The last student from a small, remote island school graduates
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5 жыл бұрынThirteen-year-old Gwen Lynch is the only student in a one-room schoolhouse on Massachusetts' Cuttyhunk Island. Friends and family flocked to witness Cuttyhunk Elementary's last graduation ever. Here's Steve Hartman, "On the Road."
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@nczioox1116 5 жыл бұрын
She's at the top of her class... And the bottom
@gseric4721 5 жыл бұрын
xD
@zumabeachbum4479 5 жыл бұрын
NCZIOOX 😂😂
@mafaldarox 5 жыл бұрын
She's in a class by herself!
@TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 жыл бұрын
She's also average
@TruckTaxiMoveIt 5 жыл бұрын
@John Kugelfischer the news should have used that one
@Chris.Pippin 5 жыл бұрын
That school must be the only school in America with a 100% graduation rate for 2019. Lol
@Salman.khan786 4 жыл бұрын
Yooooo Facts hahaha
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
I own 2 houses there, she is my distant cousin, and my entire family has been there for 419 years now. :)
@calciumpill 3 жыл бұрын
Actually my school had a 100% graduation rate a couple of years ago, but they send "problem" kids to a different school 😬
@joannezhao9513 3 жыл бұрын
@@calciumpill Help I was just about to say the exact same thing 💀
@vicarious8552 3 жыл бұрын
Fax
@vibin2813 5 жыл бұрын
Calling in sick would be a off day for the teachers
@christopherortega6483 5 жыл бұрын
Pitbull Clan Teacher*
@divingstarr4 5 жыл бұрын
Table chair lmfao right
@donnawoodford6641 5 жыл бұрын
I don't think a teacher could take the entire day off. There generally are duties an educator can't get done while instructing. Although, there are fewer papers to grade, fewer grades to record, less time to report an absence. What's left to do? There's always lesson plans to prepare, with materials to gather, development of evaluation criteria. Oh yeah, in a one room school, there's the chalkboard to clean, mop the floors all before nap time. What a crazy schedule to have! Time to retire.
@Gabriel_Jr476 5 жыл бұрын
Emotional day for both the Teacher and the Student n everyonethere.....Good luck to them.
@joe972 5 жыл бұрын
Donna Woodford blah blah blah
@yallknowwhoiam7036 5 жыл бұрын
12 people on the island ?? Sounds like an introvert heaven to me 😂😂
@alita8900 5 жыл бұрын
Introvert heaven if you're fine with being a hermit too lmao! i don't think I could live without a publix or pizza place to get pizza from.
@archive.brooke8621 5 жыл бұрын
yallknow whoiam - ya I’m planning on moving there in like 20 years
@hoseoksleftkidney6652 5 жыл бұрын
Pareidolia true there’s no way I could live without Publix fried chicken 😂
@jesuschristiscomingsoonwak4433 5 жыл бұрын
@@archive.brooke8621 count me in aswell👌😀
@ratedx123 5 жыл бұрын
I’d love that
@Malepical 5 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine her mother's face if she had come home one day saying she was being bullied at school?
@magu9841 5 жыл бұрын
Mal Mack By the teacher?
@ownedbystark4810 5 жыл бұрын
by herself
@pawneko5248 5 жыл бұрын
Soo spooky
@VenusVoice 5 жыл бұрын
We all bully ourselves somedays
@danor6812 3 жыл бұрын
By her imaginary friend?
@cewe2003 5 жыл бұрын
No one is talking about the teacher who is now out of the best job ever- working one on one with a student! Seriously though, I hope she was able to find a good job elsewhere.
@sav2040 5 жыл бұрын
C Ewe I was thinking about this
@scorpioninpink 5 жыл бұрын
Story of teacher's life in America.
@shellybee9322 5 жыл бұрын
She can teach online classes
@cellogirl11rw55 5 жыл бұрын
She can be a tutor.
