're happy for you with all that you do,
thanks sue we love you.

Mrs. Mault: WELCOME to our school! Thank you for being so KIND to your students and the staff at PWHS!
Sue is the nicest staff member in the school. She also put in some of the best work
Mr. Ketter, thanks for how hard you work for our middle and high school! You take care of all of your duties as quickly and efficiently as possible. We love having you here!
Braxton J. is not only an extremely intelligent young man, but he is also one of the kindest young people I have ever met. He is patient with classmates who need a helping hand and even goes as far as to offer his support to those who need it without being asked. He will be a great leader!
Ava Kessinger is one of the sweetest people I have met! She is always helpful, willing to complete any task, and never is without a smile.
Thank you Maddie Tieman and Max Newsome for being awesome office workers!
Thank you to the Sensational Senators for helping me find the passion I thought was non existent. LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Sometimes i take all of my friends, such as tyson, blake, levi, austin, lafe, mr howard, and braxton mcnutt, and i buy them stuff with my money and then mr. howard gives me his kindness card.
I enjoy my best pal Colton, Tyson, Levi, Austin. You guys are the goats #Kindness
Hunter! You rock! Thanks for keeping our rooms clean!!!!!
Mrs. Shinkle, you are always so calm and supportive! Thanks for all you do!
Mr Howard - You are funny and make my day better!
Doc Harvey! You are so creative. I love getting stickers when I do well!
Mrs. Sites, thanks for all the work and dedication you put into the yearbook committee!
Thanks Coach G and Coach Newsome for the courage to give it my all!
Caitlin Oliver, You are Amazing! You are a blessing to ALL of us at PWHS!
you are loved
If anyone can do it so can you
My classes have rocked it this week! I am proud of all of you!!
--Mrs. Smalley
#kindnessrules #wearewest
#tooKINDforschool
Shout out to Mrs. Blevins for leading the cheer block at the Powder Puff game. Her school spirit shines in everything she does!
Shout out to Mr. Howard for his organization and support of our PWHS PW Club. You play such an important part in our school culture.
I would never make it through the day without Michelle Russell!
Mrs. Ginn is doing a GREAT JOB with our E-sports club. The students are having SO MUCH FUN!!!
Great Job on persevering in Algebra One Brendin Mount!!!! You make me so proud!
Mrs. Blevins
Shout our to Mr. Nichols and the safety team for all they do to keep us all safe!!!
So grateful the hard work and dedication of the PWHS custodial staff who keep our school clean, safe, and running smoothly. They are a vital part of our PWHS team.
Thank you Mr. Conrad, for all the extra work you put into this school!
I love kindness #healing
My friends: Brayleigh, Makenna, Bree, and Khloe are one of a kind. We always love, support, and do anything for each other. They are funny too... especially foxy Khloe!
Mrs. Bloomfield, is a wonderful kind, nice, amazing IEP teacher she always listens to people and helps kids or even teachers feel confident when school gets hard shes always there to bring a smile on your face, she is also very calm and works with kids step- by step until kids understand her, she is never gives up on you even when things gets hard she never ever gives up on kids.
You have an incredible work ethic and talent
You are super cool and awesome even if you think you're not. Never stop being yourself to make others happy.
le le brayleigh bean, string bean grace bean, breenie wien, treacherous snow climber makenna, im so greatful for them and they make my heart happy and they're always there for me.
Thank you, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Howard, and Mrs. Oliver for involving our school in this Kindness Challenge!
A HUGE 'Thank You' to Mrs. Oliver and staff for bringing the YOU UPLIFT Kindness Wall to Portsmouth West High School!
Go West Side!
Yes! There are no Sign-Ups and no Log-Ins required in order to participate, as we collect no data or information of any kind. The platform is currently being used by large and small school systems throughout the country in almost all 50 states, and it has passed 100% of all school privacy regulations to date.
Yes! You can have all messages sent to as many faculty email inboxes as you’d like for Approval, and we can change or add to this list at any time.
Yes! Many of our schools do this, because if your students take to it – then the messages can begin to overflow your school email inbox at times. Not only will a separate gmail account prevent this from happening, but you can also make it accessible to all faculty members if you choose to.
You can choose one of three ways to display your messages onto a facility TV monitor.
  1. HDMI CORD – Some schools will access their Kindness eWall on a laptop and run an HDMI cord to their TV monitor.
  2. CAST – Some schools will access their Kindness eWall via a tablet or device and will cast it to their TV monitor via a Chromecast or Apple TV device.
  3. SMART TV WITH INTERNET BROWSER – If your Smart TV has an Internet Browser (Samsungs), then you can place your Kindness eWall link in the browser and it will run from there.
Yes! You can edit the text of any message before Approving it. In addition, if you’d like to keep a message but would like to remove an included image… or if you’d like to keep an image and remove the text, then you can do this before Approving the message. Your Rotating Display will only display exactly what you choose to make visible.
You will have a back office ADMIN PANEL that will allow you to delete, edit, and approve messages (individually or in bulk).
You will have a back office ADMIN PANEL that will allow you to customize your colors, logo, title, and font size.
Upon your request, we can replace your current Anonymous Submission Form with a Form from your school’s email system (ex. Google Form). This makes messages come to you with the author’s email address included, and you simply COPY/PASTE the message onto your INSTANT POST Page in order to make it live.

