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9/11 Lessons: What Area Schools Are Doing to Commemorate, Teach
District 300 provides examples of what its schools are doing to remember and teach students about 9/11.
Today at , teachers will recognize the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by sharing a PowerPoint that highlights various 9/11 memorials.
Westfield's Principal Bill Doran will also read a 9/11 reflection over the school's PA system and play "God Bless America," according to a District 300 press release.
In one fourth grade classroom at , teacher Mary Kartheiser will be talking about the heroism of the firefighters. Students will then make a chain-link.
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Each student will get a red, white and blue link and will write on the links: 1) how they can help others in need, 2) how someone has helped them and 3) how they will remember those affected by 9/11.
The links will be combined and will hang in the hallways at
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These are two examples of how District 300 schools will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11. For more examples, visit the District 300 press release.
And let us know in the comments section below what is happening today at your, or your child's, school to remember and learn more about 9/11.
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