About 100 students at in Spring Valley got an early Christmas gift when at an assembly on Wednesday morning, they each were surprised with a brand-new bicycle.
As part of their year-long “Bee a Buddy, Not a Bully” campaign each of the third-graders at the school had written essays about what that statement means to them. They were told that the writer of the winning essay in each of the three classes would win a bike. DeKock played the setup perfectly, telling the students that all of the essays were excellent, but that only one child per class could win. The students all applauded and were genuinely happy when the winners’ essays were read and their names announced.