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Memorial Day Assembly - May 23rd
At our Memorial Day Assembly, two members of the SUES family
were honored for their military careers - Mr. Ryan and Mr.
Palermo.
Mr. Ryan, RN - currently one our school nurses here at the
Upper Elementary School, was a 1st Lieutenant in the United
States Air Force and served in Vietnam in the 27th Air
Evacuation Unit. This unit was responsible for stabilizing the
wounded and evacuating these soldiers to more advanced medical
facilities in Europe and the United States.
Mr. Palermo - currently a 5th Grade Science & Social Studies
teacher, was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army
and after a tour of duty was transferred to the Army reserve.
In total, Mr. Palermo had 20 years of service and retired with
the rank of Major. During his years in the Army, he was
stationed in North Carolina, Virginia, Greenland, South East
Asia, Kentucky and New Jersey.
On January
10, 2008 the SUES was visited by a soldier, Lt. Edward Marion.
Last year the students in Mrs. O'Keefe's, Ms. Shortis' and
Mrs. Brady's classes wrote letters to Lt. Marion and other
servicemen. Theses classes also helped coordinate the
Soldier Drive which collected and sent many boxes of supplies
to soldier stationed overseas. Lt. Marion came to the
SUES with his mother while he was home on leave to say thanks
and to meet the students from our school.
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