PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) – Students at Booker T. Washington High School connected with 101-year-old Navy veteran Judge Steve Ellis via Zoom on Friday.
History teacher Amanda Dixon first met Ellis at the World War II Museum in New Orleans six weeks ago. She immediately thought of her students.
“The opportunity for that is dwindling as this generation passes away so that’s how I came up with the idea. I knew the interaction with him for my students would be valuable for them their whole life,” Dixon said…