Not Your Average Valentines

It's a tradition that isn't gone yet. For generations, students have been hand crafting boxes and envelopes for Valentine's Day cards to find a home. Often those Valentines include candy. Memories of construction paper, doilies, scissors and glue will forever remain.

But this year in Glasgow takes that idea up a few notches. Rather than hearts and shoeboxes, you could find dragons, Spongebob Squarepants and a bucking bull, that actually moved every time a card was placed in it. Fifth graders at East Side School competed against each other to try and win a prize, one that wasn't named to them until the winner was announced.

Many of these elaborate boxes obviously took time and effort. From wooden boxes with wood cutout hearts to a standing mailbox. There was even a lighted tower ready to accept cards and candy. This year's top winner was probably Dalton Sand, who said he spent 16 hours with his dad building the animated bucking bull. He took first place in Jenna Doornek's fifth grade class.

The winner in Lily Himsl's fifth grade class was Nora Neumiller with a dragon and Tarin Vandall was the winner in Kayla Larson's fifth grade class, with a working mailbox. The winners received gift certificates.

While students got to celebrate their spoils, several of them answered what seemed to be a more difficult question. What Valentine's Day means, what's it really all about anyway. Most of the boys had a general consenus.

"Candy," Bergen Miller said. "Love."

While he was a little short and sweet with his answer, Aiden Redstone added that candy was love. Several of the girls had a slight better understanding about this holiday, perhaps they're just getting over the cootie bugs.

"I think it's lovey, you get to hang out with the people you love and get flowers," Cassi Norcutt said.

The students were mostly sugared up as the school day ended last week. It was the wrap up to a week of planned activities for "I love to read week," where students actually stopped what they were doing to read for 10 minutes during the school day. They also dressed up each day, wacky Wednesday seemed to be the favorite.