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student has felt the love. <TABLES BANGING.> A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDED-- <CUTTING WRAPPING.> PERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM WAS BUZZING. <THIS IS THEIR PAPERWORK.> GETTING READY FOR ONE MORE LESSON. <DROPPING BOX.> <SEALERS BANGING.> <SCOOPING AGAINST BAG.> <LAUGH.> IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PAYBACKS CAN BE ROUGH. <YOUR HEAD MIGHT BE TOO BIG.> BUT NOT THIS TIME. <WE'RE PACKAGING 20- THOUSAND MEALS TODAY.> BECAUSE THIS BEEHIVE OF TEENAGE ACTIVITY-- <AHHH - I CAN NOT GET THESE ON.> (gloves covered) IS LANDING AT THE END OF A YEAR THAT'S BEEN FILLED WITH SO MANY TEARS. <BREATH. TOUGH. IT'S BEEN TOUGH.> <IT WAS CRAZY, TO BE HONEST. THERE'S NO WAY IT COULD NOT BE.> EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLER IN PERRY HAS BEEN PEPPERED WITH WELL-MEANING QUESTIONS SINCE JANUARY 3RD'S TRAGEDY THAT UNFOLDED JUST DOWN THE HALL FROM HERE. <THEY USUALLY ASK ME IF I WAS HERE THAT DAY. THEN ASK IF I'M OK.> AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THEIR BUILDING, MANY HERE WERE NOT. <BOX DROPPING.> <IT'S BEEN HARD FEELING LIKE I CAN COME TO SCHOOL. OR THAT I SHOULD. AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH FEELING CONFIDENT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WITH PEOPLE HELPING US, WE HAVE COME A LONG WAYS.> THAT HELP SHE'S TALKING ABOUT SHOWED UP ON TEACHERS' DESKS THE FIRST DAY THEY RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL. <JUST THIS LITTLE POSEY GAVE THEM A LITTLE BRIGHTNESS FOR THE START OF THEIR DAY.> STUDENTS FELT THAT SAME LOVE WHEN THEY RETURNED. WITH BANNERS DECLARING (CLIP 2947) 'YOU ARE STRONG' AND (CLIP 2954) 'MUCH LOVE TO PERRY' FROM NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. THEN? <WE GOT VALENTINE'S NOTES IN FEBRUARY.> WHEN WAUKEE SECOND GRADERS TURNED THEIR WRITING LESSONS- - <ON THE BOARD, YOU'LL SEE "DEAR PERRY SCHOOLS.> INTO LOVE LETTERS. <THEIR SCHOOL IS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER.> THE KIDS FROM A HALF HOUR AWAY DROPPED OFF THOSE NOTES IN PERRY - WITH A GIFT FROM SUGAR CREEK'S P-T-O. <$5400. OH. THAT IS SO GENEROUS.> THE ONLY INSTRUCTION? USE IT TO SPREAD JOY-- <THERE'S THE SNOW CONES! THERE'S THE SNOW CONES!> WHICH PULLED INTO PERRY IN A COLORFUL TRUCK A FEW WEEKS LATER. <ICE SCOOP.> <ICE CRUSHING.> <THEY GOT CHERRY. THEY GOT CHERRY.> BY THE TIME THE SNOW CONE TRUCK HAD CLASSES LINING UP IN MAY, PERRY'S ELEMENTARY KIDS WERE MORE FOCUSED ON THE FLAVORS-- <I'M GOING TO DO VANILLA ACTUALLY. AND (:01 PP) ACTUALLY, NO, STRAWBERRY KIWI.> THAN THEY REASON THEY WERE HERE. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY STRANGERS FLOODED THE TOWN WITH HUNDREDS OF CUPS OF ICY LOVE.. <WE KNOW THAT THEY NEVER WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED. BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE. AND THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR US AND THAT'S BIG. THAT'S HUGE.> POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TURN FEAR INTO TOOTHLESS EXCITEMENT. <UM, PURPLE.> AND, BACK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAKE IT OK -- <LAUGHING.> TO JUST BE A TEENAGER AGAIN. <EVERYONE DESERVES KINDNESS AND WE SHOULD ALL HELP EACH OTHER.> <SEALER BUZZ.> EXACTLY WHY, AFTER A SEMESTER OF GETTING LOVE, PERRY'S STUDENTS ARE THE ONES GIVING - PAYING IT FORWARD TO KIDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THEY'LL NEVER MEET, PACKAGING MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND. <IT'S SO AMAZING THAT WE CAN DO IT AND SUPPORT OTHERS THE WAY THEY HAVE SUPPORTED US.> <THEY CAN GIVE BACK AND ALSO HELP AND SUPPORT OTHERS WHO MAY BE IN A TIME OF NEED LIKE THEY WERE A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO.> EVERYONE IN PERRY WILL TELL YOU 2024'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. <YEAH.> BUT THE LESSONS IN THESE HALLWAYS DIDN'T STOP WHEN AND THE GENEROSITY WILL CONTINUE NEXT FALL - WHEN A COUPLE NEW BLUEJAYS SETTLE IN. <CLIP 3534 TIME 16:41:33 "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SCHOOL NEEDS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAGEDY."> WE'LL VISIT SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE LITTLE ONES GETTING READY TO ROAM THE HALLS. AND THEN, WE'RE HEADED TO GREENFIELD. <WE STARTED THE DAY WITH A HOUSE AND CARS. WE ENDED T