Middle school students honor fallen heroes

: Angel Crowfoot, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Auburn Middle School, reads cards filled with information about the 92 soldiers from Maine who have died since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Students researched each of the fallen soldiers and read what they discovered during a “Maine Week of Heroes” ceremony at the school. “We are honoring our heroes that have passed since 9-11,” said humanities teacher Diana Carson. The project started when students looked up the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. “We have been saying it each morning since kindergarten,” said Carson. The issue was raised that very few know what the words to the pledge meant, she said. Students were surprised at the number of soldiers who were single parents and how many joined the service to raise money for college, Carson said.

: Auburn Middle School students were assigned names of fallen Maine soldiers. “This puts a face with the numbers we read about,” said humanities teacher Diana Carson.

: Science teacher Nicole Melcher passes out American flags to Auburn Middle School eighth-graders during the fallen heroes ceremony.

: Aaron Perkins, 13, places an American flag in memory of Army specialist Daniel Cunningham of Lewiston during a Maine fallen heroes ceremony at Auburn Middle School on Friday. Students researched each of the 92 soldiers from Maine who have died since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. They read what they discovered before placing the card of information and a flag for each fallen soldier on the school’s front lawn. “We are honoring our heroes that have passed since 9-11,” said humanities teacher Diana Carson. The project started when students looked up the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. “We have been saying it each morning since kindergarten,” said Carson. The issue was raised that very few know what the words to the pledge meant, said Carson. Students were surprised at the number of soldiers who were single parents and how many joined the service to raise money for college, said Carson. Cunningham died on April 4, 2003, while serving in the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

: Students sing “America the Beautiful” as music teacher Jason Paquette plays the guitar during the fallen heroes ceremony.

: Eighth-grade students left an American flag and a note card of information for each of the 92 soldiers from Maine who have died since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

: Students gather in a small group to read what they learned about fallen Maine soldiers.

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