It was a bipartisan night at Geist Elementary School as Democrat Senator Joe Donnelly and Republican Congresswoman Susan Brooks joined students, parents, staff, administrators and Hamilton Southeastern School Board members in celebrating Geist’s designation as a Blue Ribbon School.  This is a high honor bestowed on a few qualifying schools by the United States Department of Education.

“This is the heart of Indiana, the heart of our country’s future are these young people,” Senator Donnelly told those assembled.  “We are very, very proud of you, we are especially proud of the children who are the future members of congress, future doctors, the future scientists to find a cure for cancer. You are our hopes and dreams for the future.”

“If you Google ‘Geist Elementary, National Blue Ribbon,’ you kids and this school are now in our nation’s history books,” Congresswoman Brooks said.  “This is memorialized in our country’s history, that you have received this very special honor.  It’s not just in the House, but it’s also in the United States Senate.”  The congresswoman then recorded a Snapchat video of the students yelling “Geist Elmenatary Rocks!”

Below are some pictures of the event.