{"id":31761,"date":"2013-02-26T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=31761"},"modified":"2013-02-27T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T01:51:06","slug":"student-letters-yield-congressional-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/02\/26\/student-letters-yield-congressional-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Student letters yield congressional visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eighth grade history students at Joe Walker Middle School wrote to Congressman Buck McKeon about current issues as part of a class assignment. The letters prompted a visit from the congressman on Feb. 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Students of Joe Walker Middle School received a personal visit from Congressman Howard \u201cBuck\u201d McKeon recently. \u00a0The congressman visited 8th grade history students last week at the school to answer their questions about current issues. \u00a0This visit came as the result of their teacher\u2019s request that students write a letter to one of their representatives at the federal, state or local level.<\/p>\n

Many students chose to fulfill their history class assignment by writing letters to Congressman McKeon.<\/p>\n

During the course of their history class this year, students discussed current issues and the candidates running for various seats in office. \u00a0\u201cOne of the things the students said to me was that they didn\u2019t believe they had a voice,\u201d said Willie Scott, history teacher at Joe Walker Middle School. \u201cThe congressman coming today, I believe, gave these students the true realization that they do have a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"McKeon<\/a>McKeon answered student questions about many issues, from gun control to sequestration and welfare to the national debt. His overall message to students, however, was that they are the future of this country and they must get their education to ensure America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is one thing you remember from my visit here today, it\u2019s that America needs you,\u201d McKeon told the group of history students. \u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re going to be the future leaders of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several students were specifically selected to take the microphone, stand next to McKeon and directly ask him their question, which he answered for the benefit of the entire assembly. McKeon said he was impressed by the quality and depth of the questions coming from such young citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s inspiring when you think that they\u2019re eighth-graders and they\u2019ve got enough understanding of what\u2019s going on in the country to be able to ask those kinds of questions,\u201d said McKeon. \u00a0\u201cVery, very good. \u00a0It makes you feel better about our future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the congressman answered them very, very well,\u201d said Bowen Colby, an 8th grade student who asked McKeon what he was doing to stop sequestration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Westside, it is important to us that we build community-minded citizens to ensure the future of the Antelope Valley is in good hands,\u201d said Westside Union School District Superintendent Regina Rossall. \u00a0\u201cIt was an honor to have Congressman Buck McKeon help our students realize how vital they are to the future of their country.\u201d
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QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Students of Joe Walker Middle School received a personal visit from Congressman Howard \u201cBuck\u201d McKeon recently. \u00a0The congressman visited 8th grade history students last week at the school to answer their questions about current issues. \u00a0This visit came as the result of their teacher\u2019s request that students write a letter to one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}