RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostVerne Walls, 84, who served in the Army Airborne from 1953 to 56, pats a student on the head as he is welcomed to Excel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, for a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. After breakfast kindergarteners and 1st graders sang a song to the veterans.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostExcel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, hosted about 50 veterans to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. Carter Burzcek, a 1st graders, joined other students to sing a song to the veterans.- RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostA table celebrates veteran families at Excel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, November 11, 2016. The school hosted about 50 veterans for a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day.
- RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostJim Kiernan, 70, who was in the Air Force, talks to his granddaughter Avery Fitzgerald, a 2nd grader, about flying a C-130 during a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day at Excel Academy Charter School in Arvada, November 11, 2016. After breakfast kindergarteners and 1st graders sang a song to the veterans.
- RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostJonah Miller, a 3rd grader, holds his father Nathaniel Miller's uniform, who served in the Army, as they arrive at Jonah's school for a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. Excel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, hosted about 50 veterans, for a breakfast and a song by kindergarteners and 1st graders.
- RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostVerne Walls, 84, who served in the Army Airborne from 1953 to 56, looks a notes written by students at Excel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, during a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. After breakfast kindergarteners and 1st graders sang a song to the veterans.
- RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostExcel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, hosted about 50 veterans to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. Kindergarteners and 1st graders sang a song to the veterans.
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Verne Walls, 84, who served in the Army Airborne from 1953 to 56, pats a student on the head as he is welcomed to Excel Academy Charter School, in Arvada, for a breakfast to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. After breakfast kindergarteners and 1st graders sang a song to the veterans.
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Excel Academy Charter School in Arvada hosted about 50 veterans for a breakfast and music by kindergarteners and 1st graders to celebrate Veterans Day, November 11, 2016.