Manatee and Sarasota Veterans, Public Invited To McIntosh Middle Program
McIntosh Middle School is hosting its annual Salute To Veterans assembly on Friday.
McIntosh Middle School world history teacher Jill Rothenberg's challenge has been the same for more than a decade—make sure her students know and thank veterans. But before they could do that, some of the sixth and seventh graders she teaches had to first learn what a veteran is. "Most children didn't know who a veteran was, and most kids did not know the names of the five branches of service," Rothenberg tells Patch. Since 2000, Rothenberg has organized a large Veterans Day program at the school to put the faces of veterans in the community front and center so the kids can see the veterans who are living in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Veterans from Sarasota and Manatee counties are invited to participate at the program scheduled to …
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