SV Middle School to be named in honor of fallen soldier
JACKSON TWP — Seventh- and eighth-graders at Seneca Valley will be reminded of an alumnus' sacrifice — and his legacy — in perpetuity.
The board voted unanimously to rename the middle school Ryan Gloyer Middle School at Monday night's meeting. The change will be effective in the 2018-19 school year.
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer, a Green Beret, was killed in November 2016 while fighting enemy forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. He was a 2000 Seneca Valley graduate.
“Here is another way for our community to raise up a positive role model,” said the Rev. Reid Moon, a school board member. “Ryan Gloyer walked the same halls, sat in the same seats. There is a certain bond that takes place between people that go to the same school.”
A full story appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.