(Note: Because messages are submitted through your school’s email system, the Character eWall collects no data or information – making it fall within all school privacy regulations.)
We can provide your Tech Team with a simple line of code that will allow them to embed your Rotating Display of Approved Messages onto your school website, so that they are visibly scrolling whenever anyone comes to your site.
The system is set to display the 100 most recently Approved messages, as older messages start falling out of the rotation in order to make room for the newer messages. However, we can increase or decrease this number to be whatever you’d like it to be.
Your subscription includes an unlimited number of messages and an unlimited number of displays for everyone in your school for the entire length of your subscription.
Yes and No. Your Character Wall is a web app, but it is not located in an App store. However, this link shows you how you can easily turn your Kindness Wall into an app for any android or apple device: Phone Web App Instructions
Phone App Install Feature
Currently, YouUplift does not have an app located in the App Store. However, the following link provides simple instructions on how to easily turn your Kindness eWall into a homepage app for any mobile device: Phone App Install Instructions
(Great tech assignment for students!)
Website Embed Feature
This feature provides your Tech Team with a simple line of code that would allow you to embed your Rotating Display of Positive Messages into your school website, so that visitors can instantly see your messages.
Social Media Share Feature
This feature places Social Media Share Buttons on your entire Kindness e-Wall webpage or just on your Rotating Display only – whichever you prefer.

Yes! There are no Sign-Ups and no Log-Ins required in order to participate, as we collect no data or information of any kind. The platform is currently being used by large and small school systems throughout the country in almost all 50 states, and it has passed 100% of all school privacy regulations to date.

Yes! You can have all messages sent to as many faculty email inboxes as you’d like for Approval, and we can change or add to this list at any time.

Yes! Many of our schools do this, because if your students take to it – then the messages can begin to overflow your school email inbox at times. Not only will a separate gmail account prevent this from happening, but you can also make it accessible to all faculty members if you choose to.

You can choose one of three ways to display your messages onto a facility TV monitor.
  1. HDMI CORD – Some schools will access their Kindness eWall on a laptop and run an HDMI cord to their TV monitor.
  2. CAST – Some schools will access their Kindness eWall via a tablet or device and will cast it to their TV monitor via a Chromecast or Apple TV device.
  3. SMART TV WITH INTERNET BROWSER – If your Smart TV has an Internet Browser, then you can place your Kindness eWall link in the browser and it will run from there.

Yes! You can edit the text of any message before Approving it. In addition, if you’d like to keep a message but would like to remove an included image… or if you’d like to keep an image and remove the text, then you can do this before Approving the message. Your Rotating Display will only display exactly what you choose to make visible.

You will have a back office ADMIN PANEL that will allow you to delete, edit, and approve messages (individually or in bulk).

You will have a back office ADMIN PANEL that will allow you to customize your colors, logo, title, and font size.

In it’s default setting, your school’s Kindness eWall uses an Anonymous Submission Form in order to comply with all school privacy regulations. Therefore, though you will be able to APPROVE all submitted content before it becomes visible, you will not know who the author of the message is.


HOWEVER, upon your request, we can include a SUBMISSION FORM LOGIN which would require users to enter their email / password in order to submit a message. This would allow you to APPROVE all submitted content before it becomes visible and will also provide you with the email address of each message’s author (whether you Approve it or not).

We can provide your Tech Team with a simple line of code that will allow them to embed your Rotating Display of Approved Messages onto your school website, so that they are visibly scrolling whenever anyone comes to your site.

The system is set to display the 100 most recently Approved messages, as older messages start falling out of the rotation in order to make room for the newer messages. However, we can increase or decrease this number to be whatever you’d like it to be.

Your subscription includes an unlimited number of messages and an unlimited number of displays for everyone in your school for the entire length of your subscription.

Yes and No. Your Kindness Wall is a web app, but it is not located in an App store. However, this link shows you how you can easily turn your Kindness Wall into an app for any android or apple device: Phone Web App Instructions