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President Bush Discusses No Child Left Behind Act in North Carolina
President George W. Bush delivers remarks Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, on No Child Left Behind during a visit to the Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C. The President congratulated the school's principal, teachers and the parents for "working hard to make this a fantastically interesting place for our children to go to school." Seated in the background are Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Dr. Amy Holcombe, Principal of the school. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush delivers remarks Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, on No Child Left Behind during a visit to the Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C. The President congratulated the school's principal, teachers and the parents for "working hard to make this a fantastically interesting place for our children to go to school." Seated in the background are Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Dr. Amy Holcombe, Principal of the school. White House photo by Paul Morse Full Story
President George W. Bush gets a close-up view of the 45 car Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at Victory Junction Gang Camp, Inc. with Will "Cheese" Kwapil, 12, left, who suffers from a congenital heart defect, and Pauly Rader, 9, who has a brain tumor. The camp, founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty, serves children primarily from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush shares a quiet moment with 10-year-old Hank Grissom Wednesday Oct. 18, 2006, at the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman, N.C. The Charlotte, N.C. youngster, who has Spina Bifida, attends the camp, which was founded in 2004 by Kyle and Pattie Petty in honor of their son, Adam, to help enrich the lives of kids with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush, second from left, is joined at Adam's Race Shop on the grounds of Victory Junction Gang Camp, Inc., in Randleman, N.C., by NASCAR drivers, from left: Kyle Petty, Richard Petty, Michael Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson. Pattie Petty, who founded the camp for kids with chronic conditions with husband Kyle, is at center. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush enjoys a moment with NASCAR racing champion Richard Petty during a visit Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, to the Victory Junction Gang Camp, Inc., in Randleman, N.C. The center was founded by Petty's son, Kyle, and Kyle's wife, Pattie, in memory of their son, Adam, a fourth-generation NASCAR driver killed during practice in 2000. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of a patron at Stamey's barbeque in Greensboro, N.C., during a lunch with community leaders Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush delivers remarks Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, on No Child Left Behind during a visit to the Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C. The President congratulated the school's principal, teachers and the parents for "working hard to make this a fantastically interesting place for our children to go to school." Seated in the background are Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Dr. Amy Holcombe, Principal of the school. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush greets flag-waving students at the Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Greensboro, N.C., where he delivered remarks on the No Child Left Behind Act. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush spends time with students at the Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Greensboro, N.C. The President visited with third- and fifth-graders before delivering his remarks on the No Child Left Behind Act. White House photo by Paul Morse
A little reader takes a closer look as Mrs. Laura Bush reads the children's book, "I Love You, Little One," by Nancy Tafuri during a visit to the Jenna Welch and Laura Bush Community Library in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. Since the library opened in 2003, the number of programs and attendance has tripled. Through the past year, the Library hosted 349 programs for more than 10,000 participants. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush listens to David Temple, actor portraying Benjamin Franklin, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, as he guides her through the Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World Exhibit, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Texas. The exhibition, a blend of art, history, science, and material culture, features Franklin's original possessions, including many items never publicly displayed, iconic works of art and rare documents. It also features interactive devices that enable visitors to explore Franklin's eighteenth-century world using twenty-first-century technology. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush watches as David Temple, actor portraying Benjamin Franklin, performs a demonstration related to static electricity at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, with the help of a 6th grade student from the Baines Middle School in Houston, TX. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
 
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