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A student places small American flags into a circular concrete planter while a group of people watches in the background.
HUSD Honors 25th Anniversary of September 11 Through Remembrance and Service

Twenty-five years after the events of September 11, 2001, Higley Unified School District students and staff came together to remember the lives lost, honor those who responded and give back to their communities. 

September 11 is recognized nationally as Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Across HUSD, schools are marking the anniversary through lessons, remembrance activities, ceremonies and service projects that give students opportunities to learn about the events of 9/11 and understand their lasting significance. 

For today's K-12 students, September 11 is an event they know only through history. By creating opportunities for students to learn, reflect and serve, HUSD schools are helping ensure the stories and lessons of that day continue with a new generation. 

Schools across the district recognized the anniversary in different ways: 

  • Bridges Elementary School: Classroom lessons about the events of September 11 

  • Centennial Elementary School: Students created artwork in honor of Patriot Day 

  • Chaparral Elementary School: Schoolwide shoe drive to benefit House of Refuge 

  • Coronado Elementary School: First responder's event 

    A group of children gather around a large red fire truck under a clear blue sky.

  • Cortina Elementary School: First responder's lunch 

    A smiling woman and man flank a young boy sticking out his tongue in the foreground, set against a white brick wall with colorful signs in the background.

  • Gateway Pointe Elementary School: Donation drive benefiting Kids in Crisis 

  • Higley Traditional Academy: Classroom lessons about the events of September 11  

  • Power Ranch Elementary School: Classroom lessons about the events of September 11 

  • San Tan Elementary School: Classroom lessons about the events of September 11 

  • Cooley Middle School: Remembrance Garden ceremony featuring 2,973 flags representing lives lost on September 11, 2001 

    A young girl speaks from a wooden podium, while a group of students in red shirts and others stand behind her.

  • Sossaman Middle School: National Junior Honor Society-sponsored assembly featuring three Sossaman staff members who lived in New York at the time of the September 11 attacks 

    A young man speaks from a wooden podium, while a large projection screen fills the background.

  • Higley High School: September 11 tribute featuring 2,973 flags, a memorial honoring first responders and a special halftime presentation during the varsity football game 

    Hundreds of small American flags cover a grassy field in the foreground, with larger police and firefighter flags and a building in the background.

  • Williams Field High School: September 11 remembrance activity hosted by the Criminal Justice class, including a moment of silence honoring those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 

    Two students hold a "We Remember September 11, 2001" sign outdoors under a clear blue sky.

Although each campus recognized the day in its own way, HUSD students and staff share a common purpose: remembering those whose lives were lost, honoring the courage and service demonstrated in the aftermath, and carrying that spirit of service forward. 

 

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