001Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. It's happy. [music] A [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Hi with my students. I should be seeing perfect examples of pause behavior for our assembly. >> Thank you. That's exactly what I'm seeing now. On behalf of our entire school community, I want to extend a heartfelt welcome to our veterans and active service members who are here with us today. We are deeply grateful for your courage, your sacrifice, and your commitment to protecting our freedoms. Today, our students and staff come together to honor you, to say thank you for all you have given and continue to give to our country. We are proud to have you here with us, and we hope you feel the appreciation and respect that fills this room. Students,
002let's begin this assembly by showing our gratitude with a big round of applause for all of our values. [applause] >> [applause] [applause] >> At this at this time, please stand for our pledge of allegiance led by Mr. Riza. I pledge of allegiance to the flag. Thank you. >> Please remain standing. At this time, our chorus will be singing the Star Spangle Banner. Please put your hand on your heart. [music] Oh, [music] can you see by the dawn [singing] early [music] life so proudly we [music] bright [music] stars through the of this life. [music] For the red parts we [singing] watch [music] gall and the rockets [music] were sinking [music] gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh s our faithful way for the land [music] of the free and the home
003[music] of the bra. >> [applause] >> Thank you to the chorus and the soft. Please remain standing as we hear a rendition of Caps by fifth grader Tyler Freeman. You may be seated. Thank you, Dr. P, and our students for welcoming our veterans to this program here at Kendallwood Lake Elementary School. My name is Miss Robersonson and I'll be one of your MC's for today along with our third through fifth grade music teacher, Mrs. Goff. Today is a special day to honor the brave men and women who served and continue to serve in our our country in the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force. We gather to welcome veteran family members from the CLES community into our school so that we have the opportunity to thank you for your service. Now,
004>> is this on? >> Now, to talk a little bit about the guests that we do have here today. Our veterans visiting have served in the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force. Now, we are going to have just a quick little trivia to get started to see what you think about our veterans here. We're going to talk about which branch of the military did most of our veterans serve that are up here. Students, raise your hand if you think most of our veterans up here served in the Army. Hands down. What about the Navy or Marines or Coast Guard or Air Force or Space Force? >> All right, let's get a few facts up here. But before we do that, I have one other question. How many total years if we added up
005all the years that these amazing people served? How many years do you think it would total to? H how many I'm looking for a number. How many do you >> 1,000 years? I don't know. Could be close to that. How many years do you think? >> 2,000. >> That's That's a lot of years. What do you think? >> 4,000. All right. Well, we're about to find out. [clears throat] So, here is our graph. On the side, we have many of our veterans here have served in the army. Some have served in the Air Force, Marines, Navy. We don't have anybody here for Coast Guard or Space Force as long as long as my numbers were correct. But we're going to give a hand for each of them in just a few minutes. If you [laughter]
006added up the total year surge of our veteran visitors, it would be 149 years. Can we get a round of applause for our veterans, please? [applause] Now we are going to recognize each branch of the military by recognizing them in song. Miss Goff and her chorus are going to be singing the uh armed forces medley. Veterans, when you hear the song that goes with your branch, if you please stand to be recognized. >> [music] [music] >> First fight [music and singing] for the right and defend the nation's mind and the army [singing] [music] of all we have done fight and the army was [music] along for his By day, the arm is on it way. [music] Count the sun. 2 3 4 You always know that [music] the army goes along. [music] >> [music] >>
007We're always ready for the call. [singing] We place our trust in [music] the valley and shin [music] to win the victory. And [music] is our guide our pledge of [music] we're [singing] always ready to die [music] for you. [music] We [singing] go a wild wonder [music] to the sun. Here he [music and singing] comes. We are wonderful. [music] We live for nothing. [music] [music] >> [singing] >> away our noise away. [music] Farwell to glor and break of day [music] through your heart [music] to the [music] we wish you a happy voice. From [music] [music] the hall of the shores [music and singing] of we will fight our [music] country's battle in the air on land and sea. First and freom [music] and to keep our earth. [music] We are proud to claim the [singing] title
