Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The project is designed to create a "winter wonderland" for Sandy Hook students when they go to their temporary school in Chalk Hill for the remainder of the school year.
Brookwood's Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) is encouraging students and families to participate in a project called "Snowflakes for Sandy Hook." Kathy Johnson, parent of a tenth grade student at Grayson High, sent an email to Brookwood High's PTSA stating that a friend of hers has children in a school just six miles from Sandy Hook Elementary, the scene of a devastating mass shooting. Her friend sent her the following letter: "I have heard so many requests for ways to help Sandy Hook families. In response, I wanted to let you all know that our elementary PTO has been asked to create a winter wonderland for Sandy Hook students when they come to Chalk Hill for the remainder of the school year. They are asking for snowflakes - as …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Could the shooting that took place in Connecticut happen at your child's school?
Katha Blackwell is a columnist with the Lawrenceville Patch. This column, however, is very relevant to all parents in the wake of the Connecticut shooting. The Connecticut shooting has awakened many parents, especially me. Most teachers and school administrators focus on ways to make sure students are present in class, safely getting to the right bus and safely making it home, but the thought of some random person walking into your school and shooting students is not something that we prepare for. Every school goes through the traditional fire drill and hurricane drill, but what about the “Stranger-Danger” drill? The president said it best that this is becoming all too familiar to our nation. So is your child’s school safe? Over the last …
Friday, December 14, 2012
27 people, 18 of them children, are reported dead in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to Newtown Patch. What will you say to your children?
Parents' hearts are in their throats in Gwinnett County and across the country as news spreads of an elementary school shooting in Connecticut that reportedly took the lives of 18 children and nine adults. Newtown Patch in Connecticut is posting live updates about the shooting, which was reportedly carried out by a single adult who is now dead. The incident will raise questions about how future such massacres can be prevented. It will also require parents everywhere to figure out how to discuss the violence with their children, many of whom will be returning to their schools next week. Parenting.com offers advice for discussing tragic incidents with children. Among the suggestions: The New York Times parenting blog offers a dialogue and a …
Kenneth Stepp
7:26 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Imagine what would happen if everyone with a job in America took one days wage and gave to someone in need. It would change this country. more ›