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Sandy Hook Shooting

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Boyden Students Make Snowflakes to Support Sandy Hook

Walpole parent Lisa Fair, who grew up near Newtown, took the initiative on the project.

For Walpole parent Lisa Fair, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Conn. hit close to home as she grew up in nearby Seymour Conn. and is friends with parents of young children who attend school in Newtown. So, when she heard people around the world were sending support in the form of paper snowflakes to Sandy Hook Elementary she approached Boyden Elementary School art teacher Marcia Marinelli about having her students create snowflakes themselves. “I called the art teacher because I had seen earlier in the year her fifth grade class came out of school one day with these giant 3-D snowflakes," said Fair. "They were probably two or three feet tall and I thought if we could get the whole fifth grade class to each make one …

Newshound14

9:07 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

"We can’t just think about it for the week that it happened and feel bad. I know life goes on but these families lives will never be the same. . . ." I hope that we don't forget this tragedy any time soon. Chunkylover1001 posted a nice musical tribute on You tube in tribute to the victims: http://youtu.be/aQexLEVBMlE   more ›

Friday, December 14, 2012

Talking To Your Kids About Newtown Tragedy

PBS has strategies for talking and listening to your children about the news.

In the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tewksbury parents may find their children hearing about the tragedy or seeing it on the news and find themselves in a difficult discussion. For parents seeking guidance on how to address the tragedy with their own children, if it comes up, PBS has an article with flexible suggestions for answering kids' questions about the news. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also has a 24-hour hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling at 1-800-985-5990 or by texting "TalkWithUs" to 66746. The hotline is open to U.S. residents who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of a natural or man-made disasters, incidents of…

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