@phugindomas 5 жыл бұрын
She likely didnt really even get paid from teaching one student. It was most likely just her being a great woman. So I imagine she'll be fine.
@samanthamiller5393 5 жыл бұрын
Oh she’s graduating middle school......I was confused why they said she’d be attending a high school on the mainland
@CJ-mn6iw 5 жыл бұрын
Samantha Maria I don’t know if the guy messed up or not but he said elementary school.
@moo3oo3oo3 3 жыл бұрын
@@CJ-mn6iw Some places have middle school and elementary school together
@tommilano2000 3 жыл бұрын
I'm the 1000th like - quite happy!
@SomebodyWon 3 жыл бұрын
@@CJ-mn6iw Right I got so confused I thought it was high school and then he started saying elementary its just so weird
@andrewbui8295 2 жыл бұрын
@veevyo yes. in some parts of the USA, K-8 is called “grade school” rather than the separate elementary and middle school (junior high). i happen to grow up in an area where elementary, middle, and high school was the norm. only later on in my life did i learn the weird words of grade school and junior high lol
@RC.41 5 жыл бұрын
That’s sad it was open since the 1800s and closing 😢
@alita8900 5 жыл бұрын
At least that means it can probably be turned into a historical landmark, maybe- probably?
@inlovewiththeweasleys 5 жыл бұрын
146 yrs :/
@affanorama 5 жыл бұрын
I know right! I love school
@PrinceJes 5 жыл бұрын
The island will get a new school. BET
@cellogirl11rw55 5 жыл бұрын
Well, with a population of only 12 people, there probably aren't any students to attend school there.
@2ngmangs 5 жыл бұрын
Hands up to the teacher. For teaching this kid. What an amazing Dedicated woman
@TheWolfbay 4 жыл бұрын
yeah somehow i think its easier than teaching a class of 40
@cademancaden 5 жыл бұрын
So is the teacher unemployed now?
@ronsmith9714 5 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
no
@iliterallycantdeal6122 3 жыл бұрын
Probably a private tutor
@GospelGirl1Cor15 5 жыл бұрын
She’s 13? She looks 18 to me. Best wishes!
@unomad9698 5 жыл бұрын
@Adrián Durán Why does it matter if it's not relevant?
@roseblossom2023 5 жыл бұрын
@Adrián Durán it's only a thought. not everything in the comments has to be related to the video
@Skelly5962 5 жыл бұрын
@Adrián Durán Your comment is even less relevant, so there's that.
@nicolesumski1233 5 жыл бұрын
She looks 13, tall people can be 13 too lol.
@yucol5661 3 жыл бұрын
It would be irrelevant (and creepy) if it was about her looks. But I honestly thought she was graduating high school and going to college until they said boarding school. Specially with how the ceremony was
@workingchristianmom 5 жыл бұрын
And here I was thinking that my graduating class of under 80 kids was small. 😂
@ericl8743 5 жыл бұрын
Where do you live? In Iowa, USA, there are a lot of schools with 40 people or less
@workingchristianmom 5 жыл бұрын
@@ericl8743 I grew up in a small town in California. :) I know there are smaller schools my own state as wel but all the nearest high schools are huge, so mine seemed tiny! Haha
@ericl8743 5 жыл бұрын
@@workingchristianmom that's cool! I was just curious. I grew up near an Amish town (Kalona, Iowa) you so school life was kinda boring here. I always thought it would be cool to visit a bigger city. Have a lovely day!
@Theoneandonly-ph8ju 5 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s crazy, I live in Georgia and my graduating class was 1,100
@Jedikeri 5 жыл бұрын
My graduating class was 64 students.
@Frenite 5 жыл бұрын
She is the valedictorian of her school!
