Arya Sasne, 5, a kindergarten student at Maurice Hawk School, plans to be the first woman president of the United States. She took adlit.org’s first place award in her age group in a nationwide letter writing contest. She also submitted a drawing of the White House with lawns, trees, and a small dog.##M:[more]##
Her letter (below) will be published on readrockets.org and adlit.org. She received a copy of “Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out,” a $100 gift card from Better World Books, and stationery and a journal from Peaceable Kingdom Press. She is the daughter of Kailash and Priya Sasne, who took her on a recent trip to the White House.
“It is year 2034 and I am the first woman president of America. It is a holiday today because of president’s day. This is my first letter from the Oval Office.
Let me tell you about the White House and things I am going to change. I am going to change the color of the state dining room to yellow so that I have yellow, blue, green, and red rooms.
I am going to change the China room to a kid’s play area and have toys there so kids can play. I am even going to have a petting zoo in the vermeil room so that kids visiting me can have fun.
My favorite room is the library. I want to plant more flowers and trees. I am going to have more fire alarms since there have been two fires in the White House so far.
I am going to build some rooms in the east wing for poor kids who do not have parents.
I want to invite you to visit me at the white house.
Love, Arya, the president.
