Ms. Mary Dean runs a wonderful program at Maple Lane Elementary School. A group of 5th grade boys get together periodically and meet for lunch in a conference room, where someone is invited to speak about his profession.(She runs a similar program for 5th grade girls.) Ms. Dean invited Dr. Mike to talk about dentistry on March 1st, 2013.
Dr. Mike enjoyed speaking about his favorite profession and related it to doing well in school and being responsible. The boys seemed very attentive and interested and asked some excellent questions.
Ms. Dean has the boys give a firm handshake and thank you at the end of each presentation. Dr. Mike was very impressed with the boys and with Ms. Dean’s program, and he asked her to consider encouraging other schools to start similar programs. Thanks Ms. Dean and 5th graders! It was a lot of fun!