Veterans Solar Daytime Assembly 2013

I've been on a fleck of a vacation boot lately. I've blogged virtually Halloween in addition to Christmas in addition to my birthday and Celebration of Mind Day. So, why non add together Veterans Day inward there, too?

Hand Print Flag Poster

As Student Council Sponsor, I bring a component to play inward preparing the Veterans Day Assembly. Thankfully, I'm non inward accuse of the entire thing. This year, the iii schools inward our district (yes, we're that small!) got together in addition to had i assembly instead of 2 or iii dissever assemblies every bit inward years past. We rounded upwardly all 600 or in addition to hence of our students from K-12 inward the high schoolhouse auditorium. We invited an esteemed veteran from our town to speak. The unproblematic schoolhouse students provided artwork to decorate the wall. Each schoolhouse (elementary school, middle school, in addition to high school) chose a pupil to read a exceptional poem. The band performed. My pupil council kids served every bit ushers in addition to helpers. They hung decorations. They introduced speakers. They helped cook clean up. Our household unit of measurement in addition to consumer scientific discipline classes at the high schoolhouse prepared a repast for the veterans to enjoy. They directed the veterans from their cars to the get upwardly to the room where the repast was existence served. They tried, inward a modest way, to serve those who served this province amongst their lives. I was in addition to hence proud of them! And, I'm in addition to hence thankful for all those who bring served in addition to hence that I tin alive inward America, the dry reason of the gratis in addition to the abode of the brave.

Podium for Our Speaker

I am a visual person, inspired past times the things I bring seen. Maybe that's why I dearest pinterest in addition to hence much. Anywho, it is my promise that these pictures mightiness inspire someone inward to a greater extent than or less way. Plus, this volition hold out hither for me to read adjacent yr when we're planning the adjacent assembly.

Want to meet how nosotros celebrated in addition to showed our thanks? Scroll down!

An Attempt to Class Up Our Folding Chairs

Patriotic Dividers

America Is In Our Hearts...

Honoring Our Vets

We Love Our Veterans

Hand Print Flags - So Creative!

More Hand Print Flags

Flags Flying. I dearest this pic because you lot tin meet our town's giant flag mural inward the background. It's painted on the side of our burn station.

Flags in addition to Pinwheels at the Entrance

Tiny Flags Along the Sidewalk... I dearest how these modest flags occupation upwardly amongst the giant flag that was constructed past times the town on the second-highest house inward town.

Goody Bags for the Veterans. These were filled amongst soft in addition to difficult peppermints every bit a modest token of our thankfulness for their service to this province in addition to to each in addition to everyone of us.

Each pocketbook was adorned amongst a tag that read, "Home of the Free Because of the Brave."
The tag was downloaded from here.