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Mattituck-Cutchogue Students To Reflect On 9/11 In Moving Ceremony
They will plant daffodils in memory and walk a commemorative lap around the track; the event is not open to the public.
MATTITUCK, NY — Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr/Senior High School students and faculty will honor those who perished on 9/11 and the first responders who risked their lives during a moving event on Wednesday.
The event is not open to the public.
Faculty, students and NJROTC cadets will first gather at 8 a.m. in front of the school flagpole for a ceremony to commemorate the day.
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Stemming from an idea out of the social studies department, students in grades 7 to 12, separately by grade, will then walk a commemorate lap around the track and plant daffodil bulbs around campus, school officials said.
Both the Mattituck and Cutchogue Fire Departments will be on-site with trucks and large flags for display, the school said.
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The activity will be one of a number of ways in which the district’s students will have the opportunity to commemorate 9/11 heroes and first responders during the school year.
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