Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, educator, co-founder of Our Public School and sister of President Barack Obama, will serve as North Forest ISD’s guest speaker at the 2009 NFISD State of District Address held at the Sheraton North Houston Hotel, 15700 John F. Kennedy Blvd. on Oct. 16 at 11 a.m.
Soetoro-Ng will speak on the state of urban education from a national perspective.
The State of the District Luncheon will “highight district accompishments and plant the seed for the North Forest Education Foundation,” the district says.
“During the past year, many noteworthy events have taken place in North Forest ISD — from the start of our all-day Pre-K and Urban Teacher Residency program to having four TEA “Recognized” campuses to the completion and initial stages of implementing our strategic plan,” said NFISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Adrain Johnson. “North Forest is moving and growing. We are anxious to share the details and we are incredibly excited to have Dr. Soetoro-Ng join us as our guest speaker,” Johnson added.
Sponsorships for the State of the District luncheon are available. For more information on being a sponsor contact NFISD’s Director of Education Foundation Public and Community Relations Nakisha Myles at 713-491-1035 or go to the district’s website at www.nfisd.org.