DS saw nominations in the portal prior to letters being received from MOCs.
He had a missed call from an unknown number while he was in Honors American History, despite his mom's advice he didn't have a voicemail set up. He lost some sleep over that one.
Turned out that the call was from the senior Senator to let him know of the principal nomination.
In mid-January, I was asked to stay late at work (I worked at his high school) and the student government class was asked to come to the counseling office (he was in that class). We were all standing around looking confused when the phone rang, the counselor put it on speaker phone and it was the junior Senator staff member. She asked who was in the room, and by this time, all admin, support staff, custodians, and his teachers were in the room, she then asked if they all knew he had applied to USNA, and she explained the process and how difficult and competitive it was. He looked so confused. She then asked him if he still wanted to attend and he said yes. She said, well, that's good to hear because you have been appointed to USNA. He had to sit down, fast. I was bawling, the teachers were crying, and the kids were clapping and hugging him. The counselors and custodians who had been his cheerleaders were all teary-eyed. It was awesome. Won't ever forget it.
Very special for the Senator's staff to go to the trouble to call the school and ask them to arrange it. I was stunned. He told me later he thought it was a call from their former teacher for Student Government and she was calling to get on their butts to help the new teacher out. Once the staffer came on, he was firmly convinced it was a call to tell him about his nomination from the Junior Senator.
Great moment.