008[music] of United. [music] >> [music] >> Where [music] the light wash beyond the blue [music] invisible from wider bra and true [music] only reaching face. There's no [music] limit to our side. Standing off the light and [music] day where the space from the high [music] [applause] Thank you again to Miss Goth and our cub chorus. Let's get another round of applause for our veterans here today in the Army. [applause] Let's give a round of applause for our veterans from the Marines. [applause] Let's give a round of applause for our veterans from the Navy [applause] and the Air Force [applause] and the Coast Guard. And let's do a big round of applause for our space force. [applause] And I do quickly want to recognize because it didn't make it in my graph, our our Coast Guard
009member. Thank you, Mr. Mitchell. All right. At this time, I ask that first grade stand to sing their song for you today. Thankful for the USA. My daddy. >> [music] >> for the USA. Oh, for the USA. Oh, [music] thankful for the [music] USA. >> [music] >> We are thankful as for our land of liberty. Heat. Heat. [music] [singing] [music] USA. [music] [singing] [screaming] [music] We [music] are the [singing] evil fight. Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music and singing] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. [music] HEAT. [applause] OH, make sure we're showing our paws. Nice work, first graders. So, I thought it might be fun for us to introduce our some of our veterans that are here with us today. And before we do, sorry, do you want me
010to Oh, nice and loud. >> Perfect. Before we do, we are going to go over something we're going to do today. When we get done introducing a row of veterans, it is always polite and kind and correct to thank them for their service. So, when we get done with the row, what are we going to do, Miss Robson? >> Thank you for your service. Can you say that with me? >> Thank you for your service. >> You did a very nice job, Kendall Lake. So, when we get to the end of a row of veterans, you know what to do, right? >> Good morning. Thank you, Dr. P, and the rest of the uh staff here. And great job, children. We really appreciate it. To my fellow veterans here, thank you for your service. Uh
011I was in during the Vietnam conflict. My name is Robert Oor and I'm a sergeant in the Army. When I was drafted, which means that I was asked to join the army, I didn't volunteer initially. I was drafted into the army and I was asked what I would like to do. I said, "I'd like to become a military police officer, a lot like Jay over there." And uh they said, "Okay." And they wrote it down and we had a physical and they cut all their hair off and they said, "Uh, okay. you, you, you, and you are all going to be truck drivers. So that's the way things worked. And we were then going to go to Fort Poke, Louisiana for jungle training. And the night before we were supposed to leave, I was called
012out with a bunch of other people in my company. And they said, "You guys are going to Germany tomorrow." So I would consider myself very lucky. I spent the next two years in Germany driving a truck all over the place. And uh when I got out, I was an E5 sergeant. Uh I'm here with my granddaughter, Bella Oor. And again, thank you very much for this opportunity. Thank you. And thank you again to all the students and the staff. This is really, really touching. Um I'm here with my grandson, Declan. Um I know he gets a big throw out of me showing up here with him. My name is Brendan Dooy. I was a captain in the US Army aviation, which means I was a helicopter and I was a helicopter pilot in Operation Desert
013Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Thank you again. [applause] Hey everybody, I'm Jim Mitchell. I am the lone coasty here today. Um, I was stationed at the ceremonial honor guard in Alexandria, Virginia, where I worked at Arlington National Cemetery and then I was a military police officer in Baltimore. This is my daughter Maline. You guys probably know her. [applause] >> Good morning everyone. My name is Joseph Tersani. I was in the Army 101st Airborne Division Infantry from 1998 to 2002. And I'm here with my two boys, Joey and Jack. And thank you for this beautiful ceremony today. [applause] Good morning everybody. My name is Jay Belchure. I was in the Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011. And I am here with my daughter Austin and my son Chase. Thank you. [applause] >> Good morning. I'm Bob
014Tate. I'm here with my granddaughter Rosie. I was in the US Navy. I was a CV uh from 1979 to 1984. So that's 5 years. uh stationed at uh Charleston uh naval base and uh the northern tip of uh Scotland which was a uh communications [clears throat] space. [applause] Good morning. My name is Joe Tanel and uh I was a member of a New Jersey outfit in the army called the Essex Troop. And I'm proud to say uh I was a sergeant. My my father served in World War II as a captain. And uh I drove many tanks, but today I have many thanks to my grandson Sebastian for inviting me here. [applause] >> Good morning. My name is Senior Chief Ross. I'm stationed in Naval Health Clinic, New England, which is in Saratoga Springs,
015New York. And I'm here with my niece, Quinn Peters. Thank you. >> [applause] >> I'm Bill Height and I'm here with my grandson, >> Victor. And I proud I was in the army and I served in South Korea. [applause] >> Now, we remember we just got done with the row. You know what we're going to do? Ready? Thank you for your service. We are going to do one more row of veterans before second grade second second grade will be performing. So I'm going to start right here in this. >> Hi everyone. Uh my name is Patrick Lapen. I was a master at arms in the United States Navy, which is just what the Navy calls it, military police officers. Uh, thank you very much for having us. I'm here with my daughter, Grace. Thank you.
