Lehi Excessive College college students band collectively to assist injured instructor

LEHI — College students at Lehi Excessive College got here collectively to assist a instructor injured throughout class final Friday.

The Lehi Police Division and the Alpine College District mentioned the instructor suffered accidents and was taken to a hospital after an accident. Particulars of what kind of accident occurred haven’t been launched by the district. The instructor, whose title has not been launched, was taken to a neighborhood hospital.

“I believe it was simply tough for all of us to comprehend that he was harm as a result of he is not only a instructor. He is an incredible pal and mentor,” mentioned Cayden Winter, one among his college students.

College students mentioned the incident occurred throughout store class.

“The entire space was shut down; the police have been there, and the hearth division was there,” Winter mentioned.

“For me, it was lots of panic like, ‘Shoot, is he going to be OK?” added one other scholar, Tyce Baumgartner.

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Baumgartner and Winter mentioned uncertainty for the instructor additionally sunk in with the varsity yr virtually over.

They mentioned a couple of hours after the incident, giant teams of scholars determined to band collectively to gather flowers and effectively needs. They even created vinyl stickers, hoping to be handed out at native automobile meets.

“After which Tyce got here up with the GoFundMe*, and it simply blew up,” Winter mentioned.

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For the reason that accident on Friday, greater than $25,000 has been donated, which can go towards the instructor’s medical bills.

“I did not even suppose we might hit $10,000; like I assumed it was too lofty of a purpose,” Baumgartner mentioned.

He added that he was grateful to everybody who had donated.

“(The instructor) cares for everybody individually,” Baumgartner mentioned. “I really feel like he is aware of me, and I am not simply one other face within the crowd.”

All of this work is to assist an educator who means a lot to the 2 college students.

“We’re all right here to assist,” Winter mentioned.

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