Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Evening,
My name is XXXX, father of two XXXX elementary students. Before the official event, I would like to take a couple of minutes to introduce you a best friend of our community.
She has a deep love for our sons and daughters, and has been tirelessly working for them. Her office is right here in this building. Nevertheless, she has been very much enjoying many school visits (could be as long as 3,4,5 hours). She loves to sit down with principals, teachers, and parents to dive into many details in order to get students’ needs met. She is very detail oriented and her note book is the most neat and informative one that I’ve ever seen.
She is Meredith Casper, our MCPS AEI director.
At the end of 2017, MCCPTA GCC and GTAMC nominated her to this year’s Maryland GT Award as a school system administrator and she won it.
To kick off the event, I have a short story to share.
Steve Jobs, Apple’s former CEO, is one of the most eminent figures representing American innovation. He was a highly able student. But, at his elementary school, he was known as a goofball playing pranks in his school such as setting off explosives in the teacher’s desk. At 4th grade, Steve met his Saint, his math teacher, Ms. Imogene Hill. Imogene changed Steve’s life by challenging him into finishing an advanced workbook for 5 bucks, that is ~50 dollars today, from her own pocket.
The story of Steve Jobs and Imogene Hill is a vivid example of how important teachers and schools are to highly able students. Steve was capable and still, he did need help. Without proper guidance, encouragements, and challenges, Steve Jobs would probably be a goofball instead of the Steve Jobs we know.
Tonight, we are excited to have a group of leaders from MCPS. They will present us what changes are coming to meet the needs of our young Steve Jobs. The groundwork that they are laying down today shall bring us a new age of science / technology / literacy in the future.
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