Hopatcong Students to Honor Veterans

Hopatcong students will learn the significance of Veterans Day, even if it's a few days after the holiday.

has a big assembly planned for its second- and third-grade students Monday at 10 a.m. at the auditorium. Veterans will watch a presentation created by students and teachers, and then join the children in their classrooms to talk about serving in America's armed forces.

"It's part of our history," Principal Dr. Joanne Mullane said. "It's nice to honor our veterans. That's what this country—that's what makes America what it is today. … Our whole school has taken on a celebration of our heroes."

Special education teacher Jennifer Neu's New Jersey Education Association- and Hopatcong Education Association-sponsored PRIDE grant of $850 will help pay for the assembly, which will also include a veterans luncheon.

Mullane said the participating veterans are from Hopatcong and surrounding towns.

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