McKinley Elementary School students enjoy two Veteran’s Day assemblies and a first-grade visitation to Eagle Lake Village on Friday, Nov. 9. Fifth-graders displayed different American flags and narrated their history. Katrece Lightsey is shown holding the current U.S. flag. Sixth-graders Aaron Bowman and Jesse Ramirez participate in a flag folding demonstration. Guest veterans on stage listen as Dennis Sutton speaks to the students. Veteran Fred Metz performs “Taps” at the upper grade assembly. McKinley School Principal Ken Bishop reads a patriotic poem to students during the assembly. The first-grade classes of Maria Mankins, Diana Lindstrom and Heidi Steen performed patriotic songs at Eagle Lake Village. The students are Maiti Nielson, left, Ashlyn Dewitt, Austin Brown, Allen Warmoth, Miles Welker, Morgan Woods and Kelly Purvis. Primary grade students wave their flags as they sing “You’re a Grand Ole Flag.” Diamond View School seventh-grader Aaron Pudlicki performs “Taps” at the primary grade assembly.
