This story comes from the Christian Science Monitor and highlights some events schools across American are holding for Veterans day. Among them are "Take a Veteran to School Day," which provides students with the chance to meet with war vets and discuss the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with them.
In the South Bay, most schools remained closed for the national holiday.
*Here's a link to John Bogert's Veterans Day column detailing how some local students are helping out soldiers overseas.
**And here's how some students in Long Beach acknowledged veterans in their community.
