Veterans Day Recap

This year for Veterans Day we had another wonderful whole school assembly.  There were many Veterans included in the assembly and the students did a wonderful job singing songs, playing instruments, and reading some of their writing.

A few days before the assembly, we wanted to do some things in the classroom to emphasize the importance of Veterans Day with the students.  In Reading class, the fourth and fifth grade collaborated and completed the same project.  We got the idea here.  We had every student write a paragraph answering the question, Why is it important to honor our Veterans?  They then wrote their paragraphs on bricks and we placed them on a wall outside of the library.  We created our own "Wall of Peace."  There was a reception for the Veterans who visited in the library after our assembly so they had the chance to check out our wall.

During our Enrichment period, Mrs. Fedor had some of the fourth graders creating their own medals. Students brainstormed the sacrifices service men and women make while serving our country and were encouraged to create a medal thanking vets for such sacrifices.