FORT RILEY -Dr. Jill Biden visited teachers and students at Fort Riley Middle School on Wednesday.

The second-lady of the United States is in Kanas to celebrate the Month of the Military Child and as part of her Joining Forces initiative.

Biden said she knows who has been in the military in her classrooms.

“And so I ask that at the beginning of every semester. I find that they bring such rich experiences to what I’m teaching.”

Biden explained as a grandmother she also saw the things that impacted her grandchildren.

She noted that she and Michelle Obama made that one of their pillars of the Joining Forces Initiative. “Education, what could we do in the space of education to make things better for military families. So the fact that you signed on, and all of you are so invested in this means so much to our military.”

During her visit to Fort Riley Middle School Biden toured classrooms and met with students and teachers. She participated in discussions with both the student teachers and students in the school’s media center.  Biden also met school officials and community leaders during her time at the school.

Dr. Biden is a lifelong educator and military mom. She is participating in several events in support of military children’s education.

She is meeting with active duty service members, military spouses and military-connected students and their teachers.

During the visit she highlighted the educational partnership between Fort Riley and Kansas State University as part of Operation Educate the Educators—an effort Dr. Biden launched through her Joining Forces initiative to train teachers to recognize the unique needs of military-connected students in their classrooms.