Two Murch Students Visit with Sec. of Education, Arne Duncan

As part of a new student discussion series with the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, called Student Voices, two 5th grade students from Murch, Sophia Galligan and Leonie Aksyonov, were invited to the Department earlier this month to speak in a discussion on topics of effective teaching and learning. This was a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have student's voice and ideas possibly affect policy changes in education for the whole country.

Sophia's reaction to the meeting:

"It was great! I'm so glad that I could be there to share my input.

It went roughly as I expected. It was a very enlightening experience.

I really enjoyed it. Thanks for considering me for this opportunity,

Leonie reaction to the meeting:

"The meeting went great and we basically only talked about how teachers inspired us. I told the story of how when I came from Russia in the middle of first grade, and how Ms. Cresswell got me caught up with everyone's level. It was funny how the secretary couldn't sit because of his back. Also, he left early because of another meeting. "