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Charter School Starts New Year with a GLOW

Cherokee Charter Academy students begin the new year with a radiance from a summer filled with good deeds accomplished, called #GLOWKID

#GLOWKID stands for Generously Leading Others With Kind Interactions Daily. Students of all grade levels (K-8) participated in the initiative. CCA students exhibited acts of kindness, big and small, including...

· * Raising money for charitable organizations such as UNICEF

· * Helping feed hungry families in Cherokee County

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· * Collecting shoes for Soles4Souls

· * Donating hair to Wigs for Kids

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· * Helping fill hundreds of school backpacks for Cherokee County students in need

· * Sending birthday money to Nepal earthquake victims

· * Consistent acts of benevolence including supporting a child being bullied, walking a horse with a broken leg, cleaning up a mess left in a store aisle & carrying heavy groceries for those needing help

Now back at school, CCA students plan to continue their #GLOWKID crusade throughout the year.

Photos:

1 -- Noah Popp/3rd grade, Sophia Rodriquez/5th grade, Victoria Rodriquez/4th grade

2 -- Clara Hilden/Kindergarten

3 -- Anna Gregg/4th grade

4 -- Laurel Blase/5th grade & Lainey Blase/3rd grade

5 -- Emma Blevins/8th grade

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