PHOTOS: Students spread love on Valentine’s Day at Sopris Elementary School

Chelsea Self

Students at Sopris Elementary School in Glenwood Springs had a heart-filled Monday while celebrating Valentine’s Day with classmates and teachers. Art classes were heart themed and students had the opportunity to make Valentines, cards and pictures for their special someone.

**Second-grader Junior Diaz de Leon paints a heart picture frame for a special someone on Valentine's Day while in class at Sopris Elementary School on Monday afternoon.**
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**First-grader Heden Alvarez works on decorating her Valentine's Day envelope for a special someone in her art class at Sopris Elementary School on Monday.**
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**Sopris Elementary School second-grader Livy Cloud organizes the Valentines in her box on Valentine's Day on Monday afternoon.**
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**Second-grader Rosalyn Gordon looks through the goodies in her Valentines box on Valentine's Day at Sopris Elementary School.**
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**Second-grader Parker Nimo paints a heart picture frame for a special someone on Valentine's Day while in class at Sopris Elementary School on Monday afternoon.**
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**Sopris Elementary School second-graders pick out stickers for their Valentine's Day cards on Monday afternoon.**
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**First-grader Levi Booth holds up the heart he made in art class on Valentine's Day at Sopris Elementary School on Monday.**
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**A Sopris Elementary School first-grader works on a Valentine's Day card in Mrs.Berns' art class on Monday afternoon.**
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**Sopris Elementary School first-graders Cayden Monjaras and Zoe Vargas pick out beads for their hearts in art class on Valentine's Day.**
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Visual Journalist Chelsea Self can be reached at 970-384-9108 or cself@postindependent.com

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