Students at Graniteville Elementary put honor, the school's character education word for November, into action Monday.
During the new school's first Veterans Day programs for lower and upper grades, students recognized veterans from all branches of the U.S. military for their service to their country. The student-centered programs in the cafeteria also were the renovated school's first assemblies.
“I know how you've talked about how you can show honor, and today, this program is about honoring our veterans. Welcome to your guests and families. I hope you feel honored when you leave today,” Principal Michelle Padgett said during the first assembly for grades 4K-2.
Assistant Principal Clyde Jobes, a veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 1997, spoke to the students.
“When you're a veteran, just like in school, you have a group of people who work as a team to help defend and serve our country,” said Jobes, who was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado and was deployed as part of a humanitarian mission to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from 1994 to 1995.