Cascade High School invites community to attend Veterans Day Assembly

LEAVENWORTH – Every year, Cascade High School (CHS) organizes a Veterans Day Assembly for students, veterans, and active-duty service members. This year, it's inviting the entire community to join the celebration and honoring of its local service members on Nov. 8, at 10:20 a.m.

“I think it's a really important assembly to take part in for the community, and I'm excited that other people get the opportunity to honor service members and veterans in our community,” said CHS Leadership teacher Roselyn Robison.

The assembly will feature live music from the CHS Choir, a performance by the American Sign Language (ASL) class, and a keynote speech by Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillan. 

“I hope they enjoy the assembly. All of us are working hard to make sure that everyone enjoys it and everyone finds it a good experience,” said CHS student Nayeli Madrigal-Williams.

The assembly was organized by 12th graders Madrigal-Williams and Maralys Fonseca in Robison’s Leadership class. According to Robison, the students spent over two months working on the event.

“You have to put in a lot of work and dedication to make it look good and to make it look professional, because [with] assemblies, there's so many factors…It has to be super structured, and everything's planned down to a T,” said Madrigal-Williams. 

The entire assembly is organized by CHS students, from ordering materials, making decorations, communicating with organizations and volunteers, and scheduling and selecting the assembly’s keynote speaker.

“The students do pretty much all of it. I kind of just oversee it…They have really put a lot of time and effort into this, so they deserve a lot of kudos for that,” said Robison.

Additionally, the high school participates in a letter writing campaign each year with Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit that sends care packages to military and service members. Throughout the week, students can write thank you letters to service members, which will be included in care packages sent by Operation Gratitude. The letter writing tables are overseen by the CHS Cheer squad.

“A lot of kids walk away from [the assembly] feeling very grateful, and it gives them an opportunity to actually take some action on those feelings of gratitude that they have for our service members after participating in this assembly,” said Robison. 

The assembly will begin at 10:20 a.m. in the main gym of CHS, located at 10190 Chumstick Highway. All community members are welcome.

Taylor Caldwell: 509-433-7276 or taylor@ward.media