Governor's Program

Savannah decided to join many other 4th graders this year in participating in The Governor's Program, a program that involved memorization of important facts about the state of Maryland. After passing off all the requirements, Savannah would earn a trip to The National Zoo in Washington DC. It took several months to pass everything off but she finally did it! Here were the requirements:

• Memorize the Pledge of Allegiance (easy!)
• Color in the picture of the Maryland Flag (another easy one!)
• Memorize the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner
• Memorize all verses to Maryland, My Maryland!
• Be able to identify important Maryland persons in government, such as Senators, the Governor, etc. (there were 8 of them)
• Name all the counties
• Name surrounding states
• Name state rivers
• Name state symbols, which included State Capital, Bird, Flower, Crustacean, Dog, Tree, etc.
• Memorize the first 2 verses of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe (this was the tough one!)

At the beginning of June Savannah headed down to the National Zoo for a fun day with her friends.  Her favorite animals were the lions and she even picked up a new lion stuffed animal to add to her collection.  I'm so proud of her in successfully completing this program!