Veterans Day assembly at California High School

The bleachers are filled with students at the CHS Veterans Day Assembly.
The bleachers are filled with students at the CHS Veterans Day Assembly.

On Friday, Nov. 11, the California High School Veterans Day Assembly began with the national anthem performed by the Sounds of Joy directed by Michele Bilyeu.

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Two of the Mayor of Whoville's 96 daughters get ready for school in Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who.

The events were introduced by Jared Kendrick followed by a ceremonial folding of the United States flag by Katelyn Allison and Leo Lutz.

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Michael X (Peter De Jersey) has aspirations to become a blackmailer in The Bank Job.

Each year, the California High School speech class students participate in the Wyman S. Basinger Post 35 VFW speech contest. Since there are usually too many entries for judging to be completed by Nov. 11, the essay of Nathan Thibon was chosen to be read for the occasion.

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Midnight (Jonathan Haagensen, center) is a crime boss in a downtrodden Rio de Janeiro neighborhood in City of Men.

For more of this story check out the Nov. 16 issue of the California Democrat.