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CHSD170’s Wilson School Students Honor Vets

Los estudiantes de la escuela Wilson de CHSD170 honran a los veterinarios

In honor of Veterans Day, students in the first- through fourth-grade classes at CHSD170’s Wilson School wrote letters and made cards to send to veterans who reside at the Prince Home in Manteno, Illinois.

Students were excited to share their thanks and appreciation to Veterans, some of whom served in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.

“We have been writing these letters every year since 2018,” said third-grade teacher Natalie Lewis.

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“The veterans always express how they enjoy reading each and every letter. It fills them with pride to know they are being remembered.”

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En honor al Día de los Veteranos, los estudiantes de las clases de primero a cuarto grado en la Escuela Wilson de CHSD170 escribieron cartas e hicieron tarjetas para enviar a los veteranos que residen en Prince Home en Manteno, Illinois.

Los estudiantes estaban emocionados de compartir su agradecimiento y reconocimiento a los veteranos, algunos de los cuales sirvieron en la Guerra de Vietnam y la Guerra del Golfo.

“Hemos estado escribiendo estas cartas todos los años desde 2018”, dijo la maestra de tercer grado Natalie Lewis.

“Los veteranos siempre expresan cómo disfrutan leyendo todas y cada una de las cartas. Les llena de orgullo saber que están siendo recordados”.

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