Meeting 2022 Kid Governor Makhi

Hello! 5th graders! I hope you all are doing well and having a great new year so far! Today I’m going to tell you about a meeting I attended a few weeks back.

A few weeks back in December, I went up to the Old State House for the a Leadership Transition Meeting with 2022 Kid Governor Makhi as well as my final Cabinet meeting. 

I went up to Hartford in the morning, and got to meet Makhi first thing! He was so nice, and even brought me a box of Christmas cookies! 

To start off, we introduced ourselves to each other, as well as our parents and teachers. We then got a private your of the Old State House by Mr. C and Ms. Whipple, who runs the Old State House. We even got to go outside on the balcony! If you haven’t gone to Connecticut's Old State House and taken the tour, I totally recommend it as a fun family activity!

Once we got to my office, we jumped right into a meeting where we got to know each other and ask each other questions about all kinds of things. Makhi talked to me about my term and what it was like to be the Kid Governor, and I talked to him about his platform and what he is looking forward to in his coming term.

After that, we went back downstairs to see our families. We had a little break, then I went up to the green screen room to start our meeting with both of our Cabinets, parents, and some of our teachers. Makhi tuned into the meeting from one of the offices in the Old State House.

Once the meeting started we got to meet each others' Cabinets and do an icebreaker activity. We had an at-home scavenger hunt where we each got a few items that answer questions about us. Me and Makhi brought our items from home to the meeting, and held up what we brought.

 Then, me and my Cabinet got a chance to talk to Makhi and his Cabinet our out experiences this year. Makhi and his cabinet members got to ask us a bunch of questions and we answered them.

Finally, I went into a breakout room with my Cabinet and Makhi went into a breakout room with his Cabinet, and we just got to talk! If you are not familiar with what breakout rooms are, they are separate rooms within a Zoom meeting that allow you to only talk to certain people. I got to talk with my Cabinet for the last time, and we had a fun time!

Finally, the meeting was over and I got to go home. It was a great experience and super fun the meet Makhi!

It’s time! Here is the fun fact of the week! I am very close with my cousin Domanic and one time we went up to the Old State House and took the tour together!

That is it for this week! Stay tuned for Makhi's Inauguration this Friday and have a great day!


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