Students learn about the sacrifices and character of school's namesake
JACKSON TWP -- Although he had suffered mortal wounds five feet from an exploding grenade, Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer arose and ran 15 yards and collapsed in the arms of his commander and team to prevent his fellow Green Berets from having to face enemy fire while retrieving him.
That final act of selflessness, and Gloyer’s many other positive attributes, were shared at a moving assembly Monday morning with seventh- and eighth- graders who attend classes in the building named for Gloyer, a 2000 Seneca Valley graduate.
Gloyer was killed in action in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2016, in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel.
The Seneca Valley Middle School on the district’s secondary campus was renamed Ryan Gloyer Middle School by a vote of the school board in February 2018.
During the assembly, Gloyer’s father, Richard Gloyer, recalled his son’s funny personality as a very young child, his innate musical ability, his love of dancing and his journey to find himself while a student in the Seneca Valley School District.
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