Students from Calgary and Chestermere were in rural Rocky View County to honour local veterans on Wednesday (Nov. 6).
The early Remembrance Day ceremony took place at the Garden of Peace Cemetery near Chestermere, as students placed poppies and Canadian flags on all 500 veteran graves.
Todd Baker, lead cemetery operational coordinator with the county, said the event was part of the No Stone Left Alone program.
"This is our 10th anniversary," said Baker. "We have had various schools from Calgary and Airdrie attend."
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This year included students from Bishop Carroll from Calgary and St. Gabriel the Archangel School in Chestermere. Baker added that every year the event has gone on has involved St. Gabriel students.
"We're here to pay remembrance for the soldiers that served the country, so we don't want to forget any of them. To us, it's very important that they all be recognized the same as any other."
The ceremony also featured a reading of Flander's Fields before the laying of a wreath to a bagpipe performance of Amazing Grace. There was also a bugle call of The Last Post before a minute of silence for the fallen veterans. 
Students also performed an acapella rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence".
Following the ceremony, the students went around the cemetery placing poppies before congregating inside the cemetery's building, where they presented Baker with a box of chocolates as a gift of gratitude.
"This is the first time they've given me a gift, and I really appreciate it."
The cemetery will be closed for burials and services on Remembrance Day but will remain open for residents to pay respects to their loved ones.
No Stone Left Alone began in Edmonton and has since grown to over 8,000 cemeteries across Canada, honouring over 216,000 veterans.
You can see a gallery from the ceremony below: