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Tearjerking graduation video reaches millions as kindergarteners 'transform' into senior class: 'I'm bawling'

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2 months ago

June 11, 2024

Tearjerking graduation video reaches millions as kindergarteners 'transform' into senior class: 'I'm bawling'

An Ohio high school put a unique and heartfelt twist on a video commemorating its 2024 graduating class.

Louisville High School reached millions of viewers, showcasing not only its current graduates, but the future graduates of 2036 — reminding families how fast time can go by.

“When I saw the TikTok trend with people jumping from the airport to their destination, I thought that using our youngest students and our graduating class would be a creative visual,” Jen Wilson, spokesperson for Louisville City Schools, told Fox News Digital.

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Wilson brought in some elementary school students and filmed them jumping in order to “turn them into teenagers.”

She went on, “After I finished filming one group, students were so confused that they didn’t immediately turn into teenagers. It was precious.”

Kindergarten students who will be part of the Class of 2036 partake in a commemorative graduation video celebrating the Class of 2024 in Louisville, Ohio. (Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH))

Wilson then filmed the graduating seniors landing the jump in their caps and gowns.

Addison Beamer, age 6, told Fox News Digital she was very excited to participate in the video.

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“It’s super cool that one day that will actually be me, a big girl, graduating from Louisville High School,” she said.

The Class of 2024 graduates from Louisville High School in Louisville, Ohio. (LHS Student Cael)

The video shows the transformation from student to graduate to convey the following message: “Blink, and you’ll miss it.”

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Griffan Greco, age 6, told Fox News Digital that he enjoyed jumping over the camera and that he can’t wait to graduate so that he can be “a grown-up.”

Kindergartener Griffan Greco, age 6, told Fox News Digital that he can’t wait to graduate high school and become “a grown-up.” (Greco Family)

Graduate Elizah Adkins said, “It was great to be able to have this last moment and memory with my classmates.”

She added, “After seeing the final video, I was touched because it shows how fast the years go. One second, we are kindergarteners enjoying playing together at recess and the next, we are seniors enjoying our last moments in the same school.”

Adkins will attend the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, to study marketing in the fall. Her advice to young kindergarteners is to never take your school years for granted.

“Join the clubs. Try out for sports. Be as involved as you can. You won’t regret it,” Adkins said.

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Graduate Caleb Riley, who will attend Ohio State this fall, told Fox News Digital that filming the video was a joyous experience.

He said he did not know the future Class of 2036 would also be jumping in the video until he saw the footage posted on Facebook and Instagram.

Graduates at Louisville High School in Louisville, Ohio, participate in a commemorative video that took off on social media. (Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH))

“My advice to kindergarteners is to think about others first, to know that you were created for a purpose, to spread positivity into the world and to trust in God with anything you face,” Riley said.

The video has reached audiences across the globe with comments from people living as far away as Germany, Brazil, Australia and England.

Wilson said, “It’s been extremely touching to see how a little idea, which I thought our community would find touching, has actually impacted the world.”

The sweet moment has been viewed well over 30 million times on social media, with many people sharing their reactions on the video.

“Whoever had the foresight to make this is a genius. I’m bawling,” one Instagram user commented.

The celebratory video reached over 30 million views on Facebook alone – with many viewers saying how touched they were by the sweet moment. (Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH))

“Great video! Congratulations! Praying for those mama (and dad) hearts! Graduation is bittersweet,” one Facebook user commented.

“It feels like time truly went that fast,” another person wrote.

One man said, “They sure picked some older kids that look like they could’ve been the younger ones … Pretty cool video.”

“This is so true — life goes by so fast. Love them, hug them, teach them,” a woman wrote.

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Detroit, MI

LGBT Detroit celebrates 30 years of advocacy

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21 mins ago

July 26, 2024

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LGBT Detroit celebrates 30 years of advocacy – CBS Detroit

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LGBT Detroit hosted its biggest fundraiser of the year to celebrate 30 years of advocacy. Friday’s event featured the organization’s new documentary, which highlighted some of the organization’s biggest accomplishments over the past 30 years.

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Milwaukee, WI

Another commissioner resigns from the SDC board | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

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49 mins ago

July 26, 2024

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Another commissioner resigns from the SDC board | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

The Social Development Commission’s main office on North Avenue remains closed. Serina Chavez resigned from the agency’s Board of Commissioners on Friday. (Photo by Meredith Melland)

Another commissioner is leaving the Social Development Commission board, as leaders continue to work on a restructuring plan, SDC attorney William Sulton said Friday.

Sulton said Serina Chavez, who was elected to represent SDC’s District 5 and serves as the board’s secretary, indicated that she planned to resign at the Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday at the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, 1920 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

He received her official resignation on Friday.

“She indicates in her correspondence that essentially that the work that’s necessary is beyond what she is able to commit,” Sulton said.

Chavez’s resignation follows the departure of four board members, including former board chair Elmer Moore Jr., since SDC suspended operations and laid off its employees in late April.

The all-volunteer board has met frequently since the spring to sort through new information and work on a plan to reopen SDC, handling its day-to-day operations.

Most of Thursday’s board meeting was spent in closed session.

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Meredith Melland is the neighborhoods reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America plays no role in editorial decisions in the NNS newsroom.

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Minneapolis, MN

Davide Harabagiu Highlights Night 3 On Minneapolis Futures With 52.95 100 Fly

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July 26, 2024

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Davide Harabagiu Highlights Night 3 On Minneapolis Futures With 52.95 100 Fly

2024 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS- MINNEAPOLIS

Davide Harabagiu highlighted night 3 of competition in Minneapolis swimming to a 52.95 in the 100 butterfly. That was just off his personal best of a 52.75 from Settecolli in Rome last month. Harabagiu swims collegiately for Minnesota but originally hails from Italy.

Also highlighting the night was Annike Parkhe who swam to a 58.85 in the 100 fly, the only swimming under the 1:00 mark. Parkhe has a best time of a 58.58 that she swam for 13th during prelims of US Olympic Trials last month. She finished 16th in semifinals in a 59.02.

Finishing behind Parkhe in the 100 fly was Grace Rabb who swam a 1:00.28. Later in the session, Rabb earned a win touching in a 2:32.69 in the 200 breast. Rabb, a Florida commit, swam a best time in the 100 fly as her previous best was a 1:01.36. Her 200 breast best time stands at a 2:32.39 from May.

The final winner on the women’s side was Katie McCarthy who won the 400 free in a 4:15.81. McCarthy was 34th in the event at US Trials in a 4:14.90 and has a best time of a 4:14.89.

The men’s 400 free was a battle as Jiarui Xue earned the win in a 3:59.16 touching just ahead of Chase Maier who swam a 3:59.24. Xue has a best time of a 3:59.00 and is committed to Princeton while Maier dropped a huge best time as his previous best was a 4:05.01.

Sirui Wang won the 200 breast in a 2:17.24, almost a five second drop from his previous best of a 2:22.05 from May. He was a 2:22.65 in the event at the last summer.

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