Honored Guests at BHMS
Veterans Day Visitors Bring Experience, Stories to Bunker Hill Middle School Social Studies Classes
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Social studies students in Mrs. Kathy Jeffries’ classes at Bunker Hill Middle School were educated and entertained by a visit from several veterans on Monday, November 13, 2017. The guests were in the classroom to commemorate Veterans Day. The included:
Shannon Silvanni – Silvanni was an active duty member of the United States Air Force for six years, where she was assigned to intercept Morse code messages.
Earl W. Moore III – Retired Sgt. Moore served in the U.S. Army Military Police for 20 years. He was deployed to Afghanistan and Bosnia, and he was assigned to the Pentagon after the 9/11 attacks. Among the awards Sgt. Moore received was a Bronze Star Medal.
Chuck Hunt – The father of seventh-grader Maggie Hunt, he spent 16 years in the Army and 11 with the U.S. Air Force. He was one of the first responders at Ground Zero in New York City on 9/11, and is now working as an emergency medical technician with various SWAT teams in the area.
Michael Lawler – The father of eighth-grader Ava Lawler, he is a relative of Gen. John Glover, who helped George Washington guide his troops across the Delaware River to attack the Hessians in the Battle of Trenton. Mr. Lawler served in the U.S. Navy for five years.
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