California Area Elementary School honors veterans
Photos by MVI Staff Photographer Jeff Helsel
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California Area Elementary School hosted a Salute to Service Veterans Day program on Tuesday.
Kindergarten students Asher McCartney and Layla Wheeler display a sign during the welcome presentation.
California Area Elementary School student Phalon Spradley sings the national anthem during the school’s Salute to Service Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday afternoon.
Veteran John Gillen leans in to kiss his granddaughter, Macie Morich, as his grandson, Nolan Morich, joins them during the “Thank Our Heroes” presentation at California Area Elementary School’s Salute to Service Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday afternoon.
Fourth-grade students present poppies to veterans John Gillen, foreground left, and Sean Monahan, seated behind him, during a recitation of “In Flanders Fields.”
Kindergarten students lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
