1/31/24
Today , our guest speakers were Club member Anthony Crespo, Assistant Principal at the Monroe Middle School and, Wheaton North High School Freshman students Liz Kettleson and Hudson Dunlavy.
What is the Eagle Honors Program?
- Background: The school is named, not after the 5th U.S. President, but rather James ("Jimmy") Howard Monroe. On Feb. 16 1967, Monroe, an Army medic, was treating wounded soldiers when a live grenade bounced into the foxhole where he was working. Without hesitation Monroe threw himself onto the grenade, saving the lives of his sergeant and a radio operator. For that selfless act, Monroe was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1968. Within a year of Monroe’s death, the new middle school opened bearing his name. In May, 2011 his family gave his Medal of Honor to the school where it remains on display.
- The Program:
- Each department within Monroe nominates an 8th grade student who most clearly exhibits the six principles of the Medal of Honor: Courage, Sacrifice, Patriotism, Citizenship, and Integrity. Students who are nominated should also have a commitment for his/her academic achievement, dedication to the school’s values and outstanding character.
- The nominated students, in turn, select a teacher from Monroe Middle School who has impacted them in a special way throughout their educational experience. The student and parent(s), along with the chosen faculty member, will be honored during a dinner at a banquet ceremony.
- This dinner not only honors the students and their achievements, but also the teachers and parents whose time and dedication have helped to shape these young men and women.
- Recent Eagle Honor recipients Liz Kettleson and Hudson Dunlavy briefly addressed the Club members.
- Our Club is proud to be a sponsor of the honors dinner.
