Third-graders from Pioneer School served dinner and entertained some 300 veterans and their families Nov. 9 as part of their annual service learning project for veterans.
Tonya Cairo, principal, initiated the project in 2002 when she was a teacher, and has since passed the tradition to other teachers after she moved into administration, she said. In former years, they focused on teaching fifth-graders about the history of wars, but in more recent years they have…