Seymour Students Mourn Classmate

The Seymour community is mourning the death of a 17-year-old student who lost her battle with cancer Nov. 1.

Seymour High School student Nina Poeta died overnight, according to Seymour Public Schools Security Director Rich Kearns.

Grief counseling is available to students in the Seymour High School cafeteria from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and during the school day Monday in the school media center, Kearns said.

"It is very important that we assist each other as we come to terms with this loss," Kearns wrote in a letter to school community members on Sunday.

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