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.
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