Wisconsin School for the Deaf - The Wisconsin Times Vol. 133 No. 1 Fall 2011 | Page 6

We Will Never Forget!
Sunday morning September 11, 2011 greeted us all
with a beautiful sunrise and lingering of summer
memories, much like the weather of ten years ago.
However, this day will forever be unlike other fall
mornings. In preparation for that day, the entire WSD
student body held an outdoor morning assembly
on September 9th, in remembrance of the 10 year
anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks. The remembrance service opened with Master
of Ceremonies, Michelle Mickle explaining the
plans for the morning service. Bilingual/Bicultural
specialist, Karla Gunn lead the 5th graders in signing
of the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a tear jerking
performance of God Bless America conducted by Julie
Holma, teacher and sponsor of the Sign Song Dancers.

Even though many elementary students were not
yet born when the horrific events of September 11,
2001 occurred, they proudly participated in activities
honoring the memory of the heroes who lost their lives
that day. The fourth graders and the lower elementary
students presented ASL word poems describing the
heroes of September 11th. The preschool students
proudly wore the uniforms they made in class
honoring the firemen, policemen, and doctors that
helped everyone that day as they led the student body
to the Remembrance Tree for a remake photo. Joan
Armfield and Callie Davis saved the original red,
white and blue garland and stars used to decorate the
Remembrance Tree back in 2001. Other staff brought
lights to illuminate the tree at dusk.

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Teacher, Chris Woodfill, explained the details leading
up to September 11 and gave a summary of the events
of that day, along with large poster sized prints for
students to view. In addition, Linda Myrick had
just been to New York City this past summer and
brought back a selection of items from the Ground
Zero souvenir vendors. She offered them as prizes
for the quiz bowl game following Chris Woodfill’s
summary. Art Teacher, Susan Dupor revealed several
banners her classes prepared with the theme “Never
Forget”. During the planning stages of this event,
Karen Copeland, a middle school teacher, suggested
having a panel of staff retelling