No Valentines Cards For Essex Elementary School Students

ESSEX, CT —With Valentine's Day just around the corner and Covid-19 still making a mess of everything, Principal of Essex Elementary School, Jennifer Tousignant, sent out a timely letter to all Essex Elementary School students' families. The letter read; "I know that the new year has just begun and Sunday, February 14th is more than a month away, but I wanted to touch base briefly about Valentine’s Day. Like so many annual traditions, the way that we observe Valentine's Day will be quite different in school this year. Students will not be permitted to bring in any items to share with their classmates - this includes non-food items such as cards. Rest assured that, as they have done with other annual festivities, our teachers will continue to infuse festive fun into classwork as developmentally appropriate. But, no physical items will be distributed or exchanged. I just wanted to make sure that families received this message before investing time, effort and/or funds into creating items.

Thank you for your continued understanding, flexibility and support."