A grade school teacher asked her students to dress up as their favorite superheroes to cap off their week.
The teacher was in for a surprise!
Jaime Deigh is a teacher at R.E. Baker Elementary in Bentonville, Arkansas, and had their class do a superhero dress-up to cap the week.
This was part of the activities after they read the book “Almost Super” by Marion Jenson.
Part of the project, “Spirit Week” was formed.
Teachers and Students took part of it.
The theme for each day would be different.
“Super Comfy Day” for Monday, then “Super Kind Day” on Tuesday.
Wednesday was “Super Bright Day,” and Thursday was “Super Silly Day.”
“Superhero Day” for Friday to conclude the week-long activity.
The “Super Hero” Day encouraged the children to wear their superhero costumes.
Deigh said that the children would typically wear costumes from comic books like Spiderman, Batman, etc.
She wanted to be like Miss Deigh.
Cortney Carlson, the mother of one of the students, told local news, “All week, Caroline was saying, ‘I want to be like Miss Deigh. She is a superhero.'”
Caroline’s mom reached out to Deigh and asked what the teacher would wear on the final day of “Spirit Week.”
Carlson told the news, “I think she thought Caroline just wanted to wear what she was wearing.”
And she confirmed and told the teacher that Caroline wanted to be her on that day.
Deigh further explained that in her 19 years of teaching, this was the first time she encountered such a kind act from a student.
“I wanted to parade around the school!” she said.
A thoughtful reminder.
She considered the student’s act as a reminder that teaching should not be taken lightly as they are helping the children’s foundation and preparing them for society.
“You never know the influence you might have on a child regardless of the color of your skin, where you come from, or who you are!” she shared.
Deigh was blown away by the choice one of her students made.
“It was pretty special that she looks at me like her superhero,” shared Deigh.
It was a heartwarming gesture.
“You just never know the impact that you have on someone every day just through daily interaction,” she added in an interview.
Both Deigh and Caroline’s mom coordinated to match the outfits that day.
An R.E. Baker Elementary T-shirt, a denim jacket, jeans, and tennis shoes.
“The part that melted my heart was that she had her mom curl her [hair]…and she wanted her hair to look like mine,” Deigh commented during the interview.
The Bentonville Schools’ Facebook page post showing a photo of Deigh and Caroline earned lots of praise.
A Facebook user commented, “What better hero than her teacher. This in itself speaks volumes of her teacher. Beautiful.”
This kind gesture from a student to her teacher makes us realize that no matter what we do, as long as we do it with dignity and with passion, people will always look up to us.
And we become their heroes.
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