WASHINGTON (AP) – Jill Biden has turned Valentine’s Day into a lesson for second graders.
The first lady and longtime teacher had Washington elementary school students design Valentine’s Day hearts that are hanging in the East Wing of the White House.
Twenty second graders from Aiton Elementary School and their teacher, Alejandro Diasgranados, visited the White House on Monday for a tour and to see their “heart work” on display, Biden’s office said. It will be the first time many of these students have been to the White House.
The first lady will also take the group to the North Lawn to see her Valentine’s Day installation: hand-painted, wooden artwork in the shapes of the Bidens’ puppy, Commander, and cat, Willow. There’s also a separate heart-shaped cut-out inscribed with 1 Corinthians 13:13, “Three things will last forever – faith, hope and love – and the greatest of these is love.”
The students cheered loudly as their school bus pulled up to the mansion. Masked and bundled up against February’s cold weather, a White House aide greeted them as they got off. Commander barked as they entered the building.