ONE OF THOSE BLANK SPACES. SOME STUDENTS AT MCKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE IN THEIR LOVER ERA GETTING VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT NEVER IN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS DID THEY EXPECT TO GET A CARD FROM A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR. I DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD LIKE, GET A CARD FROM LIKE A CELEBRITY. YEAH, SO IT WAS JUST VERY SHOCKING. REPORTER. DOZENS OF VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS COMING INTO GINA GREER’S FOURTH GRADE READING CLASSROOM EVERY SINGLE DAY. I LOST COUNT AT 350. SHE PUT A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING PEOPLE TO SEND HER STUDENTS VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH THE GOAL TO COLLECT A CARD FROM EACH OF THE 50 STATES AS AN INTERACTIVE CLASS PROJECT. THE RESPONSE WAS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S LIKE A LOT OF CARDS THAT WE GET, LIKE EVERY DAY, VERY, VERY EXCITING BECAUSE WE CAN LIKE READ CARD FROM PEOPLE AND OTHER STATES AND LIKE HEAR HOW IT’S LIKE LIVING THERE AS CARDS WERE DELIVERED THIS WEEK, GREER FOUND A GORGEOUS VALENTINE ADDRESSED TO ONE OF HER STUDENTS, WHO IS A MASSIVE TAYLOR SWIFT FAN SIGNED BY MISS AMERICANA HERSELF. I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS MESSING WITH WITH US. UM, I MESSAGED MULTIPLE PEOPLE BECAUSE I THOUGHT, OH, MAYBE THEY’RE JUST SENDING IT TO MAKE HER DAY. BUT EVERYBODY WAS CONFUSED, HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO I SAID, OKAY, YOUR STUDENT JUST GOT A VALENTINE FROM THE TAYLOR SWIFT. NOW, YOU MAY BE THINKING, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW IT’S TAYLOR SWIFT? WELL, GREER DID SOME INVESTIGATING HERSELF TO CONFIRM HER SUSPICIONS. ME AND MY CO-TEACHER, WE DID NOT EAT THAT DAY. WE DID OUR RESEARCH. WE LOOKED IT UP. WE LOOKED UP THE AUTOGRAPH, EVERYTHING WAS AUTHENTIC. THE STUDENTS ENCHANTED BY THE FACT THEY GOT A CARD POSTMARKED FROM TENNESSEE, FROM SWIFT. AND I WAS VERY, VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT. WHILE RECEIVING THAT CARD WAS MAGICAL FOR THE STUDENTS AND WHETHER IT WAS FROM THE REAL TAYLOR OR NOT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE. BUT SPARKS FLY EVERY TIME A CARD COMES IN FROM A NEW LOCATION. IT’S REALLY EXCITING AND IT’S STILL NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY NICE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE THINKING OF US. MISS GREER’S CLASS ONLY NEEDS RHODE ISLAND’S. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN RHODE ISLAND, MAKE SURE THAT YOU REACH OUT AND GET THEM TO SEND THEM A CARD BY VALENTINE’S DAY, YOU CAN FIND MISS GREER’S ADDRESS OVER ON OUR WEBSITE
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Gina Greer, who teaches fourth-grade reading at Jeannette McKee Elementary, has been requesting Valentine's Day cards from across the country.
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Some students at Jeannette McKee Elementary School are in their "Lover" era getting Valentine's Day cards all over the country, but never in their "Wildest Dreams" did they expect to get a card from a global superstar.A valentine from Taylor: Watch the report in the video player aboveDozens of Valentine's Day cards have been coming into Gina Greer's fourth-grade reading classroom every day since the end of January. As of now, they have more than 350 cards.Greer put a post out on social media, asking people to send her students Valentine's Day cards from across the country, with the goal to collect a card from each of the 50 states as an interactive class project. The response was unbelievable. "It's very, very exciting because we can read cards from people in other states and hear what it's like living there," student Summer Schultz said. As cards were delivered this week, Greer found a "Gorgeous" valentine addressed to one of her students who is a massive Taylor Swift fan, signed by Taylor herself."I thought somebody was messing with us. I messaged multiple people because I thought, oh, maybe they're just sending it to make her day. But everybody was confused, had no idea what I was talking about. So I said, OK, your student just got a valentine from the Taylor Swift," Greer said. Now, you may be thinking, how do we know it is actually Taylor Swift? Greer said she did some investigating to confirm her suspicions. "We did our research. We looked it up. We looked up the autograph. Everything was authentic," she said.The students were "Enchanted" by the fact they got a card, postmarked from Tennessee, from Swift. "I was very, very excited because I love Taylor Swift," Shultz said.Whether it was from the real Taylor or not is up to you to decide, but "Sparks Fly" every time a card comes in from a new location."It's still nice to know that there are many nice people out there in the world who are thinking of us," Greer said. The class has cards from all states except Rhode Island. If you want to send the class a card, you can make it out to the address below. Ms. Greer's ClassroomJeannette McKee Elementary School1000 Lowry Ave.Jeannette, PA 15644
JEANNETTE, Pa. —
Some students at Jeannette McKee Elementary School are in their "Lover" era getting Valentine's Day cards all over the country, but never in their "Wildest Dreams" did they expect to get a card from a global superstar.
A valentine from Taylor: Watch the report in the video player above
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Dozens of Valentine's Day cards have been coming into Gina Greer's fourth-grade reading classroom every day since the end of January. As of now, they have more than 350 cards.
Greer put a post out on social media, asking people to send her students Valentine's Day cards from across the country, with the goal to collect a card from each of the 50 states as an interactive class project. The response was unbelievable.
"It's very, very exciting because we can read cards from people in other states and hear what it's like living there," student Summer Schultz said.
As cards were delivered this week, Greer found a "Gorgeous" valentine addressed to one of her students who is a massive Taylor Swift fan, signed by Taylor herself.
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"I thought somebody was messing with us. I messaged multiple people because I thought, oh, maybe they're just sending it to make her day. But everybody was confused, had no idea what I was talking about. So I said, OK, your student just got a valentine from the Taylor Swift," Greer said.
Now, you may be thinking, how do we know it is actually Taylor Swift? Greer said she did some investigating to confirm her suspicions.
"We did our research. We looked it up. We looked up the autograph. Everything was authentic," she said.
The students were "Enchanted" by the fact they got a card, postmarked from Tennessee, from Swift.
"I was very, very excited because I love Taylor Swift," Shultz said.
WTAE
Whether it was from the real Taylor or not is up to you to decide, but "Sparks Fly" every time a card comes in from a new location.
"It's still nice to know that there are many nice people out there in the world who are thinking of us," Greer said.
The class has cards from all states except Rhode Island. If you want to send the class a card, you can make it out to the address below.
Ms. Greer's Classroom
Jeannette McKee Elementary School
1000 Lowry Ave.
Jeannette, PA 15644
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