Students and staff at Legacy Traditional School gathers to welcome Maricopa Police Department and Maricopa Fire Department for a 9/11 remembrance. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Legacy Traditional School and Santa Rosa Elementary were among area school commemorating the 15th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2016, with special presentations on Friday.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.