School District of Washington

Clearview Elementary Veterans Day Assembly

Posted on 11/10/2022

Clearview Elementary School held its annual Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, November 9.

Students and staff filled the Clearview gymnasium, and were joined by a number of veterans from the area.

Breakfast was served to the Veterans prior to the assembly.

Clearview Principal Dr. Matt Busekrus served as Master of Ceremonies. Clearview students participated in the ceremony by singing songs, including the “Salute to the Services” song.

Clearview students Bristol Epperson, Shelby Scott and Brynn McCormack wrote and read essays each of them prepared about Veterans Day.

The featured speaker was Dan Busekrus, US Army Retired, father of Clearview Principal Dr. Matt Busekrus. Busekrus demonstrated and discussed the folds of the flag and their meaning. Students from the Clearview ambassador sixth-grade team, Quinn Guss and Sam Freese, participated in folding the flag.

At the end of the ceremony, students lined up to shake hands with all of the Veterans.

Photos from Clearview Elementary’s Veterans Day Program are below.