‘Surprise of my life’: Graduating seniors reunite with kindergarten teacher at Portland school

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Kindergarten teacher Emily Foster has taught hundreds of students in her 42-year career.

On Wednesday, 20 of those familiar faces walked through her door at Sabin Elementary School in Northeast Portland. Clad in caps and gowns, her 2010-11 kindergarteners are now graduating from high school. And before they go off into their post-graduate world, the students wanted to thank one of their first and most formative teachers.

“How’d you do this?” Foster asked in surprise, as former students poured into her classroom, the same space she taught them 13 years ago.

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