Library Circuit: Southington, Milford, and Bridgeport

Hello 5th graders! This week, I started my Library Circuit! Let me tell you about the libraries I stopped at and what I did. 

If you haven't heard of my Library Circuit, let me tell you what it is. Each year, the Kid Governor visits libraries across the state to talk about the Connecticut's Kid Governor program and how schools can get involved. I get to meet with other kids and encourage them to run or vote for the next Kid Governor. I also get to talk about my term, the things I've done, my platform, and more. 

Thursday: On Thursday, I started my Library Circuit in my hometown of Southington. I met Mr. C and the

Kid Governor team at Southington Public Library and went over what to expect during the circuit stop. I had already made a Google Slides presentation and wrote a speech. We waited for people to arrive at the library and I was super excited to see my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Chavez, there. Mrs. Chavez is the best teacher ever and I was so excited to see her and catch up. Not only did Mrs. Chavez come but so did Mrs. Rogala! Mrs. Rogala was my principal from Oshana. I was super excited to see her too. 

Once everyone was there (including my best friend, Ava) I got started. I went up to the front of the room and presented my slides. I talked about the Kid Governor program, my platform, what I've done during my term, and then I led an activity. For the activity, the Kid Governor team set up a table that was covered with my paper masks for my Virtual Community Crate. Before everyone left, I asked them to all write a positive message on the masks to be added to the Virtual Community Crate. It was a great way to kick off my Circuit!

Saturday: On Saturday, I had made three more presentations. The first one was at Otis Library in Norwich. There were about five kids that attended (plus some adults) and they asked a lot of great questions. At the end, I asked the kids if they were interested in running for Kid Governor and they all said yes!

For the next two presentations, I went up to the Old State House because the Milford Public Library and Bridgeport Public Library preferred a virtual version of my presentation. These presentations were super fun because I got so many questions! It was super fun to get to inspire kids to run for Kid Governor. You can watch my Bridgeport Public Library presentation HERE and Milford Public Library presentation HERE! 

I can't wait for my next two presentations in Monroe and Hartford on Saturday, September 25!

Stay positive! :)

September Cabinet Meeting

Hello everyone!

I had another meeting with my Cabinet and I can't wait to tell you about it!

When I have Cabinet meetings, I usually go up to the Old State House and take my meeting from a computer there. However, I did this meeting from home. 

When I joined the meeting, I found out that my Cabinet members Claire and Cora were able to go to the Old State House and met each other! I was so excited of them. The other Cabinet member that was on was Nathan.

To start, I asked my Cabinet two ice breaker questions: 

- If you've gone back to school, what was your favorite thing about your first day?

- If you're going to a new school, what is your favorite thing about your new (or old) school?

Cora said that her favorite thing about her new school was the library. Claire said that she hadn't gone back yet but she really had fun at the orientation. Nathan said that his school is a K-8 but she got to see new parts of his school for the 6th graders and that he thought it was cool to explore the different parts of his school.

After that, Mr. Orcutt, another person that works for the CT Democracy center, introduced an ice breaker for us. He put Claire and Cora on a team and me and Nathan on a team. The point was to list as many states in the U.S. as possible and to write them all down. We only had two minutes to do so! I took notes for my team and me and Nathan came up with 14 states. Then, we talked to Claire and Cora and found out that they had come up with over 30 states! It was impressive!

Then, we all gave updates about our platforms and what we've been working on. Cora said that her new school let her put up a bulletin board that had to do with her climate change platform and she got to talk to her classmates about her platform and the Kid Governor program. We all shared what we were excited to be working on with our platforms. I also talked about my summer Outdoors-A-Thon.

Finally, we went over my poster contest and I found out that the winner was from Claire's elementary school! We also talked about how the posters will be on display at CT Family Day which is happening at the end of the month. Me, my cabinet, the 12 finalists, and the winner are all invited and I'm so excited! This meeting was definitely a fun one!

Now, are you ready for the fun fact of the week? Here it is! My favorite subject in school is reading!

Stay positive! :)