Bethesda high school hopes to land Michelle Obama as commencement speaker

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School has turned to Instagram with the hope of Michelle Obama joining them on graduation day next year as their commencement speaker Other Montgomery County stories Montgomery County ranked No place for older adults to live among large U S communities Wootton High could permanently move to upcoming Crown High in Gaithersburg under MCPS boundary option H Northwood High pupil charged as adult with possession of loaded handgun on campus B-CC s graduation day is schedule on June and the school has been asking for the former first lady to attend since September Their first video posted on Sept has received over views on Instagram a very respectable showing But it was the school s fifth video featuring students outside cheering from the bleachers that blew up on social media with over three million views View this post on Instagram A post shared by B-CC SGA bccsga The social media campaign was started by Noah Grosberg the vice president of the Trainee Ruling body Association The senior was inspired after seeing the first lady s documentary Becoming on Netflix We grew up with her she s an amazing speaker and we d be honored to have her at B-CC Grosberg advised NBC The senior introduces each video by counting the days that they ve been asking and urging viewers to tag the former first lady The former first lady has taken notice making a comment on one of their new posts saying she was moved by the campaign It s a credit to what you and so a great number of others in your generation can get done through organizing she revealed She added that her association is in touch with the school and working on something special saying she wants to hear their hopes The students have made it clear that their hope is that Michelle Obama will join them next year when they re wearing their caps and gowns WTOP s Jeffery Leon contributed to this story Source