From the Greatest Generation to the Latest Generation, Metz Elementary Supports Our Veterans!

On November 9th, Metz Elementary students welcomed over thirty local veterans to their campus to honor them and to hear the stories of their past. Organized by Jennifer Atkinson, 1st grade teacher at Metz, local area veterans and active-duty members of our military were invited to Metz’ Take a Veteran to School Day. Students completed research prior to the visit, and welcomed the veteran’s with full pomp and circumstance in a school-wide assembly. Valerie Galbraith, Principal of Metz Elementary, honored a veteran who is very special to her—her husband Billy Joe Galbraith.

Many children invited a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who is a veteran.

Each classroom received a special visit from at least one veteran who spoke to the individual classes and answered student questions.

The program “Take a Vet to School Day” is sponsored by the History Channel. http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=54799