Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Continues Return to School Road Trip in Michigan to Spotlight Safe Return to In-Person Learning

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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Continues Return to School Road Trip in Michigan to Spotlight Safe Return to In-Person Learning

Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
Event Date 1 : September 23, 2021 - 10:00am
Event Date 2 : September 23, 2021 - 1:00pm
Event Date 3 : September 23, 2021 - 5:00pm

On Thursday, Sept. 23, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona continues the Return to School Road Trip—a bus tour to showcase students and communities safely returning to in-person learning—with several events in Michigan. First, Secretary Cardona will visit Mount Pleasant for a tour of Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. There he will participate in a welcome ceremony, visit classes and meet with students.

In the afternoon, he will visit Lansing for a tour of the Capital Area Community Services' Early Childhood Program. Secretary Cardona's last stop will be at Focus: HOPE in Detroit, where the Education Department is partnering with Reading Is Fundamental, for a late afternoon family-oriented reading event.

Throughout the bus tour week—Sept.20-24—Secretary Cardona, Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten, and local school leaders are joining students, parents, educators, and school communities for events that highlight schools and communities that have safely welcomed students back to in-person learning.

Event 1
Who :

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
President of Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Carla Sineway
Tribal Council Executive Secretary Jennifer Wassegijig
Tribal Council Treasurer Maia Spotted-Tail
Tribal Council Member Chip Neyome
General Board Member Kasey Perez
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Students
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Professors and Staff

What :

Welcome Ceremony, Tour & Conversation with Students
When :

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 (Times are subject to change)
10 a.m. ET, Greeting at East Building Lobby
10:10 a.m. ET, Tour
10:40 a.m. ET, Conversation With Students

PRESS:This is an open press event. If you are interested in covering this event, please email press@ed.gov.

Where :

Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
2274 Enterprise Drive
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858


Event 2
Who :

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten
Director of Early Childhood Programs, Capital Area Community Service Dr. Nolana Nobles
Head Start educators

What :

Visit center, talk with Head Start educators and officials about pre-K education, and engage with students.
When :

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 (Times are subject to change)
1:05 p.m. ET conversation with educators and local officials
1:35 p.m. ET, Tour (POOLED PRESS)
1:45 p.m. ET, Playground Time
2 p.m. ET, Press Gaggle

PRESS:The tour will be pooled press. The playground time is an open press event. If you are interested in receiving pooled footage or covering the open press events, please email press@ed.gov.

Where :

Capital Area Community Service
1107 East Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
Lansing, MI 48906

Event 3
Who :

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
Reading Is Fundamental Chief Executive Officer Alicia Levi

What :

Reading event with local families
When :

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 (Times are subject to change)
5:10 p.m. ET, Storytime and Activities
6:15 p.m. ET, Press Gaggle

PRESS:This is an open press event. If you are interested in covering this event, please email press@ed.gov.

Where :

Focus: HOPE
1400 Oakman Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48238

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