Reagan's Speech

Reagan's school is huge! I am not sure exact numbers, but they have between about 1500 to 2000 kids in the building. They house all of kindie, first grade and a portion of 2nd grade for the entire district. The numbers seem overwhelming, but they manage it incredibly well.

Reagan came home a few weeks ago telling me her teacher talked to her principal about speech for her. The child has been speaking in paragraphs since 18months old, so I had no idea what she could be talking about. Her principal called me a few hours later. Reagan was chosen, out of all the children on her campus, to represent her school at an upcoming school board meeting. They had one student from each of our 5 campuses come to deliver a speech about what leadership means to them and present a gift to the board members to thank them for their leadership.

Reagan wrote her own speech and practiced for a few weeks leading up the event. That night, she was amazing! She carried her self with poise and confidence. She spoke clearly into the microphone, while making eye contact with her audience. Then she walked to the board member she had been assigned, thanked him personally, shook his hand and presented him with his gifts all in a crowded room full of adults. We were so proud of her.

Here are a few pictures from the evening. Daddy raced in from the airport to be here and brought her flowers. The pictures of the speech were taking during the practice time beforehand, so the conference room was empty. Once the meeting began it was a full house. It was great to see the school board meeting take place and see and hear from the people making decisions for our town. I was so impressed with our districts determination to go above and beyond and provide a great learning experience for all their students. We were honored to play a part in the evening.