Last week the Space Shuttle Discovery made its final launch into space. I came across this incredible video showing the launch, not from the ground as we are accustomed to viewing it, but rather from the vantage of a high altitude aircraft. Have a look for yourself....

There is an old Chinese curse that says “May you live in interesting times!” Well if that is a true curse then we are really cursed these days!

School Assemblies play every day of the school year, so on any given day we have performers all over the country performing school shows.

Mobile Ed has been producing school assemblies for 31 years. In that time we have done school assemblies in schools all over the country. But we have also performed in many other settings. Libraries, Senior Citizen facilities, and Cub Scout events are common for us. We have also had performers doing school assemblies in museums and sometimes at private corporate events. And we have even been to jail!

We wrote recently about Dave Mitchell and his school assembly swing through Texas with his Ben Franklin school show. What we failed to mention is that Dave also carries a really great  school assembly about Math called Imathimation. From what we can tell our Texas schools loved this assembly program!

April Showers Bring May School Assemblies, or something like that... more like January snow brings a longer school year. This winter has been tough and a lot of school districts are facing the prospect of a longer school year in order to make up the lost time. Sadly, in many cases, with the extra days thrown in at the end of the year it does not help schools prepare for testing which occurs in most states in the Spring. By May and June testing is usually done. School are looking for things to do. And with a longer school year, in some areas stretching into nearly the end of June, there is a lot of time to fill. 

Talking recently about some great school assembly performers we may have mentioned a favorite of ours named David Killion. Dave is from Higgins Lake, Michigan, up in the Northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan. So when he goes on tour, he has gone a long way before he even leaves the state!

Just a reminder! It is the middle of February and the last thing you want to think about is school assemblies for next year, but.... just like taxes, you have to do it!

As a parent myself I can tell you that issues of character are vitally important in developing the citizens of tomorrow. Ever try raising a teenage boy? Enough said.

Our Ben Franklin school assembly recently completed a really successful tour through the great state of Texas. I thought I would share a few comments from some of the schools we visited.