To celebrate and honor the Military Child along with their families, the Churchill County School District along with Oasis Academy will hold several activities during the month of April. The Month of the Military Child is part of the legacy left by former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. He Established the Defense Department commemoration in 1986, underscoring the important role military children play in the armed forces community.
The Churchill County School Board will lead out with the Purple Up! School board meeting on April 4, and the City of Fallon will dye the fountain on Maine Street purple. That event date and time is yet to be announced.
Numa Elementary will Show support for military families on Friday, April 8. According to Noreen Swenson, school counselor, who is planning the day, “everyone who wears purple that day earns a point for their tribe. We are also working to put up world and US maps in each hallway, and then having students make dots in the places they have lived. Military families will be noted in purple and all others in green. This recognizes our military families and also gives all students the chance to show their diversity in places they have lived.”
Lahontan, and E.C. Best Elementary will honor military families on Wednesday, April 20 by wearing purple in support of military families, and the Middle School will hold a week of fun events and activities from April 18 to 22. At Churchill County High School there will be a Military-Connected family breakfast held on April 20 and the Boys Golf Tournament on the 19th is themed Purple Up!
There will also be a National Honor Society 5K Fundraiser - “Purple Up for Military Kids!” held on April 30, beginning at Veterans Park (behind City Hall) at 10 am. The fee is $20 per person and includes the official PURPLE T-Shirt if registered by 4/13. Registration forms are on the high school website at cchs.churchillcsd.com.
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