1. God bless Sandy Hook
by Alexandra Taylor
Christmas is a day of spending time with your family; opening presents, playing games that get
out of control, eating like no tomorrow, giving to others, and to appreciate what you have. It will
never be the same for the families who lost a son, daughter, sister, brother, mother, niece,
nephew, etc.
Those Newtown, Connecticut families will never get back their loved ones because on Friday,
the fourteenth of December, a shooting took place in Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Twenty elementary kids and six staff members including the principle were found dead at the
scene by police and a hero of a teacher; Victoria Soto, who protected her young students by
hiding them in cabinets and cupboards before the shooter was in sight. She then came face to
face with the shooter and told the man the kids were in the gym. After that, the shooter took her
young adult life. She’s now a hero and a role model. She’ll never be forgotten.
Another teacher pulled two students into her classrooms when bullets were being fired in the
near hallway. Thank you for those who risked and lost their lives for others.
The man who walked into the elementary school did indeed have a mental illness. In fact, killed
his mother before going to the school. We, as a community and also even nation, need to support
and help those who need it the most, and this man, needed the help but did not receive enough.
As Gettysburg high school, we did have a candle light service on Thursday night, December,
20th. Thank you to Student Council for organizing it.
Our high school swim team has also made their respects by inking their body with victims’
names on their Tuesday’s meet, December 19th. They wrote things like, “r.i.p.” and “god bless.”
On the bus ride there, we also sent cards to the people of Newtown, Conn. Thank you for the
swimmers who did participate.
Recently, another school has decided to donate a new elementary school to Sandy Hook. In this
school, there will be handmade snowflakes hanging. You can make them yourself or even donate
to the issue. To find out more information, go to www.pta.org/sandhook