Schools honor veterans
Sandpoint High School hosted a Veterans Day Assembly with hundreds of students in the audience, many holding handmade signs to honor veterans.
[Photo by EVIE SEABERG]
The Sandpoint High School choir performed the national anthem prior to a speech given during their event to honor veterans.
SANDPOINT — Students across Lake Pend Oreille School District found diverse ways to honor veterans and recognize the gravity of their sacrifice this week.
At Sandpoint High School, hundreds of students filed into the gym with handmade posters to honor veterans. The school choir performed the national anthem prior to a speech from retired Marine Sgt. Cody Alford, who motivated students to rise above their fears of how they are perceived so that they can work toward bigger dreams.
“Adversity could be the one thing that transforms your life,” he told the audience.
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