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Seneca Valley School District

Patriot Day 2026

On the morning of Friday, Sept. 11, Seneca Valley students and staff came together in a commemorative event led by Seneca Valley Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) to honor the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, and pay tribute to the lives lost. Through ceremonies, visits from special guests, lessons and activities, our schools across the district paused to reflect the significance of this day in our nation’s history.

Additionally, many of our elementary students helped create a memorial display inspired by Spencer Finch’s art “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on that September Morning,” and 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s “Remember the Sky” campaign. Students contributed shades of blue that represented the clear sky on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Together, these individual pieces became a beautiful display of remembrance, reflection and hope.

As a community and a nation, we honor the lives of the victims of 9/11. We commend the heroic and courageous actions of the first responders, rescue workers and volunteers.
We will #neverforget911

Three young men in uniforms kneel, placing a flag near a sidewalk in the foreground, with a massive American flag hanging against a brick wall in the background.
Four smiling children wearing backpacks stand in a school hallway
A group of children stand in the foreground before a crane hoisting an American flag, with a yellow fire truck and a blue sky with white clouds in the background.
A group of police officers and children pose together on a colorful rug inside a classroom decorated with educational banners and an American flag on a screen.
A woman and a young girl with a backpack stand in a hallway before a large blue mosaic wall display featuring the word %22Hope.%22
Two young students work together to assemble a small American flag on a white table in a classroom
A group of JROTC cadets stand in formation on a paved lot in front of a building and an American flag under a clear blue sky.
A framed picture of the Twin Towers sits against a blue tiled wall in a brightly lit hallway.
Two young students wearing patriotic leis and backpacks smile in the foreground of a school hallway.
A young student builds a structure with a small American flag in the foreground, while a large screen displaying a flag and text is visible in the background.
Two smiling young girls stand in a school entryway with an American flag and exit signs visible in the background.
Two young girls hold hands in a school hallway, with other students and colorful wall decorations visible in the background.
A Community Service Officer Manager and other community personnel and four students pose for a photo in a colorful classroom with educational posters and a screen in the background.
A large group of people stands in a parking lot in the foreground, with a tall crane flying an American flag and yellow fire trucks in the background.
Two smiling young children wearing backpacks stand in front of a tan tiled wall.
A classroom visitor and four smiling children pose together in a classroom
A poster with the words %22REMEMBER THE SKY%22 and a blue mosaic pattern stands against a red brick wall.
A uniformed student JROTC cadet kneels to place a small American flag in a mulch bed, with a parking lot and brick building in the background.
Two JROTC cadets place small American flags into the ground along a curb with a building in the distant background.
A group of young children and their teacher pose for a photo in a colorful classroom filled with educational posters and student desks.
A group of JROTC cadets stand behind a Seneca Valley School District sign under a cloudy blue sky.
A group of children and adults pose in front of a yellow fire engine parked on an asphalt lot under a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds.
Children place small American flags along a grassy roadside strip beneath large green trees next to a paved road.
A group of children and a teacher pose for a photo wearing red, white and blue
A group of children pose in front of a yellow fire truck under a blue sky with a large American flag hanging from a crane.
A group of people stand in a hallway, with some interacting with a blue mosaic wall art piece in the foreground and others chatting in the background.
A classroom visitor and four children pose together in a classroom in front of a large screen displaying an American flag.
A young girl stands in the foreground looking at a large blue-toned %22Hope%22 art display on a light blue wall in a hallway.
Classes pose in front of a yellow fire engine under a blue sky with a crane lifting an American flag.
A group of young students with colorful backpacks stand in a school hallway looking at a blue display board.
A group of young students with colorful backpacks stand in a school hallway, looking at a blue display board on the wall.
A group of young students with backpacks stand in a school hallway, looking at and interacting with a blue-themed display on the wall.
A group of young children and an adult pose in the foreground in front of a large yellow fire engine under a blue sky.
Two students with backpacks stand before a blue-toned art wall displaying the word %22HOPE%22 and poetry in a school hallway, accompanied by a teacher.
A Community Service Officer Manager shakes hands with a young student in a colorful classroom decorated with hanging paper lanterns.
Students sit at desks in a classroom decorated with colorful lanterns while police officers stand and speak at the front of the room.
Six children stand in a row holding small bundt cakes in a classroom to thank a local sponsor
A police officer stands with four children on a colorful alphabet rug in a classroom decorated with educational posters and a large screen.
A smiling Community Service Officer Manager in a high-visibility vest interacts with children at a table in a classroom decorated with colorful hanging lanterns.
Six children stand in a classroom holding 9/11 educational resources in front of a large screen displaying the American flag.
A group of children holding small American flags stands in the foreground before a brick wall with a %22Welcome to Haine Middle School%22 sign in the background.
A child's hair is braided into a star shape in the foreground, with a blurred classroom setting in the background.
A woman and a young girl with a backpack stand in a hallway looking at a large blue mosaic art piece on a light blue wall.
Video of school staff singing to honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11