Hawley Elementary School students leave on a school bus following school on Dec. 18th, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday was the first day that students in Newtown went back to class following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Zachary, 2, and Nathan, 4, Johnston, of Easton, wear the new fire helmets they received from firefighters at Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department, in Newtown, Conn. Dec. 18th, 2012. The boys, seen here with their mother, Joelle Johnston, and neighbor Carolette Johnson, visited the Sandy Hook firehouse Tuesday to delivers a gift to first responders.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Jeff Fuller and his father Ray, of Newtown, sets up a wooden cross in front of a memorial at the main intersection at Sandy Hook, in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012. Memorial in Sandy Hook and Newtown continue to grow following last Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Twenty eight Christmas trees have been set up and decorated near the entrance to Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012.
Photo: Ned Gerard
A large wooden ribbon in honor of Sandy Hook Elementary School hangs on a utility pole in Newotwn, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Traffic continues to choke the main intersection at Sandy Hook, in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012. Traffic in Sandy Hook and Newtown continues to grow following last Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Jeff Fuller, of Newtown, sets up a wooden cross in front of a memorial at the main intersection at Sandy Hook, in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012. Memorial in Sandy Hook and Newtown continue to grow following last Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Ned Gerard
School buses in Newtown, Conn. are adorned with green and white ribbons, the Sandy Hook Elementary School colors, Dec. 18th, 2012. Tuesday was the first day the students went back to school following the mass shooting last Friday in Sandy Hool.
Photo: Ned Gerard
School buses leave Hawley Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18th, 2012. Tuesday was the first day that students in Newtown went back to class following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday.
Photo: Ned Gerard
Children leave Hawley School Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 following their first day back at school since Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Autumn Driscoll
Children leave Hawley School Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 following their first day back at school since Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Autumn Driscoll
Children leave Hawley School Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 following their first day back at school since Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Autumn Driscoll
Children leave Hawley School Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 following their first day back at school since Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Autumn Driscoll
Children leave Hawley School Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 following their first day back at school since Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Autumn Driscoll