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Teen dies by suicide after allegedly being raped by bullies, leaves warning note behind

Bullying gets worse Things deteriorated to the point where she no longer felt comfortable going to school. Despite having spoken to the bullies, nothing improved. Cassidy took a break from school. After a whole term ...

Paralyzed teen stuns crowd and walks across the stage at high school graduation

On November 8, 2017, Ryan swerved his vehicle to avoid hitting a cyclist. He veered back into his lane to avoid a car in the other lane and lost control. “I remember losing control of ...

Happy birthday: 106-year-old woman shares the secret to living a long life

On June 5, Ruth Hilliard, a North Carolina resident, turned 106 years old. She grew up in a time where technology didn’t rule everyone’s lives and things we take for granted now like ballpoint pens and ...

9-year-old uses allowance to pay off lunch debt for his entire class

Ryan, a 3rd grader at West Park Elementary School in Irvine, California, got the idea to help others out after hearing a story about a student who couldn’t afford a school lunch because their account balance ...

Kindergartner forced to do the ‘walk of shame’ after not being able to pay for $2.25 lunch

According to CafeMom, Anya was in the lunch line with 20 other students when the incident occurred. She picked up her hot meal, but when it came time to pay, she didn’t have enough money ...

Entire elementary school learns sign language to support kindergartner with hearing loss

In preparation for the kindergartener’s arrival, school staff and students learned sign language. “They have been phenomenal, makes me a little mushy. They probably know at least 15 signs, if not 20,” Debby Gallant told WCMH. ...

Jimmy Carter granted tenure at Emory University after 37 years of teaching

Jimmy Carter, who was the country’s 39th president, began teaching at Emory University in 1982 shortly after leaving the White House. He also launched The Carter Center at Emory in 1982. “When I left the ...

MacKenzie Bezos signs pledge to give away more than half of her $36 billion fortune

MacKenzie Bezos announced in a letter her decision to sign The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away more than half of of a wealthy individual’s fortune. “We each come by the gifts we have ...

North Carolina school district to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students

“Hurricane Florence’s impact on our students and families put the district in a position where this is possible due to the number of affected households,” Brunswick County Schools said in a statement. “We sincerely hope ...

CEO pays off $50,000 in school lunch debt for kids forced to eat cold sandwiches

So when the Warwick Public Schools in Rhode Island announced that students with outstanding debts would be limited to eating “sun butter and jelly” sandwiches, there was understandably some backlash and a very public outcry. The ...