Veterans Day Ceremony Held at High School
by Ken Furstenau
In honor of our nation’s veterans Mead Public Schools hosted a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday November 11th. The ceremony, which was held at the high school, featured many fine performances by students from both the high school and the elementary school.
The ceremony opened with a brief speech by
Mead’s superintendent of schools Dr. Dale Rawson. His speech
featured a question and answer period with the Mead students on the
history of Veteran’s Day. Olivia Johnson then opened the
student portion of the program with a speech entitled "The Meaning
of Veterans Day." Mead students Julia Couch, Taylor Hannen,
Rachel Anderson, Emily Garcia, Stevie Kruger and Chelsea Musgrave
then performed an A cappella version of the National Anthem. The
National Anthem was followed by the first of two performances from
our elementary students. Led by music director Mistyn Kozisek who
accompanied the singers on the piano, students from the
kindergarten through the second grade sang the song “Thank a Vet.”
Later in the program elementary students from the third through the
sixth grade performed the song “Free Like Me.” While the elementary
students sang videos produced by Mead senior Krissy Johnson played
in the background. In addition to the musical performances, a
number of Mead students participated in the program. Mead sophomore
Brandon Morin gave a speech on the history of the 21 gun salute.
Brian Pearson, Katie Johnson, and Lindsey Pearson then led the
audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. And finally, sophomore
Lindsey Pearson talked about the contributions of people on the
“home front” during times of war.
To close the ceremony juniors Craig
Thilliander and Jake Virgl played a stirring rendition of “Taps” on
their trumpets. During the closing address which was presented by
Mead senior Brian Pearson, a moment was taken to honor the veterans
in attendance. In attendance was Paul Kennedy a Naval veteran and
grandfather of Mead students Krissy, Olivia, Victoria, and Sheldon
Johnson as well as Josie Parham. Also in attendance was Marine
veteran Jason Feltey who is the father of Mead students Jacob and
Jaden Feltey. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those
veterans that attended as well as all the member of the Mead
community who took time out of their day to attend the
ceremony.
