Submitted photoChristopher Stewart and Even DuFresne will spend a year researching a local World War II veteran for the Normandy Scholar program. Their efforts will culminate in a trip to France to visit the soldier’s grave at the Normandy American Cemetery.
Evan DuFresne of North Lakes Academy Charter School has been accepted into the prestigious Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom Albert H. Small Student and Teacher Institute.
Along with North Lakes teacher Christopher Stewart, DuFresne will embark on a yearlong course of study that concludes with a journey to Normandy, France, to honor a World War II Silent Hero who died during or after the D-Day landings.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Stewart and DuFresne join 14 other student and teacher teams from around the country on this educational journey.
“To start, we gave a general presentation to the entire student body about what this opportunity entailed,” Stewart said. “Eventually we narrowed things down to three interested students.”
The students were
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