Friday, April 16, 2004
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Friday, April 16, 2004 |
Students attend exhibit honoring former first ladySome lucky J.C. Booth Middle School students had an opportunity to meet former first lady Rosalyn Carter, wife of President Jimmy Carter, on a trip last month to Plains. Nancy Graham's eighth-grade Georgia studies class was invited to attend the opening of an exhibit honoring Rosalyn Carter's work before, during and after the White House years at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains. The exhibit opened March 29, coinciding with Women's History Month. Graham and her students have been regular visitors over the years to both the Carter Center in Atlanta and the historic site in Plains. So when Annette Wise, instructional director at the historic site, was planning the exhibit’s opening, she immediately thought of Graham and extended the special invitation to her and her class. Students heard speakers from the Carter Center and the Rosalyn Carter Institute as well as opening remarks by President Carter. Following the program, pictures with the President and Mrs. Carter were taken on the lawn. Because of their admiration for Mrs. Carter and her work, the students made a donation to one of her initiatives, "Every Child by Two," a campaign to ensure the immunization of all of America’s children by the age of two. A Plains diner called Mom's (featured on "Good Morning America" when President Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize), opened up especially to accommodate the J.C. Booth students and another school group, along with the president and his entourage.
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