Ralston 5th grader raises $2,000 for grieving teacher
The bond between Mrs. Ralston and her fifth grade students is stronger than ever. Janice Rhodes is mourning her baby boy. He recently died after dealing with a rare heart condition. But about a month ago, fifth-grader Adrianna Case stepped up to help. It’s been about two weeks since Roz lost a large chunk of her world. “I think of his smile. Honestly, I think of him now. Her five-and-a-half-month-old son Kaden has hypoplastic left heart syndrome. “His life was filled with pain and hospitalizations, and when he was out there, He was the happiest he was, and he only got a few months,” Rhodes said. “For the five and a half months he was alive, he was home with both. “In November, Kaden came down with a common cold, which caused a fever and a rapid heart rate. “Everything escalated quickly. ” Taken together, they thought his heart was overworked,” Rhodes said. Carden died on Nov. 17. “Combined all of that.” His heart is very, very fragile,” said Rhodes. Rhodes teaches fifth grade at Karen West Elementary School in Ralston. So far this school year, she has spent a lot of time out of the classroom and with Kaden.” You struggled to take care of your son and the two other children I had at home, and then I, Keith, also a student at Rhodes, noticed the struggle a month before Kaden died and decided to do whatever he could to help. “I bought him a blanket, but I felt like it wasn’t enough, so I started a GoFundMe,” Keys said. With the help of her mom, Keys created a GoFundMe that raised $2,000 for her favorite teacher Dollar. Case said, it was just, not $2,000, I thought it was just a few hundred dollars. For Rhodes, the joy of it all goes well beyond the money. “More importantly, what.” “She did it to show her compassion and concern for others, and because she showed it to me, I know she would do it to other people as well,” Rhodes said . “I really love her,” Case said of Rhodes. Roz said she would do it. Back to work on Monday. She said she doesn’t think she would have been successful without amazing students like Adrianna.
The bond between Mrs. Ralston and her fifth grade students is stronger than ever. Janice Rhodes is mourning her baby boy. He recently died after dealing with a rare heart condition. But about a month ago, fifth-grader Adrianna Keys stepped up to help.
It’s been about two weeks since Roz lost a large chunk of her world.
“I think about his smile. I honestly think about him now with a sense of peace,” Rhodes said.
Her five-and-a-half-month-old son, Kaden, has hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
“His life was filled with pain and hospitalizations. He was happiest when he was outside, and he only enjoyed that for a few months,” Rhodes said. “He had taken care of both of them at home during the five and a half months he had been alive.”
In November, Kaden came down with a common cold, which caused fever and a rapid heart rate.
“Everything escalated very quickly,” Rhodes said.
Kaden died on November 17.
“Taken together, they believe his heart was overworked. His heart was very, very fragile,” Rhodes said.
Rhodes teaches fifth grade at Karen West Elementary School in Ralston. So far this school year, she has spent a lot of time away from the classroom with Kaden.
“You have to work hard to take care of your son and my two other children at home, and I have to work hard to take care of my students,” she said.
Case, a Rhodes student, noticed the struggle a month before Kaden died and decided to do whatever he could to help.
“I bought him a blanket, but I decided it wasn’t enough, so I started a GoFundMe,” Case said.
With the help of his mother, Case created a to fund meraising $2,000 for her favorite teacher.
“I didn’t think it would be $2,000. I thought it would be a couple hundred dollars,” Case said.
For Rhodes, the joy of it all goes way beyond the money.
“It was more about the things she did to show her compassion and concern for others. Because she showed that to me, I know she would do the same to other people,” Rhodes said.
“I really love her,” Case said of Lord.
Rhodes said she will go back to work on Monday. She said she doesn’t think she would have been successful without amazing students like Adrianna.
