Tragedy @ Sandy Hook Elementary: Educators Respond

Educators across the nation mourn the violent loss of life at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Together we reflect, pick up the pieces and console our students. We honor the teachers and staff who risked their lives, gave their lives and saved lives.

  1. Sandy Hook students will be relocated to continue school in January. In response to a request from the Sandy Hook PTA, please help these students have a winter wonderland at their new school!
    Get Creative! No two snowflakes are alike.
    Make and send snowflakes by January 12, 2013 to:
    Connecticut PTSA
    60 Connolly Parkway Building 12, Suite 103
    Hamden, CT 06514
  2. 26 candles bearing the names of the victims of the #SandyHook tragedy light the altar during a service to honor the educators who took heroic efforts to protect their students.
  3. Educators and community members gathered last night at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT to honor the victims of the tragedy at #SandyHook.
  4. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel pays tribute to the heroic educators of #SandyHook. "We can best honor their memory as a society by making sure we confront the cause of this head on."
  5. Talking to children about violence: tips for parents and teachers bit.ly/VFNvo5 via @NEAHIN #Newtown
  6. Stories of heroism in Newtown and schools everywhere prove it: Above all, #teachers are in it for the kids. on.cnn.com/ZEIbb5
  7. It's a difficult Monday. Here are some tips on how to talk to your students. #teachers #SandyHook #edchat pinterest.com/pin/4963811901…
  8. Custodians, librarians, teachers, clerks @Sandy Hook, hailed as heroes in wake of deadly shooting #edchat #SandyHook washingtonpost.com/national/many-…

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