Heather Watson, a Literary Lab teacher at Gompers Junior High School, looks through a snowflake at the school in joliet, IL on Thursday December 20, 2012. She has family members in Connecticut who have been affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and decided to join a Newtown PTA "Snowflake Project," by making, with students. handmade snowflakes as a donation to comfort the students from Sandy Hook when they return to a new school. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Isaura Arroo, a student at Gompers Junior High School, looks through snowflakes at the school in joliet, IL on Thursday December 20, 2012. One of her teachers has family members in Connecticut who have been affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and the teacher decided to join a Newtown PTA "Snowflake Project," by making, with students, handmade snowflakes as a donation to comfort the students from Sandy Hook when they return to a new school. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Heather Watson, a Literary Lab teacher at Gompers Junior High School, decorates a snowflake with a student at the school in joliet, IL on Thursday December 20, 2012. She has family members in Connecticut who have been affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and decided to join a Newtown PTA "Snowflake Project," by making handmade snowflakes as a donation to comfort the students from Sandy Hook when they return to a new school. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Heather Watson, a Literary Lab teacher at Gompers Junior High School, talks about a snowflake with students Richard Panteja, center, and Jonathan Jimenez at the school in joliet, IL on Thursday December 20, 2012. She has family members in Connecticut who have been affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and decided to join a Newtown PTA "Snowflake Project," by making, with students. handmade snowflakes as a donation to comfort the students from Sandy Hook when they return to a new school. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Heather Watson, a Literary Lab teacher at Gompers Junior High School, decorates a snowflake with a student at the school in joliet, IL on Thursday December 20, 2012. She has family members in Connecticut who have been affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and decided to join a Newtown PTA "Snowflake Project," by making handmade snowflakes as a donation to comfort the students from Sandy Hook when they return to a new school. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media