Across the Queen Creek Unified School District (QCUSD), students and staff will be honoring the dedication and sacrifice of our veterans this week. These special events include assemblies, musical performances and parades.
This is how each QCUSD school will be honoring Veterans Day:
Desert Mountain Elementary will host an outdoor assembly on Wednesday, Nov. 9, featuring veterans and a music performance.
Frances Brandon Pickett Elementary will have a Veterans Day assembly during the day and night on Thursday, Nov. 10 to honor those who serve. The school choir will be performing at the concert and classes will be making signs and cards for those that served. Veterans will be invited to attend.
Gateway Polytechnic Academy will host a special assembly in the gym with fourth graders performing for invited veterans. They will then transition to the cafeteria for a breakfast sponsored by the school’s PTO.
Jack Barnes Elementary will host a Veterans Day concert on Thursday, Nov. 10. It will include a picture slideshow of staff, families of students singing and families of staff who served in the armed forces. Those in the audience who are veterans will receive a small token of appreciation.
Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary will have a Veterans Day assembly on Thursday, Nov. 10. The assembly celebrating veterans involves all KMBE students. Veterans from KMBE’s families and community will attend a breakfast with students in the library after the assembly.
Queen Creek Elementary will also have a Veterans Day assembly on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 10. The QCE choir will be singing a song, as will the entire school. QCE will serve breakfast to veterans after the assembly.
Schnepf Elementary will host a Veterans Day assembly on Wednesday, Nov. 9. All students will be involved with songs and artwork. The school will be flying a World War II USS Arizona Memorial flag from Pearl Harbor during the month of November on campus. Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder will also be speaking to fourth through sixth grade students later in the month on Nov. 21.
Silver Valley Elementary fourth graders will perform a Veterans Day performance, with breakfast served afterward. Students will make and hand out “thank you” cards as the veterans arrive.
Newell Barney Junior High Veteran’s Day ceremony will be on Thursday morning, Nov. 10. NBJH will invite veterans from students' families and the community to attend a breakfast served in the library. Each veteran will receive a shirt and a certificate. A wall with all the veterans' names, information and pictures will be set up. This all takes place in front of the school.
Queen Creek Junior High will be writing letters to a deployed unit of a former teacher, along with sending wristbands. The school will be placing small flags in front of the school. All students will gather in front of the school for the flag ceremony and the pledge.
Crismon High School will recognize all veterans/staff members with a slide show of their service with pictures streaming on all large TVs and marquees. They will showcase the slideshow throughout the week. Students and staff will wear red, white and blue on spirit day Wednesday, Nov. 9 and will also place multiple flags throughout campus.
Eastmark High School will be hosting a luncheon before the football game for all Eastmark High, Gateway Polytechnic Academy and Silver Valley Elementary veterans on Friday, Nov. 11. EHS will recognize veterans at halftime, with one veteran doing the coin toss.
