Westland Elementary celebrated Veterans Day with its sixth annual parade and assembly honoring veterans in the community. Students with military guests accompanied them on a parade through the school halls while being applauded by the rest of the student body. The assembly featured a color guard from the University of Utah ROTC, patriotic speeches, poems written by students, and a medley of military songs. Veterans in attendance were each recognized for their service, including 100-year-old World War II veteran Frank Brown, who was recently honored at the Utah State Capitol along with 24 other centenarian veterans.
Westland is a Purple Star school, a designation awarded by the Military Child Education Coalition for the school’s program to support military-connected children who relocate to a new school due to a parent’s change in duty station.