The school where I work was selected for the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, to present a new program for kids to encourage them to complete high school and go to college. It was quite an assembly. Just the 8th grade students were in the audience. Here is the press release:
On Tuesday, October 26, Governor Jan Brewer hosted a press conference at Cordova Middle School launching an early college and career awareness initiative through the 2010 Federal College Access Challenge Grant program. This initiative specifically targets underserved youth, and NAU will work with eighth grade students from Title 1 schools throughout the state including Alhambra. Eighth graders will take the ACT EXPLORE assessment, which offers an early indicator of college readiness and is designed to help students explore the world of possibilities available, helps students plan for high school, and guides them as they prepare for post high school educational and career opportunities. The press conference was a success, but more importantly Cordova’s eighth graders were a phenomenal audience. All of our guests had nothing but great things to say about our students and how well-behaved they were.
Mr. Gunn was pretty excited to have the governor come to Cordova!
It was a pretty big deal, actually. There were three TV stations there and a dozen or so reporters.
When the Governor finished her speech to the students, she exited out into the court yard where she was totally surrounded by the reporters with microphones jammed into her face. I am a little claustrophobic, and I would be screaming for them to get out of my face and give me some air!!
She was only on campus for like 20 minutes. It was a lot of work to get things ready for such a short visit. (We only had 5 days notice and 2 of those days were a weekend.) Her security team was fantastic and they were very friendly. I was impressed with them.
So there you have another Codova event!
The school where I work was selected for the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, to present a new program for kids to encourage them to complete high school and go to college. It was quite an assembly. Just the 8th grade students were in the audience. Here is the press release:
It was a pretty big deal, actually. There were three TV stations there and a dozen or so reporters. 
When the Governor finished her speech to the students, she exited out into the court yard where she was totally surrounded by the reporters with microphones jammed into her face. I am a little claustrophobic, and I would be screaming for them to get out of my face and give me some air!!
She was only on campus for like 20 minutes. It was a lot of work to get things ready for such a short visit. (We only had 5 days notice and 2 of those days were a weekend.) Her security team was fantastic and they were very friendly. I was impressed with them.
So there you have another Codova event!
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