Olney teacher gets emotional sendoff after 52 years at St. Helena Incarnation school

well now to an emotional farewell for a teacher in the city's only neighborhood after 52 years of teaching and also impacting over 1,000 families Celeste Klein had her final school [Applause] [Music] bell Miss kleene got emotional during a surprise send off this afternoon at St Helena Incarnation kleene has taught all the grades from prek to eth at one point in time at the Catholic Primary School in alne with 30 years shaping the school's youngest mind she says what's special about that age are the greetings that she gets every morning and of course all the hugs it hasn't been an easy decision my children that I've taught are my life they immediately become family their families become my family they have my heart from the minute they walk in the door so one student that was left with an indelible Mark is seventh grader Kayla Doris the 12-year-old spoke at the retirement party saying it was Klein's patience and persistence that helped her acclimate from Haiti to Philadelphia when she was a student I couldn't fully understand anything I was lost always like but she always took her time always tried her best to understand me and it was just it was amazing for me I had a great experience with her and I'll always remember and cherish all the moments I had she helped her learn English in fact that was one of the things that she said so in honor of Celeste in her many years years of teaching the school has now started a scholarship fund in her honor for all of the school's new families