@kevinfranco871 5 жыл бұрын
also the last rank of the school
@TheWolfbay 4 жыл бұрын
she is the valedictorian and yet her grades are only average
@venitakbennett-bonaparte1986 5 жыл бұрын
This Young Girl, was Homeschooled by a Teacher, who was dedicated to her getting the best education, possible. Respect and gratitude to the Teacher, and congratulations to the Young Girl, who was blessed to have a great leader, and was an exceptional student. Respect and Honor to her Parents, for choosing not to leave the island.
@JoseGarcia-kt9xj 2 жыл бұрын
💚🤍🖤💙
@sharonsolana 5 жыл бұрын
Looks like a beautiful place!
@2ngmangs 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah Peacefull
@mikeartillery6956 5 жыл бұрын
Peaceful before the Native Americans got slaughtered for that land....
@glennanderson4554 5 жыл бұрын
it is a beautiful little island. I have sailed and stayed many times over my life time.
@gustavolugo9558 5 жыл бұрын
Mike Artillery Sucks to such doesnt it
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
Its the best place in the world, you could visit there in the spring if you wanted, or summer
@randomgurl561 5 жыл бұрын
At least she wasn't stressed about giving presentations
@alec2979 3 жыл бұрын
A paradise for introverts lol
@andrewbui8295 2 жыл бұрын
i’d trade places with her in a heartbeat lmao
@bobmeyer854 5 жыл бұрын
Wish her all the best in the future. She will have a unique story to tell to her peers at boarding school.
@foxja1 3 жыл бұрын
“Any friends from middle school” “No.” “Oh small class?” “Yeah something like that”
@ericrossoni 5 жыл бұрын
Her HS reunion is going to be lit 🔥
@juliakercsmar6587 5 жыл бұрын
She was graduating middle school. She's going to go to boarding high school on the coast.
@gwenlynch4741 3 жыл бұрын
LMAOOO this is my fav comment about me
@ericrossoni 3 жыл бұрын
@@gwenlynch4741 Oh wow your the girl in the video! So cool! You have a great story! So glad you found my comment of yours funny 😆
@warmateo6261 3 жыл бұрын
@@gwenlynch4741 you have been blessed by youtube recommendations
@nancyforoughi5517 5 жыл бұрын
My graduation class was so big we had to graduate at Texas Stadium when it was in Irving Texas.
@yakamarezlife 5 жыл бұрын
Jesus my school had 400 how big was your school
@chicagobricks1008 5 жыл бұрын
tony gilbert mine was 4500
@trucksandtennisrock5789 5 жыл бұрын
Nancy Foroughi What school was it? I live in the Irving area. My class is around 900-1000.
@nancyforoughi5517 5 жыл бұрын
@@trucksandtennisrock5789 Mcarthur High
@ohrosie342 5 жыл бұрын
My school graduates at an arena- there are 5,000 students yikes-
@cheer4syd3 5 жыл бұрын
I wish she ended it like Elle woods... "congratulations class of 2019... I DID IT!!"
@brett8460 5 жыл бұрын
@Zachary Khan She lives on an island, not somewhere in a third-world country.
@brett8460 5 жыл бұрын
@Zachary Khan Not all of them. I don't understand why you'd assumed she wouldn't have TV or cable just because she lives on a tiny island.
@brett8460 5 жыл бұрын
@Alessia N That's still a stupid argument. The beauty of DVDs, cable, and the Internet is that you can watch a lot of stuff that came out before you were born. Movies don't just disappear from existence after they were made.
@brett8460 5 жыл бұрын
@Alessia N What do you mean why would she watch a movie from 2001? Legally Blonde is an iconic movie.
@utubefreshie 5 жыл бұрын
Small class size but big graduation! CBS was there and they weren't even there for mine! 😜 She may not see it now but she did have an idyllic sheltered childhood with her parents and far away from the craziness of other bigger public schools. She will do just fine! 😊
@TheCommunistColin 3 жыл бұрын
I just realized that, if she graduated in spring 2019, and started high school in fall 2019, that means that the pandemic cut her first year of school with other students short and now she's theoretically back on the island. Hope she's doing alright, must be such a bummer. :(
@Rose-zh5xg 3 жыл бұрын
At least she wouldn't have to wear a mask?
