White House Schoolchildren

excited curious awed attentive

Specific group brought to the White House for a civic-education visit.

2 appearances

Public Ceremonies / Civic Education

Also known as: kids, schoolchildren, the kids

White House …'s Journey

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2 moments

S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Playfulness Interrupted: Bartlet with Schoolchildren

From excited and noisy to quietly attentive and confused at the tonal shift.

The assembled group follows C.J.'s cues, collectively shouts greetings, chants answers, and shifts from exuberant participation to sudden hush when the death is announced.

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S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Interrupting Joy: Lowell Lydell's Death Announced to the President

Confused and subdued — the children sense the change in adults' tone and mirror it with silence and uncertainty.

The children, who had been boisterous, fall silent at the sudden shift; their curiosity and exuberance are interrupted, transforming the room's energy into attentive quiet.

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