February 17, 2026: Stephanie Lash, teacher, and Holly Kachmar, student, from Georgia were awarded the STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) Award at their high school.
December 16, 2025: Samantha Ness, teacher, and Adan Torres Ramos, student, from Arizona shared a story about their efforts to create a student-run pantry for students in need at Copper Canyon High School. Watch the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=j4Ac8Nnz_mw
November 17, 2025: Jessica Culver, teacher, and Ava McCartney, student, from Arkansas presented at the Altus, Arkansas Rotary.
November 15, 2025: Carson Lee, student, from Missouri presented at St. Louis, MO VFW Post 3500.
November 13, 2025: Carson Lee, student, from Missouri presented at his high school Ladue Horton Watkins High School.
November 11, 2025: Multiple students participated in Veteran's Day Celebrations at their schools. Carson Lee from Missouri played Taps during the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Ceremony. Ava McCartney from Arkansas gave the Pledge of Allegiance at the Ozark Veteran's Day program. Josephine Toll from Oklahoma led a panel discussion with veterans at Heritage Hall.
November 10, 2025: Albert Thompson Jr., teacher, and Thomas Halliday, student, from Virginia presented in Bethesda, Maryland and Reston, Virginia.
October 21, 2025: Albert Thompson Jr., teacher, and Thomas Halliday, student, from Virginia applied for a grant from The Gilder Lehrman Institute to create an exhibit on World War II to display in their school.
October 1, 2025: Stephanie Lash, teacher, and Holly Kachmar, student, from Georgia presented to the faculty and staff at Islands High School.
September 12, 2025: Bailee Easton, student, from Illinois presented at the Kiwanis Club.
September 11, 2025: Kristi Jeffers, teacher, and Sara Mputu, student, presented at their Back to School Night.
September 10, 2025: Bailee Easton, student, from Illinois presented at a school board meeting for Danville School District.
September 10, 2025: Jessica Culver, teacher, and Ava McCartney, student, from Arkansas presented at the Chamber of Commerce. The nephew of the soldier they researched, PFC Harold E. Sellers, drove to see their presentation.
August 30, 2025: Lori Woods, teacher, and Bailee Easton, student, from Illinois presented and created a small exhibit to be displayed at the Vermilion County War Museum's D-Day Room.
August 26, 2025: Jessica Culver, teacher, and Ava McCartney, student, from Arkansas presented at the Ozark Rotary Club.
August 18, 2025: Jessica Culver, teacher, and Ava McCartney, student, from Arkansas presented to their school board.
August 14, 2025: Ashley Adams, teacher, and Josephine Toll, student, from Oklahoma presented at the Heritage Hall Back to School Faculty Meeting.
July 20, 2025: Mallory Langkau-Gross, teacher, and Andy Joubert, student, from New Hampshire met with the family of the soldier they researched, 2nd Lt. Marcel Dupont. The family was so grateful of the work they had done to write Dupont's biography that they gifted Mallory and Andy a piece of 2nd Lt. Dupont's plane.
