Cambridge City Schools is closed today, Monday — so that its students can be in class on Veterans Day itself, spending Wednesday, November 11, honoring the Guernsey County residents who served, according to a district release reported by The Daily Jeffersonian.
For the 2026-27 school year, the district will hold classes on November 11 so students can take part in Veterans Day activities, including the annual Guernsey County Veterans Day Parade and ceremony, The Daily Jeffersonian reported. To recognize the holiday, the district instead closed its schools on November 9.
Students from the high school, middle school and intermediate school will attend the parade and ceremony in downtown Cambridge, weather permitting, according to the release reported by The Daily Jeffersonian. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the municipal courthouse on Highland Avenue and proceeds down Wheeling Avenue to the Guernsey County Courthouse, and the Cambridge High School Marching Band is scheduled to perform.
After the parade, students will gather on the courthouse lawn for the ceremony honoring local veterans. Primary school students will not attend the downtown events but will take part in classroom lessons and activities focused on Veterans Day, The Daily Jeffersonian reported.
The point, Superintendent Dan Coffman told The Daily Jeffersonian, is firsthand understanding: “I believe part of what we should do as a school district is to help our students understand what being a veteran means and why we celebrate Veterans Day and Memorial Day. One of the ways we can help them understand is to provide appropriate education and bring them to the ceremony and parade.”
The district’s commitment to military families runs beyond the holiday. Both the high school and middle school have earned Purple Star designation from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, recognizing schools that serve military-connected students and families well, and the district maintains a Military Honor Wall recognizing alumni, students and staff who have served or are serving, The Daily Jeffersonian reported.
What happens next: classes resume Tuesday, and on Wednesday the students trade the classroom for Court Street — marching in, and then watching, the parade before the courthouse ceremony that follows it. Residents who want a veteran added to the school’s Military Honor Wall can submit the veteran’s name, graduation year, military branch, years of service and a photo to the district through its online form or by email, The Daily Jeffersonian reported.
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