Students and guests particpated in a patriotic program learning the history of Veterans Day, and celebrating Veterans. We had many Veterans who joined our program and were honored by being escorted by a student relative down a corridor of Cub Scouts from our school. Over 30 of our own scouts were standing in uniform showing respect for the Veterans. Each of the Veterans stood as their branch of the military was announced and all the students in the school sang the song, "Thank You Military" and "I'm Proud To Be An American". Throughout the rest of the day, you could hear children singing patriotic songs as you walked through the halls. Each class in the school was also visited by a Veteran who talked about their service for our country. From Santaquin Elementary, we would like to say THANK YOU to our Veterans! Veterans who participated were:
Bowdy Gonzales, father to Saber Gonzales - Army
Josh Nielsen, father to Parker NIelsen - USMC SGT
Braden Parish - Corporal USMC
Terry Jones, grandfather to McKinzee Marshall - Army Staff Sergeant
Dale Barnett, great grandfather to Bryan and Chrisian Degraw -Army Sergeant
Ernest Newton, grandfather to Owen Newton - Army E-4
William Jackson, father to Dayna Chatwin - USMC Corporal E-4
Chad Carson, father Cade and Layci Carsonto - Army SGT E5
Daniel Paas, uncle to Madeline, Timmy and Lily Gull - E9 Master Chief USN
Donald Paas, grandfather to Madeline, Timothy and Lily Gull -Sergeant Air Force
Lynn E Weight, grandfather to Hayden Weight - Speciales E5 US Army
Rhett Larsen, father to Jacob and Jameson Larsen - Captain Army
Phil Snelgrove, Neavy Seaman
Scott Fraser, father to Landon, Keaton, Camerson and Hayden Fraser - Sergeant Army
Don Ashcraft, grandfather to Mylee Villenuva - US Air Force Senior Master Sergant
Robert James, grandfather to Turner Larsen, Ellana Larsen and Brexton Larsen - MSGT Air Force, Navy, Army
Brian Johnson, father to Melissa and Matthew Johnson -US Navy
Quentin Francom grandfather to Rebecca Laker - Army Sergeant E5
Melissa Webster, Army Reserve
Deployed Veterans include:
Jeff Sonderegger
Colton Cruz
Samir Sayago
Tracy James