Photo Gallery: Flag Day in the Stoughton Schools

Check out scenes from the and Flag Day Ceremonies from earlier this week.

Students at both schools sang patriotic songs and shared the history of this nation’s Flag.

At the Gibbons School on Monday, students Matty Hartman and Elizabeth Finer served as the MCs, introducing each grade prior to their performance.

The school also honored , a father at the Gibbons, who recently returned home after serving an 11-month tour of duty with the National Guard in Afghanistan.

The festivities ended with students, kindergarten through fifth grade, spread throughout the cafeteria performing the “Yankee Doodle Hand Jive.”

Tuesday at the South School, second grade students Molly Chiang, Jonah Hochberg, Jason Levine, Amanda Paukner and Ashton Scibetta performed a skit, which showed how the American Flag has evolved throughout this nation’s history, and how even though the design has been tweaked from time to time, the colors and what the Flag symbolizes have remained the same.  

Fifth graders Thomas Smith and Danny Nakhali also showed how to properly fold the Flag.

All grades, kindergarten through fifth, and even some parents, joined in a Flag Day sing-a-long to end the celebration.

Flag Day was Tuesday, June 14.