Eighth graders (from right) Shanti Peterson and Audrey Ashburn deliver a singing telegram with seventh grader Elise Naval and eighth grader Ally Lubera at Park Junior High School in La Grange Park on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Forte vocal group students (from right) Merrell Brzeczek, Ayse Kelemet, Meghan Gove, Tim O'Gallagher and Shanti Peterson warm up their voices before delivering singing telegrams to classmates at Park Junior High School in La Grange Park on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Eighth graders (from left) Merrell Brzeczek, Audrey Ashburn and Emily Vega walk to the next classroom to deliver a singing telegram with their vocal group Forte at Park Junior High School in La Grange Park on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Seventh graders Ayse Kelemet (center), Jack Doherty and Isaac Wisthuff (left) sing with eighth grader Tim O'Gallagher (right) as they deliver a singing telegram at Park Junior High School in La Grange Park on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Seventh and eighth graders in the vocal group Forte deliver singing telegrams to students in a Spanish class at Park Junior High School in La Grange Park on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Students include (from left) Merrell Brzeczek, Ayse Kelemet, Jack Doherty, Isaac Wisthuff, Meghan Gove, Ally Lubera and Elise Naval. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media