BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) — Many local schools have planned special events and activities to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Here is a list provided by Brunswick County Schools:

• Belville Elementary—Hand-made thank you notes and banners will be delivered to the Leland Police Station, fire stations and the Sheriff’s Office at Brunswick Forest on Friday, Sept. 9. The school received donations from Empire Bagel and Port City Java that will be delivered to local service providers along with student made cards and banners.
• Bolivia Elementary—A moment of silence will be held on Friday, Sept. 9. Teachers will discuss the 9/11 events and students will write thank you notes to local heroes.
• Southport Elementary—Students will wear designated colors each day of the week to honor a different emergency service agency. There will be a K-2 assembly at 8:15 a.m. and a 3-5 assmbly at 8:55 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 to discuss 9/11. One student from each class will be selected to place a white paper flower at the base of the flagpole. South Brunswick High School Principal Wayne Price will provide trumpet instrumental of Taps.
• Town Creek Elementary—School Resource Officer Jason Fennell and the Honor Guard will present the American flag at an assembly on Monday, Sept. 12 at 9 a.m. Students will perform the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance. A moment of silence will take place for all to remember and honor those who lost their lives.
• Union Elementary—Fourth grade students will sing “We Remember” during Dolphins on Air morning news. It is a tradition that all fourth graders learn and sing every year. All students will also receive a paper heart that they will write their own name on and pass through the cafeteria. They will place their hearts on a wall with the theme “Our hearts will always remember the victims of 9/11.”
• Virginia Williamson Elementary—Students will gather at the flagpole for a brief remembrance ceremony including words by Principal Caryl Fullwood, a song by fifth grade students, sharing of poetry, and participation in the Pledge of Allegiance. An assembly will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9.
• Waccamaw School—Activities honoring 9/11 will be incorporated with the annual school celebration of Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m.
• Cedar Grove Middle—Individual classrooms will be participating in a variety of remembrance activities.
• Leland Middle—Students have been asked to interview a significant adult in his/her life to record their accounts of the events of 9/11. Interviews may be published as a book later this fall.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) — The Belville Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8 to discuss a resolution to censure Mayor Jack Batson.

The meeting will take place in the Town Hall Chambers, located at 497 Olde Waterford Way, Suite 205.

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