@julesdropemoff5379 5 жыл бұрын
so i guess playing hookey isn’t that easy :/
@simpleplanfan011 5 жыл бұрын
She seems happy and kind. She is so lucky to have partially grown up away from the cruelty of other kids. Wishing her all the best at high school. 💞
@alison4316 2 жыл бұрын
She'll look back and be so grateful for the childhood she's had. So wonderful 💖
@Kirsten_is_cursed10 5 жыл бұрын
What a sweet girl! Wishing her the best of luck in high school! 💙
@shawnbeckmann1847 5 жыл бұрын
I would live there in a Heartbeat!
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
PROBLEM, not enough houses and is 100% cold in the winter
@shawnbeckmann1847 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingcrab5631 I hate summer and love the cold
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
@@shawnbeckmann1847 there is no snow, and no heaters, but the summer is great, except for the boaters who trash the beach, sometimes. It is very hot there in the summer, there is no food supply you and yah but overall, the best place in the world
@shawnbeckmann1847 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingcrab5631 I checked housing prices yikes I think I'll stay where I'm at
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
@@shawnbeckmann1847 yah its kinda hard to bye a house on a island
@jesussonofgod2450 5 жыл бұрын
She looks older than 13, until they said her age, I thought she was 17ish
@maxxh5331 3 жыл бұрын
I thought that, too.
@diddlebug7241 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting very heartwarming.
@doralevitt2879 5 жыл бұрын
Wow- what an incredibly beautiful place!! I wish her all the best!
@Hooverpixie24 5 жыл бұрын
Ummmm. What if someone there has another kid. There are literally no other kids there?
@ajgerbi 5 жыл бұрын
Boxer Mom / Didn’t they say the population was only like.. 12v
@celeste-ol3tv 5 жыл бұрын
i also imagine most of the ppl living there are older and already have had as many kids as they're going to
@nicolesumski1233 5 жыл бұрын
Other parents who'd rather not let their kids go to that school, probably.
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
I stay there all my summers
@MultiY4 3 жыл бұрын
I love hearing about unique and interesting stories like this one.
@rachelgarber1423 5 жыл бұрын
She's so sweet, lots of luck to her in her high school
@brianroloff31 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations and good luck in high school
@rombarker3129 5 жыл бұрын
Flap your wings little Gwen. There's a whole world waiting for you. We hope that's just the beginning of a life full of adventure and emotions. Good luck.
@a-paige 5 жыл бұрын
i live in massachusetts and i’ve never heard of this island... WHAT
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
HOW???!!!
@lolalove1555 3 жыл бұрын
Me too girl and I have never of heard of this place either.
@johnster02 3 жыл бұрын
her college essay would be amazing. she could get into harvard for sure. all her stories and top of her class haha
@LindsayDaly 5 жыл бұрын
Aw, she sounds like a sweet girl! Hope she has a great time at boarding school.
@ginadelsasso288 5 жыл бұрын
I hope she makes planty of friends and brings them home for the summer to see what an amazing place she got to grow up in.
@nktigger99 5 жыл бұрын
What a blessed young lady!
@zamokuhledlamini7032 5 жыл бұрын
In 2019...not even in Swaziland in Africa..where I live.....truly this is on the road
@discobikerAndRosie 5 жыл бұрын
What an awesome place to grow up! I was moved from my hometown, to the city at age 6. I hated every year of it! After graduation, I moved back to my small hometown & I've been here ever since (over 35 yrs ago)!
@TheStuport 5 жыл бұрын
Gwen was raised humble.....Kudos to her Parents, Her Teacher AND to Gwen herself!
@greensteelusallc7862 5 жыл бұрын
I got 3 students that would love to be there.
