A walk/fundraiser will be held at Higgins Middle School Friday morning to support the Sandy Hook community and the shooting victims' families.
Higgins Middle School students and staff will walk one minute for each of the victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting in Connecticut. Higgins Principal Todd Bucey says the walk will also be a fundraiser to support the victims and their families. Any interested students and staff are invited to wear green and white (Sandy Hook's colors), join the walk and offer a $1 donation (or more) to the Connecticut PTSA Sandy Hook Fund. They can also donate a card or snowflake. Bucey said a card/poster will be available for people to sign that will be sent along to Connecticut as well. "From the minute we opened our doors on Monday, we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from students and staff, wondering what they can do to help," …
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School Superintendent Joe Mastrocola said the most important thing the Peabody Public Schools can do right now is to assure local students they are still safe in school and protected despite mass shooting at Conn. elementary school.
In the wake of today's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. -- 26 people were killed; 18 of them children -- school communities across the country are reeling at the horrific news. The tragedy brings to surface everything from allowing teachers to be armed with tasers to implementing strict security details, even at elementary schools. But underlying that is the need to publicly grieve and allow students to grasp what has just happened. In Peabody, Superintendent of Schools Joe Mastrocola issued a public statement Friday afternoon. "We are all heartbroken and saddened by this horrific event. We encourage you as parents and caregivers to talk with your children and allow them to express their thoughts and feelings," Mastrocola…
