**CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory is being issued by U.S. Census Bureau:

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)

What: U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves and Congressman William Lacy Clay will launch the 2010 Census in Schools program for Missouri at Gateway Math & Science Elementary School in St. Louis. The program, "2010 Census: It's About Us," gives schools a wide range of free, optional, standards-based lesson plans on subjects related to the census, ranging from math to social studies. The program is designed for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and will reach all 118,000 schools and 56 million students nationwide.

When: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. (CST)

Who: U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

Robert M. Groves, director, U.S. Census Bureau

Renee Jefferson-Copeland, chief, Census in Schools, U.S. Census Bureau

Where: Gateway Math & Science Elementary School

4 Gateway Dr.

St. Louis, MO 63106

Phone: 314-241-8255

Fax: 314-241-3159

Principal: Rose Howard

Please RSVP by 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 30, to Emmett Morris at 816-994-2113.

Editor's note: News releases, reports and data tables are available on the Census Bureau's home page. Go to http://www.census.gov and click on "Releases."

Emmett Morris
Kansas Regional Census Center
Phone: 816-994-2113

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau