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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Shasta Elementary School fourth-graders chatted live with U.S. Olympic nordic skier Rosie Brennan on Monday, asking her questions about competing, maintaining friendships, and confronting challenges.
Read MoreStudents at Shasta Elementary School can now communicate with their deaf and hard of hearing classmates on the playground – asking them to play, be their friend, or for help.
Read MoreOlympic bobsledder Carlo Valdes smiled from the screen at the front of Dena Morosin’s fourth-grade classroom, answering thoughtfully as students asked him questions ranging from his favorite position on the bobsled to what he struggled with when he was as student in school.
Read MoreFor the past three weeks, fourth-graders in Dena Morosin’s Shasta Elementary School class have been trying to guess the name of their “classroom champion.”
They’ve had some clues: He is a hardcore fantasy football fan. He is good at kung fu and has a bachelor’s of arts degree in history from UCLA.
Morosin gave students one last chance to guess last week before she announced, “Our mentor has sent us a video. Are you ready?”
Read MoreMrs. Morosin’s 4th grade class at Shasta Elementary is participating in Classroom Champions. A program, which pairs classes up with Olympic and Paralympic athletes for a full school year. The athletes virtually mentor the class, emphasizing life lessons to build grit, perseverance and resilience.
This year students are teamed with Lex Gillette. Gillette is a blind Paralympic athlete, and world record holder in the long jump, a 4x Paralympic medalist, a 3x long jump world champion, an 16x national champion and the first completely blind athlete to beat the 22-foot barrier on the long jump.
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