@npeace312 5 жыл бұрын
She is going to have so much fun but will also run into a lot of situations she may not be used to. I wish her the best! And how beautiful is that little island?! I could handle living there.
@jantruitt9241 4 жыл бұрын
WoW Great Story! Thank You Steve
@jeffblunte 3 жыл бұрын
I lost track of how many times that reporter interrupted her. Jesus dude, chill
@lynnecarnivale5085 5 жыл бұрын
The view of this island is beautiful! The funny thing is... I have lived very close to this island and have never taken the ferry over. Maybe this year! God bless her in the days ahead. God bless her parents, family and teacher. Peace, Lynne
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
Hope you come soon
@lynnecarnivale5085 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingcrab5631 Hi jake! Thank you. I wasn't able to go this Summer. We stayed home most of the time due to virus concerns. I'm sure it's a lovely place to visit or stay. May God bless you. Peace, Lynne 🍃💜🍃
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
@@lynnecarnivale5085 You to, stay safe
@lynnecarnivale5085 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingcrab5631 Thank you! 🍃💜🍃
@SaltiDawg2008 5 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done piece. Nice young lady!
@adampersie6818 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your graduation day!! One advice for her, be careful in high school there's a lot of cruel and maniac students there, especially the naughty boys. A lot of cruel people out there.
@markcalvelo1909 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah she’ll wish she was back. Poor child. Befriend the good people! Don’t associate yourself with bad people.
@adampersie6818 5 жыл бұрын
@HazyDay I agree that everyone should deal with the real world but she's just too young to face it yet.
@mpalmer7800 5 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful story
@kristinerivera6637 5 жыл бұрын
Congrats!!! Well done!!! 🇵🇭
@Shamuto7 5 жыл бұрын
This is such a cool event. The village really attend the ceremonies to see the final moments of the school.
@willenajohnson2235 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations sweetie. Continue to soar
@JimRockford853 3 жыл бұрын
I imagine that’s the shortest version of “Pomp and Circumstance”: bomp bomp-bomp bomp bom- Principal: “sit down”
@nosatechsolutions 5 жыл бұрын
She ran track and came second in her school. Well done!♥️
@katie-oy7wn 5 жыл бұрын
Aw, this makes me so sad. This seems like such nice little island to live on.
@ProfessorSassypants 5 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing to me. I hope this young lady gets to enjoy a fabulous school experience at boarding school.
@ailsamaclaren397 5 жыл бұрын
I went to a small school too (big compared to this one though) where in my final two years there were only 30 girls (all girls school) in my yeargroup when we'd started five years earlier with 50. However I got to know my teachers very well and we had incredible bonds and with it being boarding school the other girls became like my sisters. In my final year I had three classes, in two of them there was only one other student (same student in both classes and teachers always said we acted and fought like an old married couple) and the other I was the only student. My graduating class went through a lot together and saying goodbye was an extremely emotional day for everyone both staff and students because some of us including me having been there from the age of 11 but there were some who'd been there since the age of four
@stephanieln 5 жыл бұрын
That island is what summer dreams are made of 😍 so peaceful!
@katrina1389 5 жыл бұрын
She has such a neat story and this is so unique! Congratulations
@christinenayshsuarez6046 5 жыл бұрын
I want to live there. So peaceful
@ashley.the.swiftie 5 жыл бұрын
And here I am with my class of nearly 500
@maitrivlogs3060 3 жыл бұрын
Yes i play all the parts! The whole island is mine and the school too! quarantine is depressing, i cant wait to go to a bigger school with lots of people!
@artbreaker2658 3 жыл бұрын
How unfortunate to look forward to seeing more people the year right before quarantine
@Jaycourageous 5 жыл бұрын
That's a terrible life. I'm so sorry.
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
Its a great life actually, until it turns winter but...
