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Neighbors | Zack Shively.Robinwood Lane Elementary School performed a number of patriotic songs for Veterans Day on Nov. 10. The concert featured the school's fourth-grade students.
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Neighbors | Submitted.Staff Sergeant Dan Reents celebrated Veterans Day with his two sons, Caleb Reents and Cole Reents, at Robinwood Lane Elementary. The school invited any veterans from the community to their school to see the fourth grade perform their Veterans Day concert.
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Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fourth-graders' music teacher, Robert Pavalko, taught the students the songs and movements. He spoke a couple times during the performance and had the students introduce songs and give Veterans Day history.
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Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fourth-grade Robinwood Elementary School students sang "This Land is Your Land" during their Veterans Day concert. The students practiced in the school and at home with the use of Google Docs.
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Neighbors | Zack Shively.Robinwood Lane Elementary fourth-grade students lined the hallways after their concert to clap and cheer for the veterans that came to their concert. The school hosted the event to honor the veterans.
By ZACK SHIVELY
Fourth-grade students at Robinwood Lane Elementary performed a patriotic concert in their cafeteria on Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day.
The school invited parents of the students and veterans in the community to the event. The rest of the school came to the cafeteria and sat and watched the performance.
“We try to create and understanding of the history of the nation and those who have fought for our freedoms,“ said principal Donald Robinson. He also said that having the veterans there shows the students the people who made our country stay free.
Music teacher Robert Pavalko prepared the students for the event by giving them access to Google Docs with the music in them. They occasionally had extra music classes for the event. He also spent portions of classes talking to them about veterans and Veterans Day.
The concert opened with “The Star Spangled Banner.“ Students came up to the microphone throughout the performance to read introductions to songs or give history on Veterans Day.
The group sang “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee“ by Samuel Francis Smith and “This Land is Your Land“ by Woody Guthrie. Pavalko played a video from YouTube following those songs. The video commemorated and thanked our veterans for their service.
Pavalko ended the event with “Proud of Our Veterans“ and “Thankful for the U.S.A.“ After the concert ended, the fourth-graders lined the hallway toward the exit and clapped for the veterans as the exited the building.