From December 17 through December 21, the Student Council invited classes to participate in making snowflakes for the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School.

After the school shooting that occurred at Sandy Hook on December 14, 2012, students returned to school at a new building. To help welcome back the students, parent volunteers worked to transform the school into a winter wonderland.

“I made 16 snowflakes,” freshman Tess Hendry said, “It felt really good to help these students. I just hope that when they see the snowflakes it will make their entire day better. Overall I am just happy that I can do something to help these innocent children.”

Like many schools in the nation, Flower Mound High School sent a variety of unique snowflakes to Connecticut so the volunteers could scatter them throughout the new building.

The idea to make snowflakes came from the Sandy Hook PTSA, and it grew as more schools decided to participate.

Many classes from FMHS worked on these snowflakes on Friday, December 21, the early release day before winter break.

“The students from Sandy Hook will be very excited to receive all of the snowflakes,” freshman Kelsey Baughman said, “They will finally be aware of how much we all care about them.”

Students were encouraged to be creative with the snowflakes they made, since no two snowflakes are similar. The flakes could have been made out of any material; some students even went over the top with glitter and beads.

The finished flakes were delivered to rooms 2400 or 2410 where the StuCo teachers mailed them to Connecticut.

By December 21, the Student Council had collected over 500 snowflakes, and FMHS teamed up with Garden Ridge Elementary School, to send even more flakes.

The new campus for Sandy Hook students was decorated in a spectacular winter wonderland for when the student’s classes resumed on January 3.