Veterans Day program is Nov. 11 at Pearl Street gym

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

Each year students from Pine Street 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.”

A VFW Teacher of the Year will also be announced in which one teacher from Wayland Union Schools is recognized for contribution to education.

The Pine Street Elementary Gym is located across from the school on Pearl Street in Wayland. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited.