Then a sixth-grader named Madison, standing next to the president in the assembly-line style operation, broke the news to him that she had been informed an important guest was going to join the activity, and she “thought it would be Beyonce.”
“Then I realized it was gonna be you,” she added.
"I appreciate you saying that in front of the press, even though it's not really true," Obama said, while continuing to fill backpacks with books and toys.
Michelle Obama then joked, "I'd rather see Beyonce."Beyonce has made surprise visits to schools before. In 2011, she stopped by a school in Harlem as part of the first lady's "Let's Move" campaign.