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Five lucky Washburn Elementary School students went to Washington D.C. to help plant the White House Kitchen Garden last week. From left, Ilya Lalich, Erin Hinson, the NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, Astronaut Cady Coleman, Sofia Borchers, Brenden Walson, and Serena Bailey.
Students from all the schools invited to plant the White House Kitchen Garden this year: Washburn Elementary School, Arthur Ashe Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana, Kemper Elementary School in Cortez, Colorado, and Bancroft Elementary School and Tubman Elementary School in the D.C. area.
Ilya Lalich, Brenden Walson, Erin Hinson, Serena Bailey and Sofia Borchers in D.C. wearing new T-shirts designed for the trip by Becky Wygonik of Bizy Does It in Washburn.
Five lucky Washburn Elementary School students went to Washington D.C. to help plant the White House Kitchen Garden last week. From left, Ilya Lalich, Erin Hinson, the NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, Astronaut Cady Coleman, Sofia Borchers, Brenden Walson, and Serena Bailey.
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Michelle Obama gave a welcoming speech to the children invited to plant lettuce in her spring garden.
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On the far right Erin Hinson plants lettuce next to the First Lady on April 5.
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Students from all the schools invited to plant the White House Kitchen Garden this year: Washburn Elementary School, Arthur Ashe Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana, Kemper Elementary School in Cortez, Colorado, and Bancroft Elementary School and Tubman Elementary School in the D.C. area.
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Ilya Lalich, Brenden Walson, Erin Hinson, Serena Bailey and Sofia Borchers in D.C. wearing new T-shirts designed for the trip by Becky Wygonik of Bizy Does It in Washburn.
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Erin Hinson, in lime green T-shirt on the left, got to spend a great deal of time planting and interacting with the First Lady.
WASHBURN —Al Krause, principal for the Washburn Elementary School, received an unexpected phone call from the White House on March 28: Michelle Obama had invited five Washburn Elementary School students from the 4th and 5th grades on an all-expenses-paid trip to D.C. to help plant the White House Kitchen Garden on April 5. Without hesitation Krause accepted the invite, but had to promise to keep it under a flowerpot until the White House made a public announcement on April 1.
Each spring since 2009, when Mrs. Obama initiated the first White House Kitchen Garden, she’s been inviting a handful of kids from all over the nation to help plant her garden, which feeds not only the first family but also visiting dignitaries and some needy folks in the community. What’s different about these kids is they all come from “green” schools —schools like Washburn that incorporate gardening into their curriculums.
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