Name: The First Lady Honors the 2017 School Counselor of the Year
Uploaded: 2017-02-28T06:49:01.000Z
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Michelle Obama: You guys, that's a command.

Michelle Obama: Hello everyone and, may I say

for the last time, officially, welcome to the

Well, we are beyond thrilled to have you all

here to celebrate the 2017 National School Counselor

These are the fine women and a few good men --

-- one good man -- who are on this stage and they

represent schools from across this country.

And I want to start by thanking Terri [phonetic

sp.] for that wonderful introduction and her

I'm going to say a lot more about Terri in a few

minutes, but first I want to take a moment to

First, our outstanding Secretary of Education,

As well as our former Education Secretary, Arnie

I want to take this time to thank you both publicly

for your dedication and leadership and friendship.

We couldn't do this without the support of the

So, I'm grateful to you personally and am very

proud of all that you've done for this country.

I also want to acknowledge a few other special guests

I'm like, "Well, yeah, we have a few good friends."

We have with us today Ted Allen, Lala Anthony,

Carla Hall, Coach Jim Harbaugh and his beautiful

wife who's a lot better looking than him.

Lana Parrilla, my buddy Jay Pharaoh, Kelly Roland,

Wale is here, and of course Allison Williams

All these folks are here because they're using

their star power to inspire our young people

and I'm so grateful to all of your for stepping up in

I feel like I've pestered you over these years --

-- asking time and time again, "Well where are you

It really means the world to this initiative to have

such powerful, respected, and admired individuals

So, congratulations on the work that you've done and

And today I especially want to recognize all the

extraordinary leadership team that was behind

I want to take time to personally acknowledge a

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