On Friday the 17-year-old graduated from her high school, Washington DC’s private Sidwell Friends School, with her proud parents, Barack and Michelle Obama, by her side.
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“I think Malia…is very eager to get out of [the White House]”, he added about her upcoming milestone and his exit from the Oval early next year. In January, Obama said he declined an invitation to speak at the graduation because he knew he would be too emotional.
Obama has expressed sadness at his daughter growing up.
Those protestations aside, Obama and his daughters have a close bond, even amid the intense schedules of presidential travel and meetings.
President Obama, as well as First Lady Michelle, both attended the ceremonies at the school’s campus in northwest Washington.
Malia’s younger sister, Sasha, ushers in her 15th birthday Friday and, in honor of the occasion, we here at Entertain This! made a decision to reflect on her style evolution.
“The idea of her having to transfer schools, move to a new city halfway through high school, would not make me popular”, Obama said on “The Tonight Show”.
As a high school student, Malia spent a portion of the summer in 2014 and 2015 working in television studios in NY and Los Angeles.
In 2014 Malia and Sasha were named two of “The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014” by Time magazine.
A photo of the Class of 2016 posted to Sidwell’s Facebook page shows Malia standing proudly in the third row, center, wearing a white dress and surrounded by classmates.
Braces appeared when Malia was 12.
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Malia turns 18 on July 4, in time to cast her first vote for president – and for her father’s successor. Secret Service agents taught her how to drive.
