Alvirne students’ hearts set on celebrating Valentine’s Day – or not

Love is in the air at Alvirne High School. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, students have been daydreaming about their sweethearts in class or revolting against the mushy holiday every time it’s mentioned. Some are anticipating roses and chocolates galore, while others detest even the idea of valentines and will celebrate Singles Awareness Day instead. With the help of a few Alvirne programs being run especially for the day of love, students can celebrate or mock traditional Valentine’s Day customs to their hearts’ content. Starting last Tuesday and continuing through V-Day, horticulture and retail class students have been selling roses and carnations of various colors to students at all lunches. Roses are $2 and carnations are $1, and will come as a sweet surprise to a crush or even a friend at their delivery on Valentine’s Day during the recipient’s I or J period class. Profits go to the floristry program and will be well used by the horticulture students. Alternatively, Alvirne’s Class Act drama group will offer “Fools for Love,” in which one of the student actors dresses up in a jester costume and visits students in I or J period classes on Valentine’s Day to recite a sonnet to them.