016[applause] >> Good morning. My name is Rick Olivier. I'm here with my uh niece and nephew, Oliver Delaney. I was in the infantry in the army for from 2002 to 2010. Thank you. [applause] >> Hi, my name is Ron Coberg. This is my granddaughter, Callie. I was in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970, and we went up and down rivers in a little boat looking for bad guys. Thank you. Hey, good morning everyone. My name is Pat McGold. I'm here with Caleb McGoldri from Mr. Rochio's class and James McGold from Miss Meyer's class. I was in the Army from 2001 to 2010 and did two tours in Iraq. [applause] Good morning everyone. I'm Natalie Cuturis. I'm here with my niece Katie Cohen. Um I got 15 years Army Reserve. I'm currently serving as a first sergeant
017in U 411 right next door in Denver. Thank you. [applause] Hi. [clears throat] Uh, my name is Alan Maddie and I'm here with my grandson Miles Cole. I was in the Navy from 1964 to 1970. I was a radio operator and I served uh one tour duty in Vietnam and later on I enlisted in the Marine Corps reserve and uh served there for 5 years. I'd like to thank you all for inviting this uh veterans here to be with you today. >> [applause] >> Thanks for having us out today. This has been great this evening. Uh I'm Tim Rezac. I retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Air Force. I'm here with Ashton, my son. He's in fourth grade. And uh I flew supersonic bombers and stealth bombers and did long tour in Afghanistan. Thank
018you. [applause] Okay, everybody repeat after me. Thank you for your service. >> At this time, I will please ask second grade to stand for their song, My America. >> [music] >> Mountain [music] we >> [music and singing] >> shining my King of graphing [music] [music] [singing] [music] >> [music] >> I will that we [music] are. [applause] Thank you so much, Miss Robersonson in second grade. At this time, we are going to show our paws. Oh, showing our paws and we're going to introduce our final sort of two rows of veterans. >> Good morning. Thank you for having us. My name is Camela Paracio. I'm grandma to Elliot and Zoe Paracio. I served in the US Navy from 1981 to 1983 in Sicily. >> Good morning. I'm Dennis Baraku. I'm here with Eli and Zoe. I
019served in the Navy from 1886 in NAS Siganella, Sicily, where I met and married Kevin. [applause] Uh, thank you all. This is my third year being here. My name is Jim Hertell. I spent three years in the army from 66 to 67 to 68 here in Vietnam. I was an aircraft. Spent a lot of time helicopters. I'm here today with my son Brandon who's in the bleachers and to my right right and for the third year in a row. [snorts] Thank you. >> [applause] >> Good morning. My name is Chris Horberg. I'm here with my daughter Abby. I served in the US Army from 2005 to 2013 as a military police officer. [applause] Good morning. My name is Wayne Mallister. I'm here with Navy Broad. Not only not only am I a veteran of the
020Air Force uh service in Vietnam in 72 and 73, I'm a veteran of attending this event previously with for my my fourth year previously here with Addison National. [applause] Um, I was I was a Marine in Vietnam. Um, and my son served as a Marine. So, we are four generations of the military and there is another generation coming. So, we will see. But, thank you very much. [applause] My name is Matt Kamrada. I'm here with my son, Isaac Kenrada. I served in the United States Marine Corps 2008 2012. [applause] Good morning. My name is Michael Strahansky. I'm here with my son Robbie. Uh, I just want to say I served in the uh, United States Marine Corps and um, I really appreciate all we all really appreciate what you the staff and the schools uh,
021put together here this morning. Thank you very much. [applause] >> Hi, I'm James Carzinski. I'm here with Maggie and Theo Vicki. I served in the Air Force. I worked on Air Force One and airplanes as crew chief. And uh I think it's really cool that you guys do this every year. So uh I look forward to coming back next year. Thank you. [applause] >> My name is Sergeant James Hoffman and I'm here with Brookie and I'm a Vietnam veteran 64 to 68 uh forward air controller and crew chief. [applause] Good morning. My name is uh Mike Ginsburg. These are my sons, Rudy and Randall. >> Randall. And I was in the Navy from 98 to 2002. And then I was in the Army from 2003 to 2007 surveying Iraq. Thank you very much, guys. We
