September 11th

Patriot Day was observed on September 11th in memory of the 2,993 people who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks here in the United States. On that day, two hijacked airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in NYC. A third hijacked aircraft crashed into the Pentagon near Washington, DC. Then a fourth airplane which was to crash into the White House, was diverted by passengers which took control over the hijackers to prevent the attack; that plane ended up crashing in Pennsylvania. Many innocent people lost their lives during this tragedy and many of them through heroic efforts died trying to help others.
Here at Prairieview we observed a moment of silence at the beginning of the day and asked all our students to wear red, white and blue in honor of those heroic people. Many teachers talked to their classes about this day and followed up with different activities. This was indeed a horrible time for our country and should never be forgotten.