First lady to laud school counsellors in final public remarks
WASHINGTON — When Michelle Obama helps recognize the school counsellor of the year later this week, it will also mark her final White House event as first lady, aides said Tuesday.
Mrs. Obama has presided over a White House ceremony each January since 2015 honouring school counsellors, who she says are often the “deciding factor” in whether a student attends college. She joked last year that Friday’s ceremony might be one of the last White House events “before they kick us out in January of 2017.”
President Barack Obama’s term ends at noon on Jan. 20, exactly two weeks after Friday’s ceremony.
School counsellors from across the country are meeting at the White House at the end of the week to be recognized and to help honour Terri Tchorzynski, the 2017 School Counselor of the Year. She is a counsellor at the Calhoun Area Career Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, according to the website of the American School Counselor Association.