Just in time for Memorial Day, the North Penn School District (NPSD) is proud to announce the revitalization of the memorial garden on the Penndale Middle School campus.
Located at the corner of Penn Street and Church Road in Lansdale, the North Penn High School (NPHS) Key Club sponsors and maintains a memorial garden to honor North Penn students who gave the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives while in combat. Each spring, members of the key club clean up the garden and plant flowers in preparation for their annual Memorial Day service held in honor and remembrance of fallen NPHS graduates.
Due to social distancing regulations, the key club was unable to assemble for such purposes this year. Like the true team-players they are, the NPSD Facilities and Operations Department was thrilled to lend a hand in making sure the garden was dressed and looking great for Memorial Day.
In fact, the memorial garden received a full facelift this spring. Trees were professionally trimmed and old trees and bushes were removed. NPSD Facilities team members Christina Hazzard, Brandy Potser and Steve Fitzsimmons were hard at work edging flower beds, mulching, planting new flowers and proudly placing American flags throughout the garden. Hazzard also plans to stain the benches lining the garden this spring.
“The district is as committed as ever to the stewardship of the memorial,” said Jonathan Kassa, NPSD Board of School Director and chair of the NPSD Facilities and Operations Committee. “The arborists and commitment to the original number of grove of trees, plus overall care, is a solemn priority we take seriously.”
Although the NPHS Key Club is not able to hold its annual Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen NPHS graduates, North Penn Television (NPTV) will be re-airing last year’s ceremony in honor of our North Penn heroes on Monday, May 25 at 11:00 am on Comcast local channel 28 and Verizon local channel 29.
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