St. John’s honors veterans
By Guest
Mrs. McKay’s fifth grade class at St. John the Evangelist School organized several activities to honor our veterans and active duty military personnel on Veterans Day.
(Photo 1) PreK teacher Meghan Hartford has a brother on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. The fifth graders collected items from all the students and packed and mailed off 30 boxes to HM3 Gregory Hartford, a Marine combat medic in the USMC 1st Battalion 25th.
(Photos 2-4) Veterans Agent Tony Andreotti brought several veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars to demonstrate how military veterans are honored at their funerals.
(Photo 5) The fifth grade class collected and displayed photos of family members of the St. John School community in the first floor “Hallway of Heroes.”
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on Nov 23 2011. Filed under Photo Gallery.
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