Pine Street students to help honor local veterans Nov. 11

Pine Street fifth- and sixth-graders will help honor local veterans at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at in the Pine Street Elementary School gym.

Each year, Pine Street students help decorate the VFW hall in Wayland the morning of the ceremony.  Students write letters of thanks to the veterans and read them during the luncheon at the VFW that follows the program.

During the ceremony, students are selected to help escort the colors in the Grand Entrance of Armed Forces and greet guests.  One sixth-grader will be chosen to recite the poem In Flanders Field.  The sixth grade choir will perform and a high school band student will play Taps.

The keynote speaker will be State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker.

The Pine Street Elementary gym is located across from the school on Pearl Street in Wayland. Doors will open at 9:30am. The public is invited to attend the ceremony.