Ryan Gloyer Middle School officially dedicated
After an emotional, standing-room-only ceremony, Seneca Valley's seventh and eighth Middle School took on its new name memorializing an American hero.
The family of Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer removed the curtain from above the front entrance to the school revealing the shiny, new lettering: Ryan Gloyer Middle School.
Gloyer, a Green Beret, was killed in November 2016 while fighting enemy forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan.He was a 2000 Seneca Valley graduate.“Today is as much about Ryan Gloyer as it is about the teachers and students who make this school worthy of recognition,” said Justin Gloyer, Ryan's brother, as he addressed the auditorium full of middle school students.In addition to Ryan Gloyer's immediate family, members of his Army special forces team who served with him in Afghanistan and fellow soldiers from the 82nd Airborne traveled to Jackson Township for the ceremony.
