President Obama helps 5-year-old get out of school
NBC NEWS - Five-year-old Alanah Poullard has about the best school excuse note possible — hers is signed by President Barack Obama...
Five-year-old Alanah Poullard has about the best school excuse note possible — hers is signed by President Barack Obama.
The kindergartner scored the president’s handwritten seal of approval on Thursday when she visited the White House. But this wasn’t an ordinary tour; Poullard was attending an event for wounded service members with her father.
Wearing a sleeveless blue dress and black Mary Janes, the little girl met the president in the East Room and asked for a note to show her teacher. White House photographer Pete Souza caught the president jotting down a few words on Poullard’s behalf and Tweeted the image.
This isn’t the first time the president has honored such a request. Minnesota fifth-grader Tyler Sullivan got a special note from the president when he attended a campaign speech last June.
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