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Article: Cancer can't keep her from the classroom. (Inspiring Words for Educators).(teacher Linda Kelly of Charles England Intermediate school in Lexington, North Carolina)(Brief Article)
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- Curriculum Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Just as the school year was getting underway, Linda Kelly was diagnosed with breast cancer. But rather than entirely leaving her classroom at Charles England Intermediate in Lexington, North Carolina, Kelly decided to keep pitching in with her 5th-grade students between chemo sessions, the Lexington Dispatch reports. Even though the aggressive cancer meant undergoing a mastectomy and the removal of 15 lymph nodes, Kelly explained her condition to the kids and continues to provide lesson plans and regular ...