022really appreciate this. [applause] >> All right. And it seems as though I forgot we had two rows there. What do we need to say to our last two rows of veterans? Thanks. [cheering] All right, I'm going to hand it off to Miss Goff. Now, at this time, we will include our fourth and our fourth grade students singing the song 50 Nifty United States. After their song, you will be receiving directions on how we will say goodbye to our veterans and more greatly >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] in the face. Each individual [music] contrib [music] to every state in the [music] USA. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Yeah. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music]
023Heat. Heat. [music] original [music] [singing] one by one to every >> [applause] >> showing our applause. Thank all for being such a great audience today and for celebrating our veterans on this special day. We would like to thank a few special people who made this event possible. the CLES PTO for providing refreshments to the veterans and their guests. Mr. Julio and the CLES custodial team. Can we give them a hand? [applause] Next people we we thank is Mr. Dustin and Mr. Seth and our IT team for live streaming. >> [applause] >> to our amazing administrative team, Dr. Dr. Ruth, Miss Gordon for all of their help and support getting to this day. [applause] To Miss Erica and Miss Bennett for making all of those visitor badges [cheering] to Mrs. Hol and Miss Quam and Miss
024Dana Savage are amazing secretaries in the office. They are amazing administrative assistants and they have been helpful receiving phone calls and fielding questions. Thank you [applause] >> to all of our wonderful classroom teachers and career professionals. We couldn't without you. [applause] and to our students for their hard work and their wonderful performances and respect on this important day. [applause] And last but not least, we would like to give another thank you to our veterans for not only visiting us here at CLES today, but for their service to our country. Repeat after me. Thank you for your service. Let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] We will now sing goodbye to our veterans by repeating the first two verses of This Land Is Your Land. At this time, please stand and face your teachers
025and be ready to sing. [music] >> [music] >> This is my California. This land will take you and me. [music] As I was walking [singing] there in the [music] highway, I saw me that end at the sky. I saw [music] me that golden valley. This land was made for you [music] and me. This land is your land. [singing] This land is [music] my land from California. to the pirate forest to the stream. [music and singing] This land was made for you and me. As I was walking [singing] [music] through a little highway, I saw above me that endless [music] sky. I saw you ling this land. [music] This land is your land. This land is [music] my land from California to New York Island. Forever [music] forest to Gream [singing] waters. This land [music] was
026made for you and me. This land is your land. [music and singing] You and me. [music and singing] This land is my land. From California [music] to the New York [singing] Island. From the Redwood Forest to the Gulfream. [singing] [music] This land you and me. As I was [singing] walking through the highway, I saw [singing] a [music] pain that endless highway. I saw you [music] that hold it valley. This land was made you and me. [music] This land is your land. His land is my from California [music] to the New York Island. From the Redwood [singing] Forest to the Gulf Stream waters, [music] this land was made for you and [singing] me. As I was walking the ribbon [music] of highway, I saw [singing] above me that endless skyway. I saw below [music and singing]
027me that golden valley. This land was made [music] for you and me. This land [singing] is your land. This [music] land is my land. From California [singing] to the New York Island. From the [music] redwood forest to the Gulfream waters, [singing] this land [music] was made for you and me. >> This land was made for you and [music] you. My church.