Wednesday, February 6, 2013
A Nazareth area mom says schools are 'traumatizing' children by punishing them for having a toy gun in school or for drawing a picture of a gun while in school.
The mother of a Nazareth area kindergartner urged the school board Monday night not to create an atmosphere of “fear mongering” that she says is happening in schools around the country in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre. Reading from a prepared statement, Joselyn Burrows cited action elsewhere taken against children for having a toy gun in school or for drawing a picture of a gun while in school. She said schools are “traumatizing” children by taking such actions. ”I’m not expecting you to call police on a 5-year-old,” she said, adding that Nazareth schools are not taking such actions. Burrows also said she is in favor of having security guards or off-duty police officers being armed in school. And she called on the Nazareth …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Dutch Springs is teaming up with the Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue this weekend to host a fundraiser that will benefit the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
Friday, December 21, 2012
'Winter in Nazareth Variety Show' will begin at 7 tonight (Dec. 21) in the high school auditorium; the theatre troupe will donate all proceeds to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
The Nazareth Area High School Theatre Troupe will kick off the highly-anticipated winter break with its "Winter in Nazareth Variety Show." Curtains will rise at 7 tonight (Dec. 21) in the high school auditorium. Admission is $2. All proceeds will be donated to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, which was established to provide direct monetary assistance to families of victims and the Newtown, CT, community. The variety show will feature Christmas favorites, including “There’s No Place like Home for the Holidays" and "Hey, Santa,” and scene performances from "A Christmas Carol.” Holiday goodies and snacks will be available for purchase after the show.
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Lisa Fiore is asking everyone she knows to create artwork for the children and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School as a way to let them know people are thinking about them.
An Emmaus mom is urging her family and friends to grab their crayons and some construction paper and show their support for the Connecticut elementary school where last week a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage, killing 20 children and six adults. Lisa Fiore has been asking everyone she knows to create artwork for the children and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School to let them know that people all over the country are “thinking about them and holding them in healing thoughts.” And now, Fiore, mom to a second-grader at Shoemaker Elementary School, is asking the Emmaus Patch community to join the effort. “The children and families of this community are forever changed. I would love to show support to the school from towns all over …
Monday, December 17, 2012
People all over the world want to know how to help Sandy Hook residents following Friday's horrifying mass shooting. Post 'I want to help' in this comment thread to get updates on what you can do.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
This open letter in response to the tragic school shooting was penned by Hellertown native Emily Doll, a doctoral student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. It was first published on her Facebook page on Friday.
People all over the world want to know how to help Sandy Hook residents following Friday's horrifying mass shooting. Post 'I want to help' in this comment thread to get updates on what you can do.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday, people from all over the world -- in Connecticut, California, Canada and much farther away in Australia and India -- sent an outpouring of support and want to know how they can help. Newtown Patch will continue to update this article with ways to help—posting updates to the story as well as in the comments thread, triggering an email notification to commenters—and if you know of an organization or fundraiser providing assistance, let us know in the comments section, too. Already the United Way of Western Connecticut, in partnership with Newtown Savings Bank, created the Sandy Hook School Support Fund to help provide support services to the families and community that …
A Patch blogger asks Santa for something very special to help ease the painful grieving in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
This letter to Santa is unusual. A Patch blogger asks that, this year, his presents be turned into hugs and sent to the people of Newtown, Conn. You can read the entire leter here and then share your comments below.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
This open letter in response to the tragic school shooting was penned by Hellertown native Emily Doll, a doctoral student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. It was first published on her Facebook page on Friday.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Dear Newtown, Connecticut, I don’t know you. I’ve never been to your town, I don’t know your friends and families and streets and memories. Like most people, I didn’t know you existed until today, and now my ears keep echoing with your name and your cries; now I close my eyes and picture your woods; now I think of you every time I inhale, exhale, breathe. I don’t know you, but my heart shattered for you today in a way I can’t comprehend yet. I don’t have answers for you, only shared questions; I don’t have reasons for you, only resonating whys. I’m not there, I’m not with you, I’m not part of you tonight, but from 317 miles away, know that I am grieving with you. I don’t have the intellect to understand what happened today. I don’t have …
Officers from six Northampton County police departments participated in 'Active Shooter' training on July 26 to prepare for the unthinkable, like the horrific act of violence inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
An "active shooter" drill in Northampton County helped police, school officials and emergency crews practice their response to a rampage like Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Nazareth Area Intermediate School was the scene of multiple -- staged -- tragedies July 26 during specialized training co-hosted by the Upper Nazareth Township Police Department and National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). About 20 police officers from six Northampton County departments participated in the “Active Shooter” training that Don Alwes, an instructor with NTOA, described as “kind of like a scrimmage.” The 10-hour day included a historical overview of active shooter situations and field training exercises, during…
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2:04 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Did you know..... • A 1997 high school shooting in Pearl , Miss. , was halted by the school 's vice principal after he retrieved the Colt .45 he kept in his truck. • A 1998 middle school shooting ended when a man living next door heard gunfire and apprehended the shooter with his shotgun. • A 2002 terrorist attack at an Israeli school was quickly stopped by an armed teacher and a school guard. • … more ›