La Plata High School has scheduled a candlelight vigil for Friday, Nov. 9, in memory of the four students who died Tuesday evening in an automobile accident on Oliver Shop Road in Dentsville.
A student memorial committee is planning the vigil, which will be held between 5-5:30 p.m. in front of the school at the memorial garden. Following the vigil, La Plata will host its last football game of the season. Players plan to wear black armbands and a moment of silence will be held in remembrance of the four young men.
The four students, Jonathan Chapman, 16, of La Plata, Tavonne Alston, 16, of La Plata, Dionnte Swinson, 15, of La Plata, and Donte Segar, 15, of Hughesville, died from injuries they sustained in the accident. A fifth teen, Markus Allen, 17, of La Plata, remains in the hospital; he is expected to recover.
An emergency crisis team of psychologists, counselors and pupil personnel workers were available at La Plata today when students returned to school. The media center is available for students to meet with members of the team for counseling. Other crisis team members spoke to the young men’s classmates in each of their classrooms.
After-school activities, with the exception of sports, are cancelled this afternoon.
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