Many EVSC schools will host Veteran’s Day assemblies on Friday, Nov. 8, to honor local veterans. Below is a list of programs that will be conducted in EVSC schools.
- North Junior High School, 8 a.m. – North Jr. High will celebrate Veteran’s Day with special guests Gina Moore and the Veteran’s Memorial Unit.
- Scott School, 8:40 a.m. and 9:22 a.m. – Parents are invited to attend to hear music performed by the choir and veterans in the audience will be recognized.
- Central High School, 9 a.m. – Guest speaker will be Stephen Melcher, Vanderburgh County Commissioner and U.S. Army Veteran. Central choir will sing and the band will play. There also will be a special honor guard tribute to all Veterans who have served in the Armed Forces. There also will be a tribute with the Unkown Soldier Flag and Wreath. Veterans from military organizations in the area were invited to the program.
- Cynthia Heights, 9 a.m. – The school will honor Veteran’s Day from the parent’s point of view this year and have Amos Morris, director of Mesker Park Zoo, speak as the father of a son who is serving in the Air Force and Kittye Kuester, teacher at Cynthia Heights as a mother of a son serving in the Navy. A Marine Color Guard will also perform.
- Reitz High School, 9:15 a.m. – Reception for Major General Richard Mustion, veterans and guests in cafeteria. All-School assembly at 10 a.m. MG Mustion will be the guest speaker at the assembly. Special music provided by the Reitz band. At the close, Mustion will be recognized as an honorary Reitz Panther.
- New Tech Institute, 9:30-11 a.m. – Students at New Tech, which centers its curriculum around Project Based Learning, will take this opportunity to interview approximately 20 combat veterans in Assembly Hall at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center. Vets from nearly all foreign wars, including a WWII veteran, plan to be in attendance. Most are relatives of New Tech students. Following the interview session, the 9th grade US History students will honor the veterans at a luncheon. The event is funded through a grant from the Public Education Fund and the Love Foundation.
- Lincoln School, 12:45 p.m. – Central High School JROTC will help Lincoln honor and recognize Veterans.
- Helfrich Park STEM Academy, 1:15 p.m. – Helfrich Park will have a reception for veterans visiting the school and at 1:50 p.m., an assembly is planned to introduce guest veterans, sing songs, view a PowerPoint and hear readings from VFW Patriot Essay submissions.
- Harper Elementary School, 1:20 p.m. – Harper students will gather and sing patriotic songs, led by fifth grade students and the school choir, and recognize family members who have served in one of the military branches.
