President Plans to Speak at High School Commencement

The White House announced today that the President will be speaking at a High School Commencement. "Race to the Top" is a competition - one school will be selected from applicants to receive a visit from the President. Principals of public high schools can apply for the "Commencement Challenge" online.

Six schools will be selected from the applicants by the White House and Department of Education. They will be posted on whitehouse.gov and the public will have the chance to vote for three to move forward. The President himself will choose the winning school from among these three finalists.

The application includes several essay questions and a video submission, giving local administrators the chance to get their students and teachers involved in the process of applying.

The White House has also set up a Facebook page specifically for "Race to The Top".

Pretty cool stuff, I think. High School students should let their administrators know about this.