Category: Make Me Smile
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New Classroom Materials After Item Was Stolen, Students Leave Teacher Speechless
Fourth-grade students Kinley Starr and Novalee Deaton, who baked and sold cookies over the weekend surprise their STEM Lab Teacher, Melissa Martin, with a replacement of an Ozobot lost from the STEM Lab and $526 in cash. The girls were able to not only replace the lost “bot,” but also purchase additional equipment to improve the STEM and Challenge Labs.
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After Having To Drop Out In The 1930s, A 101-Year-Old West Virginia Man Finally Receives His High School Diploma
It had been an 80-year dream come true. Merrill Pittman Cooper, 101, received his high school graduation last weekend.
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Seven Teachers Were Pregnant At The Same Time In Kansas Elementary School
In her two decades as principal of Goddard’s Oak Street School, Ashley Miller says she’s never seen anything like it. “No one drinks our water anymore,” Miller continued, “but it’s a running joke throughout the district.” There were eight babies by October, since one of the instructors was expecting twins, and the school reported in…
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A Winnipeg Schoolteacher Was Blown Away By A Stranger’s Generosity
She said a woman approached her as the cashier was scanning the books and inquired if she was a teacher and whether the books she was buying were for her students. “Then she just proceeded to put money on the counter and said, ‘These are for those books,’ and started to walk away,” Rempel said,…
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Second Grader Sneaked His Handwritten Book To A Library, It’s A Hit
An 8-year-old’s hope to share his original book with others has led to a 55-person waitlist at an Idaho library.
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Players Hugging Teammate’s Mother During Match Leaves Her Teary-Eyed, Her Son Passed Away In November Of 2020
In a tragic car accident, 14-year-old Ely Dehart of Ansley, central Nebraska lost his life in November of 2020…
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Former NFL Lineman Now Cooks At His Kids’ School Cafeteria: “Kindergartners Are My Toughest Critics”
Former NFL Star Becomes Beloved Lunch Man And The Kids Can’t Get Enough Of His Food
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Pre-K Teacher Donates Kidney To 5-Yr-Old To Give Her The Life She Deserves
A preschool teacher donated a kidney to her five-year-old student to help her experience a normal life…
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Man Who Spent 21 Years Behind Bars Reunites With Teacher Who Helped Him Through
Man Who Spent 21 Yrs Behind Bars Reunites With Teacher Who Helped Him Through. Some teachers are just special, and we’re certain Michael Lacey would agree. Michael hasn’t had it easy over the past few decades, having served 21 years in prison up until his release three years ago.
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Teacher’s Creative “Handshakes” Keep Students Smiling During Covid
David Jamison first went viral in 2019 for memorizing and performing elaborate, individual handshake routines with his students. Now, after his own battle with Covid-19 and months of virtual teaching, the man nicknamed “The Dope Educator” is back in the classroom with a modified way of making each of his students feel special.