SUBMITTED PHOTO Students, Teachers and community VIPS pause for the Pledge of Allegiance
SUBMITTED PHOTO JWE Fifth Grade Student, Chloe Diaz greets Retired Navy Veteran, Capt. Lewis Smith, with a poppy.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Jim Byrne, Army Veteran, Retired, WISD Parent, Member VFW 6441
SUBMITTED PHOTO JWE 5th grade student Patrick White Nuñez is honored to meet a local Veteran.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Superintendent of Schools Dwain York Greets Visiting Veterans
SUBMITTED PHOTO VFW Post 6441 Commander, John Thompson, Guest Speaker
Wimberley ISD honors veterans on Veteran’s Day
It’s a special day at Wimberley Independent School District when young students lead the tribute to honored United States Veterans. Students performed and sang patriotic songs, including the National Anthem to thank the special visitors for their service to our country on Monday, Nov. 11, at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Wimberley High School Gymnasium.
“You can be a hero today,” VFW Post Commander, John Thompson told the students.
“If you see a new kid by themselves their first day of school, do you think they are uneasy or scared, does it take courage to go over and talk to that person, it does, doesn’t it? You may not be a hero to anybody else but you are a hero to that person. You can be a hero every day,” he added.
Thompson capped off the ceremony which included a tribute to WISD employees who served in the military. There are about a dozen Veterans working in the District.
Among the performances were the WHS Band, the choirs at Jacob’s Well Elementary School, Danforth Junior High School and WHS. A member of the WHS Texan Band performed Taps and students stopped over to meet and thank the Veterans as the ceremony concluded.