PARKLAND, Fla. — Broward County Public Schools students paused for a moment of silence at 10:17 a.m. on Friday, and marked a Day of Service and Love to remember the 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims.

Driftwood Elementary School students in Hollywood wore red and stood in a LOVE-shaped formation that filled a basketball court for a memorable tribute to the 17 who died on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland.

Broward schools mark Day of Service and Love

Ramblewood Elementary School students in Coral Springs volunteered to donate non-perishable food to those in need and welcomed School Board member Lori Alhadeff and Superintendent Howard Hepburn.

“Schools will also take part in activities and service projects that promote kindness, foster connection, and uphold the enduring legacy of those we lost,” Hepburn wrote in a letter in preparation for Friday that was issued in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese.

Broward students honor 17 Parkland school shooting victims

In the letter, Hepbrun listed the names of the 17 victims in alphabetical order: Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Christopher Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, and Peter Wang.

“She should still be here right now. She should be graduating from college,” Lori Alhadeff said about her daughter, Alyssa, a 14-year-old freshman who was a midfielder and the captain of the Parkland Soccer Club’s travel team.

Parkland school memorial grows on Day of Service and Love

In the page about the Day of Service and Love, Hepburn shared photos and videos of service projects during previous anniversaries. The projects included a 2021 signed song by deaf and hard-of-hearing students and staff at Peters Elementary School in Plantation.

A memorial outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland included a rainbow and stuffed animals.

At Deerfield Beach Elementary School, students signed pledges to be kind to one another.

The schools also included reminders about mental health resources, such as the 211 and 988 hotlines and the Eagles Haven Wellness Center; and the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign through the free FortifyFL app and the SaferWatch app.

“Their legacy should be the smiles and the laughter they left behind, not the tragic way they were taken from us,” Tony Montalto said on Friday about his efforts to build a memorial in honor of the victims, who included his daughter Gina, a 14-year-old freshman who was a Girl Scout, a church volunteer, a soccer player, and a member of her school’s Color Guard.

There was a temporary public memorial in the works on Friday ahead of a commemoration ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary from 4 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, at Pine Trails Park, at 10555 Trails End, in Parkland.

REMEMBERING THE 17