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Nov
5

Seminole Ridge High Honors Community Veterans

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Seminole Ridge High School will be hosting a Veterans Day program to honor our community Veterans.    When? November 9, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.  Where? Seminole Ridge Community High School (Gymnasium) – 4601 Seminole Pratt Whitney Rd., Loxahatchee, FL 33470.  The School District has a strong emphasis on civics education and involving the [...]

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Nov
1

Watson B. Duncan Middle Holds Twelfth Annual Veterans Day Program

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Watson B. Duncan Community Middle School is sponsoring its twelfth annual Veterans Day program on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 9:45 a.m. in the gymnasium. The purpose of this program is to acknowledge and thank veterans and active duty military personnel for serving our country. The program will last one hour. The Duncan chorus and band will [...]

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Nov
1

Students and School District Employees To Honor Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

In honor of Veterans Day, students and School District employees will be recognizing our nation’s distinguished veterans the week of November 5th.  The School District of Palm Beach County will be honoring our veterans in numerous and different ways.  Several schools are inviting veterans to attend ceremonies where they will be honored.  Some schools collect [...]

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Nov
8

Watson B. Duncan Middle School To Honor Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Watson B. Duncan Community Middle School is sponsoring its eleventh annual Veterans Day program on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. in the gymnasium. The purpose of this program is to acknowledge and thank veterans and “active duty military personnel” for serving our country. The program will last approximately seventy-five minutes. The Duncan chorus [...]

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May
23

Local Veteran Leader Recognized For Bringing Veteran’s Day Awareness To Students

Posted by: Bito David

Corporal Burt Richards, a local veteran leader, will receive the Community Courage Award in the Education Category at the American Red Cross Community Courage Awards Luncheon, a community-based event honoring “everyday heroes” whose actions have saved a life or averted a tragedy. Cpl. Burt Richards and the Jewish War Veterans (JMV) believed that the youth [...]

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Dec
20

Local Veterans Seeking Comrades For Palm Beach County Schools Speakers Bureau

Posted by: Nat Harrington

The Jewish War Veterans of Palm Beach County are holding their next meeting to recruit new members to The Veterans Speakers Forum. The Forum was recently created to provide a vehicle for veterans to give students their unique perspective on Veterans Day and military service. A number of veterans attended recent School Board Meetings, and [...]

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Nov
30

Jerry Thomas Elementary Honors Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Jerry Thomas Elementary held a memorable and moving Veterans Day program on November 11th to honor our men and women in uniform.  All the students and staff gathered in the bus loop to bear witness to the presentation of a flag that was flown over Syverson Base, Headquarters of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task [...]

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Nov
11

Local Veterans Visit UBKinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts For Veterans Day Celebration

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

UBKinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts students celebrated Veterans Day with a collaboration of arts performances. As more than a dozen veterans arrived on campus, they were met with a large welcome sign in the parking lot prepared by a third grade class. The program began with kindergarteners pledging allegiance to the flag with the [...]

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Nov
11

Jupiter High Marching Band Salutes Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Jupiter Community High School band members, the Marching Warriors, made cards for veterans at the VA hospital to honor them for Veteran’s Day.  The cards were presented to the veterans in an early celebration of Veteran’s Day.  The students also made a “Thank You” banner to hang permanently in the VA hospital. For more [...]

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Nov
11

Lighthouse Elementary Students Undertake Operation Sweet Tooth To Honor Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

On Veterans Day, students at Lighthouse Elementary in Jupiter will embark upon a mission to honor our Veterans, Operation Sweet Tooth.  Operation Sweet Tooth will provide candy and messages for our troops.  Students in Kara Levinson’s second grade class will collect candy and bag it.  Lighthouse Elementary students will write letters for the troops to [...]

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Nov
5

Timber Trace Elementary To Honor Veterans At Flag Raising Ceremony

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Timber Trace Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens will be honoring our Veterans on Thursday, November 11th at a flag raising ceremony at 8:30am in the front loop of the school.  The Color Guard from William T. Dwyer High School will present the flag along with the Timber Trace KKids (student leadership group).  Patriotic songs [...]

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Nov
4

Veteran And Military Historian Former Captain Bill Arcuri To Share His Experiences With Jupiter Farms Elementary Students

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

On November 11, 2010, intermediate students at Jupiter Farms Elementary will have a powerful reminder of the depth of sacrifice veterans have made for our country.  Local military historian, former Captain Bill Arcuri of the United States Air Force, will share his experiences as an Air Force pilot and a POW during the Vietnam War.  [...]

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Nov
1

Teachers, Administrators Announce Classroom Lessons, Schoolwide Veterans Day Activities Veteran’s Speaker’s Bureau Being Launched

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

As Veterans Day 2010 approaches on November 11, 2010,  the School Board and district administration have, again this year, created numerous educational experiences to ensure that students learn as much as possible about the contributions of American War Veterans. Administrators say they   have made it a high priority that students and staff focus on the significance [...]

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Oct
21

Watson B. Duncan Middle School Honors Veterans

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Watson B. Duncan Community Middle School is sponsoring its tenth annual Veterans Day program on Wednesday morning, November 10, 2010 at 9:45 in the gymnasium. The purpose of the program is to acknowledge and thank veterans and “active duty military personnel” for serving our country. The program will last approximately seventy-five minutes. The Duncan chorus [...]

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