Schools Plan Veterans Day Programs

November 8, 2009

Veterans were scheduled to honored at schools across North Escambia this week.

However, Escambia County Schools are closed Monday and Tuesday due to Hurricane Ida.

The following information from a previous story includes events that were planned, that will obviously no longer take place as planned

Veterans Day programs and events will be held as follows:

Ernest Ward Middle School

The annual Veterans Day program will be held at 9:30 Monday morning at Ernest Ward Middle School.  All veterans, parents and community members are invited to attend a special assembly in honor of Veterans Day in school’s gym.

Molino Park Elementary

Molino Park Elementary students will honor military veterans on Monday afternoon at 1:00with a patriotic program and donation drive for April Emerald Coast Honor Flight. Each grade level will sing two songs. Special guests will be the Northview High School NJROTC Color Guard, guest speaker Mr. Gary Cooper, and Mrs. Sheila Allen and Mrs. Ginny Cruz, singer/songwriters, singing “Stand Up America”. For further information please contact Alice Woodward, principal, at (850) 587-5265.

Northview High

Northview High School will hold it’s Veterans Day program at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10 in the school theater.

Bratt Elementary

Bratt Elementary will be hosting an “honor walk” Monday morning for the Emerald  Coast Honor Flight.   An area in the front of the school will be dedicated to honor service men and women.  Flags will be sold for a minimum donation of $1 in honor of or in memory of the men and women who have served or are serving our country.  The flags will be tagged with the name of the service person, the branch of service, and the student’s name.  The flags will be displayed November 9th – November 20th in front of the school.  All donations will be given to the Emerald Coast Honor Flight to send WWII veterans to Washington DC.  Each student who brings in a donation will place a flag or flags on the Honor Walk. Students will take the flags home on November  23rd.  For further information, please contact Tammy Calloway, intervention specialist, 327-6137, ext. 264.

Jim Allen Elementary

Jim Allen Elementary School will host a fund raiser kick off, “Honor a Vet with Flight” for the Emerald Coast Honor Flight.  During this week students, faculty, and staff will be raising money to send a veteran to Washington D.C.  The hallways of the school will be decorated using patriotic themes.  The event will culminate with a school-wide assembly at the flagpole on Friday, November 13 at 7:45 a.m. Students, faculty and staff will wear red, white and blue and veterans from the community have been invited.   For more information, please contact Rachel Watts, principal, 937-2260.

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One Response to “Schools Plan Veterans Day Programs”

  1. past Bull Dog parent on November 8th, 2009 7:06 pm

    William have you been told how much money that Bratt Elementary has raised so far. I have been told a lot. Are the vets invited to Bratt elementary? Did not see it posted like the other schools.