Veteran's Day

Recently, I got the opportunity to make a video for my middle school, Chisholm Trail. I met with the school counselor, Ms. Hufnagel, and she explained that she wanted a video the show the students for Veteran's Day. We brainstormed some ideas, and scheduled interviews with veterans who were relatives of students at Chisholm Trail. I, along with two other students, Zach and Brooke, went to the middle school during class and conducted interviews with five veterans. It was very interesting to hear their stories, especially since we interviewed people from different branches of the military. This was out end result.

I sent the video to Ms. Hufnagel, and received an email a few days later with feedback. It said,

"I want to again thank you so much for your time, effort, and abilities in creating the Veterans Day Video.  It has been a huge success here at Chisholm.  We are linking it on our website and sending it to our whole community.  You know the sound bite that you included where Mr. Bradford talked about leaving his wife of 3 months and how that was the biggest sacrifice he had made?  Well, she works here in the district and I was able to forward the video link to her.  She literally came here to the building to thank us for the video.  It had made her cry.    Much of that gratitude belongs to you guys and the work you put into the video.

I hope you guys have a wonderful day and that you feel proud of your accomplishment and how it touched others’ hearts today."

I am absolutely thrilled that they loved the video we made so much. It was great to work with veterans, and I enjoyed being able to make others happy with my project.