Bancroft Elementary Helps Kick Off Regional Census Event

From left:  Bancroft fifth grade teacher Lauren Hamilton, Rosita from Sesame
Street, Senator Tom Carper, U.S. Census Dr. Robert Groves, Bancroft fifth
grade teacher Brandie Stasney, Governor Jack Markell, Count von Count from
Sesame Street, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller.

Bancroft Elementary School was the host on January 15 to an impressive group of state and federal officials.  The event was held to kick off an awareness campaign for the U.S. Census, which
will begin in three months.  Special guests included Governor Jack Markell, Lt. Governor Matt Denn, Senator Tom Carper, Secretary of Education Dr. Lillian Lowery, U.S. Census Bureau Director Dr. Robert Groves, U.S. Dept. of Education Deputy Secretary Tony Miller, and Philadelphia Regional Census Director Fernando Armstrong.  Attendees were treated to a visit by Sesame Street's Count von Count and Rosita and joined Bancroft teachers Brandie Stasney and Lauren Hamilton in a classroom lesson on the census with two fifth grade classes.