School custodian receives emotional celebration for his retirement NBC Los Angeles [Video]

With hand-drawn posters, cheers and applause, children at a Northern California elementary school held a heartwarming celebration for their custodian’s retirement.

Pedro Reyes, originally from Michoacan, Mexico, worked at Monte Bella Elementary in Salinas ever since the school first opened a decade ago.

He would arrive at his shift early to make sure the campus was nice and clean before the kids arrived. 

“I felt like I was part of the school. As if it was something that was mine, that I needed to take care of,” Reyes said.

Reyes had no idea the school was going to have a celebration for him. He said he was at work doing his usual duties when they called him out to the playground and he was greeted by a crowd of children cheering for him and thanking him for his hard work.

“Seeing my dad come home that day with such joy …