Webutuck makes snowflakes for Sandy Hook

WEBUTUCK — Students and staff from Webutuck High School and Eugene Brooks Intermediate School joined to participate in an initiative to bring holiday cheer to the survivors of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Conn.The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in Webutuck sent out a message that stated, “when school resumes for Sandy Hook, it will be in a new building. Parent volunteers are working to ensure that the students are welcomed back by a winter wonderland.”To do so, the school will be decorated with as many paper snowflakes as possible, according to the National and Connecticut PTA.Webutuck High School English teacher Sherry Fisher took the reins on the project.“I thought that it would be a fun way for students to get together and show their love, sympathy and support for the students and families grieving in Newtown,” she said.Enlisting the help of Librarian Beth Murphy, and with Principal Ken Sauer’s well wishes, the call went out to seventh- through 12th-graders to participate.On Thursday, Dec. 20, students stayed after school to make snowflakes.“Students from a variety of grades and many faculty members showed up to make snowflakes. Some were simple, others more complex. Some were plain, others were inscribed with inspiration,” she said.Snowflakes will be sent to the Connecticut PTA through Jan. 12 to be hung throughout the Newtown schools.“What a great time we had! I was so proud of all of the students who showed up and poured their hearts into their snowflakes,“ Fisher said.