@shellybee9322 5 жыл бұрын
I teared up a little
@Summerstreetzmn55 5 жыл бұрын
I would never leave. 💙congratulations! Good luck in your future endeavors 🤓
@mars9313 3 жыл бұрын
I’m an introvert so honestly having such a small school and being like the only student sounds perfect to me
@taay_thegreat2057 5 жыл бұрын
This is awesome
@silverlxt4251 5 жыл бұрын
i go here every year! never thought there was only 1 student
@kc-gr9rj 3 жыл бұрын
i am mind blown, i can’t believe there was a school like this.
@chongpymisao4830 5 жыл бұрын
God bless both the teacher n the student .
@Nowehi305 5 жыл бұрын
Great story ,brave girl 👍and great people ❤
@p.t5146 5 жыл бұрын
Looks like the type of place where a horror movie would take place
@kingcrab5631 3 жыл бұрын
No it is not all, it is the best place in the world, look it up.
@wil-fri 3 жыл бұрын
or a SyFy series
@amoylawrence2131 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why this made me cry
@geekykitten7824 5 жыл бұрын
aw cuttyhunk, it’s a super sweet island! I went in that school house without realizing that it was still in use haha
@OhiostateKar291 5 жыл бұрын
“so it was pretty empty in there” 😂
@bettyfra2020 5 жыл бұрын
I could so live there
@KevinTheMatine9293 3 жыл бұрын
I just notice that I’ve been admiring a 13 year old.
@skyrobin4008 5 жыл бұрын
Feel sorry for the teacher. Hope she has another job.
@hlengiwezungu8152 5 жыл бұрын
It's lovely
@SB-000 5 жыл бұрын
I went to a one room school too! Maybe six to eight kids. The teacher would babysit us when my parents needed to go somewhere.
@whodatmafia2823 5 жыл бұрын
Coming from small town USA, that place sounds like paradise
@dylpicklethebugslayer 5 жыл бұрын
So I guess that makes her Valendictorian!🤷🏻♀️
@amberagee7294 5 жыл бұрын
Awww... The last of an era.
@kalielooper2999 3 жыл бұрын
That is awsome!
@Peggers 3 жыл бұрын
I really love this reporter
@Vihloah 5 жыл бұрын
her parents kept their attractiveness with their age and the child surprisingly doesn’t seem socially awkward or shy.
@JJ_Justice 5 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how lonely and boring it could have been not only going to school, but living here without any friends.
@Camrynp2001 5 жыл бұрын
Y’all need to look at Kelley’s island there’s like 3 students. And I know it’s still more but it compares really well
@ShutYoMoufWideOpen 3 жыл бұрын
Look how the parents are "Cheezing" lmao 😂😂🤣😂 like Look at my baby 🤣 and the dad's tears took me out 🤣😂😉😅
@Willybean08 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from a similar place. Kelley's Island, Ohio has a population of 200 people, and my school has like 15 kids.
@ZiaQueen505 5 жыл бұрын
She seemed like she had an amazing childhood!!!
@shirelymitchell4793 5 жыл бұрын
Wishing her the best in the brave new world.
@kierstenettinger8677 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this video in 2021. I just thought about how this girl might have had to move back home or remote school because of COVID. As someone who is seeing first hand the effects isolation has had in high schoolers, my heart breaks for her if she is in this situation.
@kierstenettinger8677 3 жыл бұрын
@Bryce Costa that’s amazing!!!! Thank you for the update! I am wishing you both the best during this time and in your future.
@sev6379 5 жыл бұрын
She's adorable!
@YummyFood454 5 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool but strange lol. She seems super positive and like an amazing girl. Congrats on your degree.
@Midnightdarkness-jr2yz 3 жыл бұрын
I would be glad if I were to be in a class with her. She seems to be sweet and a happy gal!
@ceo5071 3 жыл бұрын
It was kind of heartwarming until I realized she graduated in 2019. Who knows if her boarding school is even in person right now.
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