{"id":135550,"date":"2020-09-28T00:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T05:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=135550"},"modified":"2020-09-28T00:40:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T05:40:21","slug":"lincolnview-students-keep-the-flag-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/09\/28\/lincolnview-students-keep-the-flag-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincolnview students keep the flag flying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every fall when school is back in session, Lincolnview sixth grade teachers select students to carry out the important role of managing the American flag for the elementary school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lincolnview sixth-graders Gavin Priest and Ryan Matarese prepare the American flag to fly over the school. Lincolnview photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe look for responsible students who have a scouting or military family background to fill this role,\u201d said teacher Matt Langdon. \u201cIt\u2019s been a tradition ever since we moved into this building.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this year\u2019s flag crew, the honor was bestowed on Gavin Priest. A member of Middle Point Troop 32, led by Joe Elling, Priest has been involved in scouting since he was six years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI learned how to properly take care of the flag in Boy Scouts,\u201d Priest explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was taught well, as evidenced by the near military precision with which he and his partner fold the flag at the close of every school day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am always willing to help; this is a source of pride for me,\u201d Priest added. \u201cI am proud of our nation — we have a great country, military, economy, and form of government.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner Ryan Matarese agrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was excited when Gavin asked me to help with the flag,\u201d Matarese said. \u201cIn my family, I was taught to stand before the flag and kneel before God. That\u2019s a lesson my parents have taught me \u2026 the flag is a symbol of our freedom and, whether or not we agree with each other, we are free.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to explain how much he\u2019s learned from Priest about the history and significance of the American flag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now, we are flying the flag at half-mast; when someone important to the country dies, that is a way of showing respect to their memory,\u201d said Priest concerning the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. \u201cThe flag can be lowered for other important reasons, too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about their plans in the future, Priest said he would be interested in a career that helps others, while Matarese added: \u201cwho knows what kind of jobs will be there in the future? Some of them haven\u2019t been invented yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such a strong sense of positivity, responsibility, and trustworthiness, these Lancer sixth-graders are on their way to success. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information Every fall when school is back in session, Lincolnview sixth grade teachers select students to carry out the important role of managing the American flag for the elementary school.  \u201cWe look for responsible students who have a scouting or military family background to fill this role,\u201d said teacher Matt Langdon. \u201cIt\u2019s been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 18:35:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}