Ninth grader Ty Armstrong, left, gives a rose to a student while fellow ninth grader Brad Veenendaal gives a valentine to another student as Armstrong and National Junior Honor Society members go from classroom to classroom giving roses and valentines to every female student and faculty member at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Members of the National Junior Honor Society at Oquirrh Hills Middle School shared a smile-inducing surprise with fellow students and faculty on Thursday morning at the Riverton school.
Led by ninth grader Ty Armstrong, NJHS students delivered roses to every female faculty member and female student during the school’s Eagle Hour/Talon Time.
The flowers and smiles brightened everyone’s day as the students went from classroom to classroom passing out the roses with a heart valentine.
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Deseret News photojournalist Isaac Hale joined the group and shared these fun photos.
Ninth grader Addisyn Stringham receives a rose at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grader Brinleigh Jenkins holds a valentine given to her as she smells a rose that was also given to her at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grader Quinn Burgess, center, smells a rose given to her as she sits beside fellow ninth grader Blakey Pearson at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
A student holds a valentine given to them at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grader Landon Gibson, second from right, helps organize roses and valentines with fellow students and National Junior Honor Society members, including Kennady Langhurst, left, NJHS adviser, as they prepare to help pass out the roses and valentines to every female student and faculty member at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Roses await to be passed out to every female student and faculty member at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grade students and National Junior Honor Society members wait to pass out roses and valentines to female students and faculty members at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grader Ty Armstrong enters a classroom to pass out roses and valentines to every female student and faculty member with the help of fellow National Junior Honor Society members at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Female students hold roses given to them at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grade students and National Junior Honor Society members walk between classrooms as they pass out roses and valentines to female students and faculty members at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grade students and National Junior Honor Society members walk between classrooms as they pass out roses and valentines to female students and faculty members at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Ninth grader Ty Armstrong gives a rose to paraprofessional Kathryn Medina while Armstrong and National Junior Honor Society members go from classroom to classroom giving roses and valentines to every female student and faculty member at Oquirrh Hills Middle School in Riverton on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
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