Photos: Seneca Valley students recognize Sept. 11 with ceremony
Students from the Seneca Valley Junior ROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students involved in the Seneca Valley School District’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program recognized the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, on Thursday morning with a ceremony held outside the senior high school.
During the short ceremony, taps was played and the flag was lowered to half-staff where it will remain for the rest of the school day.
Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda salutes the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda holds the flag as everyone stands at attention before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Nathan Lui plays “Taps” during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Keith Mack, left, and Mike Rouda prepare to raise the flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Dimitri Matusiak goes through some of the events of the morning of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Dimitri Matusiak goes through some of the events of the morning of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Chief Petty Officer Janelle Mattern, a Navy recruiter for Butler County, talks about her memories of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle.
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Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda salutes the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda holds the flag as everyone stands at attention before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Nathan Lui plays “Taps” during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Keith Mack, left, and Mike Rouda prepare to raise the flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Mike Rouda presents the flag as Keith Mack begins to raise it into the air before a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Dimitri Matusiak goes through some of the events of the morning of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley JROTC members stand at attention during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Students from the Seneca Valley JROTC program and school faculty gather during the early morning hours to honor and remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Dimitri Matusiak goes through some of the events of the morning of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Chief Petty Officer Janelle Mattern, a Navy recruiter for Butler County, talks about her memories of 9/11 during a remembrance ceremony at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle.
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