VALLEY SCHOOL SET FOR HISTORIC DAY.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - Morningside Elementary students won't settle for a mere glimpse at honchos from California, Mexico and the White House during their historic visit today. No, what children want is to press the flesh of Gov. Gray Davis, Presidente Vicente Fox and first lady Laura Bush, who all will visit the school in honor of its academic achievement. ``I'm happy because there are a lot of people in the world you don't get to meet, especially people as important as them,'' said Anthony Rubio, 9, catching ladybugs in the schoolyard Wednesday. ``I hope to shake the hands of Laura Bush, Fox and the governor.'' As the shock wore off Wednesday about the unprecedented celebration of student progress at the mostly Latino school, everyone scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. to whip the school into shape. Janitors spritzed from top to bottom. Secret Service agents poked and prodded behind the scenes. Teachers, proud of doubling student scores on the state Academic Performance Index, hung flags of honor. Welcoming signs were raised. And someone posted the flag of Mexico  The Flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. for the 45-minute noontime noon·time n. See noon. visit in the vintage school auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. . Davis will tout Tout To promote a security in order to attract buyers. tout To foster interest in a particular company or security. For example, a broker might tout a security to a client in the hope that the client will purchase the security. his education standards. Bush, a former teacher and librarian, will speak to fourth- and fifth-graders before reading to a classroom of second-graders. And Fox, in the Golden State this week, will go along for the media event at one of the San Fernando Valley's most successful schools. ``It's very exciting,'' said Susan Goldberg, assistant principal of the 1,165-student campus. ``It's so good so many people are interested in what Morningside has accomplished.'' |
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