{"id":6556,"date":"2017-04-25T07:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2017-04-25T07:14:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:14:10","slug":"green-run-elementary-celebrates-military-connected-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/green-run-elementary-celebrates-military-connected-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Run Elementary celebrates military-connected students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Their names were called one by one, though this was no ordinary roll call. At Green Run Elementary School\u2019s third annual Month of the Military Child celebration, students and staff were recognizing special honorees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 85 students in our school who are military-connected,\u201d said Rebecca Pierre-Louis, school counselor. \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty big chunk of our student body. So, we want them to know that they are supported.\u201d<\/p>\n

April is the Month of the Military Child. It was established by former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger in 1986 to underscore the important role children play in the Armed Forces community.<\/p>\n

The celebration\u2019s guest speaker told students he had a lot in common with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like you, I grew up right here in Virginia Beach,\u201d said Captain Chad Vincelette, executive officer, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana. \u201cI used to look up when the old F-14s flew by and say that I was going to fly one of those, and I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincellette shared that his father was in the Navy and he knows what it\u2019s like to have a parent deployed for months.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m proud of you and how brave you are. To keep your focus while a parent, sometimes both parents are gone, is commendable. And to you parents who are left behind, I salute you for the job that you do.\u201d<\/p>\n

And though a lot of military-connected students face separation from a parent, they appreciate the service.<\/p>\n

Carissa Volmer, a fifth-grade student, says that she wants to follow in her father\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father and step-mom are both in the Navy. I\u2019m proud of my dad because he\u2019s a master chief and he got really far. I want to work in the Navy like he did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second-grade student Isa Martinez admires her father and an aunt who serves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad and aunt are in the military. Dad\u2019s in the Navy and my aunt is in the Air Force. I\u2019m proud of my aunt. She\u2019s very supportive of her coworkers and she\u2019s very helpful at work. I\u2019m proud of my dad because he has worked in the Navy for 18 years.<\/p>\n

The students received certificates as a reminder that the entire school stands behind them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe know that it\u2019s difficult having one, perhaps two parents, deployed or on-duty and fulfilling different obligations to the military that could pull them out for days or weeks or months on end,\u201d said Pierre-Louis. \u201cWe just want them to know they have that support here at school from our entire staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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