Some special visitors came to The News-Herald Wishing Tree open house today. Members of the Euclid Police Department escorted students from two Euclid schools to The News-Herald so they could decorate ornaments and hang their wishes on the Wishing Tree.

Euclid students who represented their schools and who were escorted by the Euclid Police Department to visit The News-Herald Wishing Tree were:

Our Lady of the Lake
Principal: Sr. Laura Bregar
Anna Zele
Duncan Fraser
Carrie Peters

Shoreview Elementary
Elana Pitts
Kaisean Perkins
Taylor Quitman

A class wish from fifth-grade students of Our Lady of the Lake School in Euclid:
“This Christmas season the fifth-grade students in Room 10 at Our Lady of the Lake School are wishing for a class pet. Having a class pet would teach us responsibility, and help us to care for other living things as God would want us to.”

Wishes from fifth-grade students of Shoreview Elementary in Euclid:

• I wish for all children to value education and know they are unique, important and capable of changing the world. – Ms. Mast (teacher)
• I wish for a world where we can all be safe and a world full of peace.
• I wish everyone to be with their family during the holiday.
• To stop bullying and to keep streets safe. – LaMarco Clark
• I wish for children to have school supplies. – Marshall
• I wish everyone would with their family on Christams and New Year’s days – Cordell
• I wish for world peace – Shonti’a
• My wish is for everyone to be treated the want they want to be treated. – Kaisean
• A portable basketball hoop.
• My wish is for all children to feel safe and loved this holiday season and always. –
• For everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle more – Kayla
• That all children in the U.S. will be safe in school.
• I want everyone to be thankful for what they get for Christmas and everything else. – Paige
• To have a better world. – Taylor
• Outdoor playground equipment.
• A wish for peace and respect for each other in the world.
• To keep children safe. – Tanajah
• I wish that everyone would start practicing being green. – Tanajah
• Bless the newest angels in heaven.
• For everyone to spend time with their families. – Tiffany
• I wish that we would end world violence. – Mike
• I wish that every parent would not have to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas – William Noel
• That every adult will volunteer at least one day of the year to mentor a child. – Mrs. DeMarco
• I wish for everyone to be treated equally. – LaBron
• I wish all the veterans to come home safe and really proud. – Ijah
• My wish is for peace in the world for all children and to make them feel happy and safe.
• End violence. – Aijah
• For everyone to spend time with their family. - Tiffany

Below, two videos from the students' visit. In the first, some of the students share what they wish for. In the second, News-Herald staffers give a tour of the building to show the kids how the paper is put together every day.