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Valedictorian thanks teachers and school staff during graduation speech, but wait until you hear why

As Nataly stood in front of her classmates, teachers, family, and friends, she thanked those who helped the Class of 2019. “Thank you for being so invested in your students’ education and well-being,” she said. ...

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 ...

Parents baffled after teacher awards 11-year-old autistic child with ‘most annoying’ student of the year trophy

Dad Rick Castejon was reportedly attending a fifth-grade awards luncheon for Bailly Preparatory Academy students, where his 11-year-old son is a student. He was blind-sighted by the award his autistic child was awarded: a trophy for being ...

High school senior celebrates graduation by throwing a pizza party for homeless women and children

Before she graduated Leanne informed her parents that she didn’t want to spend money on a graduation party. “Parties, they don’t last that long, only a couple of hours. Probably, I won’t even remember it,” ...

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 ...

Royal family update: 4-year-old Princess Charlotte will attend brand new school in the fall

“We are delighted that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided that Princess Charlotte will join her elder brother, Prince George, at Thomas’s Battersea,” the school’s headmaster said in a statement. “We greatly look ...

High school football coach tackles student gunman and prevents school shooting

On Friday, students at Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon, expressed concern about one of their classmates. Diamond Morris, a student, told KOIN 6 News that she spoke with the suspect, and he revealed that he ...

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 ...