Microsoft President Makes Personal Visit to 7th Grade Fernley Student
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
08/16/2017
Fernley, NV, August 16, 2017 –
During the 2016-17 school year, Ken Jordan, 7th grade math teacher
at Silverland Middle School, assigned a project to his students that
incorporates math into the real world.
With the project, students were tasked with following a company and its
performance in the stock market. Sky Yi,
one of Jordan's students, chose Microsoft and did so primarily because of his
and many kids' interest in the Xbox. The
culmination of the project required the students to research the companies'
executives and write a letter to one of them.
Yi wrote a letter addressed to "Bradford L. Smith," the
company’s president. The contents of the
letter were as follows:
"My
math teacher is making me write this letter to a business that we like. Of course, I picked Microsoft since you guys
manufacture every spoiled, squeaky little teen or child’s favorite thing – the Xbox. Also, you guys have awesome computer software
and hardware. In fact, I’m typing this
on Microsoft Word. We were studying
stocks by the way and you guys did good on the rate. I know this letter won’t be opened by you on
the spot since I’m sure you guys get millions of letters, so what makes mine
special? I bet whoever is getting this
letter, whether it be your secretary or what not, is probably just throwing
this away or something like that. It was
nice at least to write a letter to such a big company. Keep up the good work running that company
and get the money rolling in. Sincerely,
Sky Yi”
Smith made the effort to make this visit as personal as
possible for Yi as he and the company believe “that middle school math is a
game changer” and can make the difference in students’ success in the
future. Lyon County School District and
Silverland Middle School staff and administration, Yi’s family and the Fernley
community as a whole were very excited to have Smith in their backyard and
supporting their educational efforts. The
following is a link to the production created by Microsoft during their visit
in Fernley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAO6H7ayDU
The photo is Sky Yi walking the halls of 7th
grade math at Silverland Middle School with Brad Smith.
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