Newtown trying to give kids a sense of normalcy
Excerpt:NEWTOWN, Conn. – The children at the Sandy Hook Elementary school won't be returning to classes for another week, but officials from the town, school district and local agencies are doing their best in the meantime to keep them occupied following a massacre at their school two weeks ago. There have been class gatherings for pizza parties, field trips, toy giveaways and some organized play time. The students have not attended school since a gunman killed 20 of their schoolmates and six adults on Dec. 14. They are slated to return to a different school on Jan. 3. The Newtown Youth Academy, a nonprofit sports center, opened its doors to all kids in town at no cost shortly after the shooting.
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David Connors
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| 0.0549981 | "That's been, I think, helpful at least in the short term just to kind of keep them doing things, keep them seeing their friends and being nearby and talking to family," Connors said. ... |
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Julian Ford
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| 0 | "They are all going to be thinking about what happened," he said. ... |
| -0.0392071 | "They are all going to be thinking about what happened," he said. "That, unfortunately, is inescapable. But this gives them a chance to say, 'Life is carrying on.' Nothing will be the same, but it's also continuing in ways that it should be." |
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Sandy Hook
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Peter D'Amico
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| -0.124396 | "The idea was to get them away from the house, the television and all the coverage of this tragedy and get them to a place where kids can just be kids," said owner Peter D'Amico, ... |
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Chris Wolcott
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Tina Charles
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Chelsea Piers
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Todd Wood
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John Christoffersen
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Organization: Newtown Youth Academy
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Organization: University of Connecticut
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Organization: Sandy Hook Elementary
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Organization: Harlem Globetrotters
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Company: Ford
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Company: Associated Press
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Facility: Sandy Hook Elementary school
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City: Newtown
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City: NEWTOWN
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City: Stamford
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City: New Haven
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StateOrCounty: Conn.
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Holiday: Christmas
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