Veterans To Be Celebrated At New Canaan Public Schools Events

NEW CANAAN, CT — New Canaan Public Schools will present programs on Friday and Nov. 12 to honor Veterans, several dozen of whom will be visiting schools as guests of honor and speaking to students, special assemblies and programs, music performances, and hallway displays reflecting students’ heartfelt gratitude and thanks.

All programs are designed for students and invited guests. The events are not open to the public. Below is a list of the events:

Elementary Schools:

East Elementary School will host its annual Veteran’s Day Assemblies on Friday morning,
November 9, to show gratitude and respect for the veterans who have served our country with
courage and honor. More than 30 veterans - all family members of East School students - will
attend the assembly as honored guests. East School Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will present the
Color Guard and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. East School students will sing songs from each
branch of the Armed Forces, along with other patriotic songs. Bundles of cards made by East
students will be presented to each veteran.

South Elementary School’s Veterans Day Assembly will be held on Friday morning, Nov. 9.
Guests of honor who have served our country are invited each year so that the school community
can express its gratitude for their service. Many of the veterans are family members of staff and
students and members of our community, and some are even staff members at South School.
The event begins with a hallway march, in which students carrying American flags lead our
veterans into assembly.

On Friday November 9, West Elementary School students will attend patriotic presentations at
two morning assemblies for Veterans' Day with featured veteran New Canaan Police Chief Leon
Krolikowski. Students will learn about the merits of service to our community and country and sing patriotic songs and will be encouraged to dress in red, white and blue and. Featured musician will be Louise Barranger, Ridgefield resident, teacher, and professional trumpet player, who currently plays with the brass quintet, Revolutionary Brass.

Saxe Middle School

Saxe Middle School with present its 11th Annual Veterans Appreciation Day on Monday,
November 12, 2018. A Patriotic Medley will take place in the morning in the front lobby. Invited
Veterans will speak to 5th and 6th graders in various classes throughout the day. New Canaan
Police Chief Leon Krolikowski will present workshops for 7th and 8th graders facilitated by Social
Studies teacher Jenny Baltz. Students will also have the opportunity to make thank you cards and
letters in the cafeteria’s “Thank a Veteran” tent, which will be delivered to the West Haven
Veterans Hospital or for the New Canaan Veterans Homebound Human Services Program.

New Canaan High School

For Veterans Day, November 12, New Canaan High School students will have an opportunity to
look at past interviews with local Veterans and kick off a new interview project that will run
throughout the year. NCHS is working in partnership with its TV Broadcasting department to
make past interviews students have conducted that are on file with the Library of Congress more
widely available for current students and the community. All students in their History classes will
take time out next Monday to study and recognize both the 100th anniversary of the Great War's
Armistice and more broadly the service of all our nation's Veterans.

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