Words to help students in Connecticut and here in Belmont begin healing process.
Just after the final class of the day, fellow Belmont High School sophomores Nicole Saidnawey and Grace Ramsey strolled into the school's cafeteria, laid down their heavy with books backpacks and proceeded to a paper banner hanging on the wall. "To our friends at Newtown High" read the sign as Saidnawey and Ramsey began to add their own messages to those of hundreds of classmates who signed the banner with words of support, hope and healing. "The whole world is crying but you shed the most tears. Keep going," said one message. The banner, hung up at the beginning of the day by High School Principal Dan Richards, is being sent to the local high school in Connecticut where many students are former pupils of Sandy Hook Elementary School …
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Banner will be going to high school in town that suffered tragic killings Friday.
This morning at 8:45 am, Belmont High School had a moment of silence in memory of the victims and families impacted by the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, according to High School Principal Dan Richards. Below is the announcement that Richards read to the school. "On Friday, December 14th a horrific event occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Our nation has come together through prayer to support the victims and survivors of this event. I would like to take this time to remember the victims and survivors from that day. Please join me in a moment of silence." "Thank you." "Belmont High School has always been a tight community of faculty, staff and students. Please support each other during these difficult …
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8:04 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
What a great gesture by the High School students. I'm sure this hit close to home with many of them who have younger siblings or cousins. It is very difficult to be joyous this Christmas season knowing there are so many innocent little kids and heroic adults who are gone. Whatever we can send in the way of cards or banners is of great comfort. more ›