Port Jeff Schools To Unveil Armed Forces Tribute

From Port Jeff Schools: The Port Jefferson School District will unveil its new Armed Forces tribute at a dedication ceremony with students on Thursday, May 30, at 10 a.m., at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, at 350 Old Post Road in Port Jefferson.

The tribute, created to express gratitude to those former students and staff members who have served in the armed forces to preserve and protect the country’s freedoms and ideals, will ceremoniously salute military personnel with welcoming remarks from student leaders and school and local government officials. The Port Jefferson Middle School band will perform and students from Edna Louise Spear Elementary School will share poetry written especially for the occasion.

“More than two dozen school staff and community members came together to form this committee with enthusiasm and camaraderie to honor those who served,” said Dr. Paul Casciano, Port Jefferson School District Superintendent of Schools. “The culmination of months of planning, fundraising and fellowship has resulted in a tribute of which our school community will be very proud.” For those who cannot attend the event, a public recognition will be held on Saturday, June 22, at 9:30 a.m.

The Port Jefferson School District will unveil its new Armed Forces tribute at a dedication ceremony with students on Thursday, May 30, at 10 a.m., at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, at 350 Old Post Road in Port Jefferson.

The tribute, created to express gratitude to those former students and staff members who have served in the armed forces to preserve and protect the country’s freedoms and ideals, will ceremoniously salute military personnel with welcoming remarks from student leaders and school and local government officials. The Port Jefferson Middle School band will perform and students from Edna Louise Spear Elementary School will share poetry written especially for the occasion. “More than two dozen school staff and community members came together to form this committee with enthusiasm and camaraderie to honor those who served,” said Dr. Paul Casciano, Port Jefferson School District Superintendent of Schools. “The culmination of months of planning, fundraising and fellowship has resulted in a tribute of which our school community will be very proud.”

For those who cannot attend the event, a public recognition will be held on Saturday, June 22, at 9:30 a.m.