'It's important that we honor those people that go above and beyond to save the rest of us,' St. Zachary principal Darlene Potenza said.
Grade school students in the northwest suburbs are learning some important lessons about the bravery and sacrifices of first responders. The children will pay tribute to police officers and firefighters at a special parade Thursday morning."Thanking all the officers and firefighters for all they do," Gehrig Storniolo said.
The kids' thank you messages will be on display Thursday morning at St. Zachary's First Responders Parade. Police officers and firefighters will take part, starting out at nearby Friendship Park, and ending up at the school. "We are surrounded by a lot of families that have first responders in our school. So it's important that we honor those people that go above and beyond to save the rest of us," St. Zachary principal Darlene Potenza said."It says thank you; and it has an ambulance, a fire truck, and police car at the bottom," he said.
Alex Nguyen has warm memories of last year's parade, and what she and her schoolmates saw on the faces of the officers and firefighters.This year, organizers are hopingAll are welcome to attend the parade to pay tribute to Kotlewski and all the first responders. "I just want people to see that there are so many good people around us, that we need to start focusing on the positive things in our lives," Potenza said."This is important, because we like to teach the kids that we look for the helpers in society," Potenza said.Potenza said, every school day, she'll ask her students to think of three things they're grateful for. Psychologists say expressing gratitude daily can improve our mental health.
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