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My name is Chelsea Anchieta and I am

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the proud school counselor here at Jose

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Da Millan Elementary ,

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having our partnership with the 24 t

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past , especially on events like these

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such as the turkey chat and the

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Thanksgiving luncheon that we have .

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These are family celebrations . It

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unfortunately never fails that in every

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single grade level , you have a couple

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handfuls of students who don't have

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anybody , nobody came to support them .

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And so that's why having the soldiers

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here with us . They know that hey , you

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know what my family is not here today ,

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but look who is here for me . The

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soldiers came out of their busy

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schedules to be able to participate and

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hang out with me . The fact that we

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have soldiers here quite often

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throughout the school year , the

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students start recognizing faces and

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they start forming friendships and

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bonds . A lot of the soldiers were

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walking down the hallways and the kids

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were just cheering and , and kind of

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going crazy like , you know , wanting

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high fives and , and fist bumps and

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stuff . And so it means so much to have

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the volunteerism of the soldiers at

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Fort Bliss here with us . On campus and

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to spend time with our students .